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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of you actually have your AP work on the holiday itself? Do they work Christmas Day as well and not just New Year's? I think if I was an AP I would be a bit upset at that arrangement. [/quote]

I'm 15:56 and I said my au pair is working when I'm working (every week day but Christmas Day, New Year's Eve Day and New Year's Day).  That said, I think asking the au pair to help a bit on Christmas Day isn't a huge evil, particularly if they are asked well in advance.  Every single au pair I've ever heard of (not that there aren't expectations) spends the holiday with their host family where ever they go, so it's not like they would have a bunch of friends to hang out with that you're asking them to miss out on.  And actually my au pairs have always wanted something to do so they're not just sitting around.  Nicely asking your au pair to play with the kids for a couple of hours while you help your mother-in-law make dinner or something actually might make her feel useful.

We don't ask our au pair to work New Year's Eve and both of our au pairs have made big plans for the whole evening.  I understand asking them to work that night if you matched on those conditions and that all families are different, but based on my experience, asking your au pair to work on NYE would indeed be asking a lot.  But I think that's different than asking them to work a bit on Christmas Day.

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I'm the host who has her AP work early on NYE and she's free to go out around 11.  I actually think that's pretty nice of us.  We would love to be out and celebrate into the new year but we're actually giving her the more desirable time slot.  We don't have her work on Christmas Day at all, FWIW and on Christmas Eve only in the morning because we're working that day.
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I'm the PP you quoted.  Like I said, all families are different and if it's worked for you, that's great - believe me, I would rather not pay for an extra babysitter that night :)  But both of our au pairs have had all evening plans in the city, so not being able to leave the house until 11:00pm would have been pretty prohibitive.  [/quote]

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