And reality hits...

So the list of people working on major holidays includes those working in:

  • Emergency services (police, fire, ambulance).
  • Some medical services (hospitals and nursing homes where monitoring patients is necessary or there may be emergencies).
  • Religious services if the holiday is based on their religion.
  • Hotels.
  • Airlines and other travel services.
  • News and some entertainment, including some professional athletes.
  • Utilities in case of outages.
  • Military (watching for attacks or other situations of interest).
  • Support services for all of the above.

Others?