Today’s post MLK day crazy idea comes from my friend Matt who one day randomly declared that if he ever started a company, he will push back every holiday by one week. My initial guess at a rationale was something along the lines of shifting three day weekends so that people can avoid the traffic and travel jams. My friend, however, then continued to explain how much cheaper your Christmas shopping could be if you took advantage of the post-Christmas sale to buy your gifts. While that is true, unless your entire family works at the same company, you’ll be the only one missing out on the festivities, and being logically cheap doesn’t mesh well with the holiday spirits.

Nevertheless, putting the whole shifting holidays aside, if you could get your immediate family to agree on giving gifts for New Years instead of Christmas, that’s probably enough money saved for a nice meal on New Years Eve. And as for the whole shifting three day weekends, companies should just give out vacation days instead.

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