bramling
Veteran Member
Because if they don't work the trains get cancelled and as a consequence some people may not get to see their loved ones on Christmas Day.
I'm not suggesting Northern guards should spend the entire festive period at work; the fact there are no trains Christmas Day and Boxing Day means they'll all get at least two days off, arguably the two days most working people would want off.
Experience shows that people also seem to want Christmas Eve off, or at least the latter part of it.
And what's wrong with making strangers happy? At risk of sounding oversentimental, isn't that what Christmas is all about: goodwill to all men and all that?
For a start, not all of us recognise or celebrate Christmas. So all the above would be irrelevant to me.