ON the other hand, having worked in Hospital for my entire professional career, holidays and holiday weekends do not always bring the same joy of time off. Hospital, after all, is open 24/7/365.28. It's only the past year or so I've been in a position that I usually don't, rather than often do need to work holidays.

You too, eh? I use to be a patient rep. at CU Med. Center in Denver. I usually had holidays and weekends off but we had to take our turn doing the emergency room every once in a while and that did involved the holidays and weekends. Loved my job though.