No work for me till January 4th!
Good for you.
For what I was doing, you wanted to be the among the first ones back after the new year. Why? That's when you get to pick and choose what you wanted to work on and who you wanted working on it with you.
The new MBA hot shots would take extra days off and come back the second week. By then, nothing is left but crappy projects and 3rd string talent to work them.
After that the newbies caught on quickly.