Owain wrote:
BigWallop wrote:
Christmas/New Year break: 10th Dec to 2nd Jan.
I wonder how many of us can take that kind of time off work.

People have to arrange childcare during the long summer holidays.

It would save a lot on school heating and lighting to have the long
break through the winter and keep the schools open in summer.

Children are no longer needed to work in the fields in the summer, and
many families go abroad for holidays anyway so having summer holidays in
winter wouldn't mean people missed out on their suntan.

Owain

Chimneys need to be swept more in the winter, as well.
;-)