A lot of people try to stick it out through the holidays. They don?t want to disrupt the family at that time. It?s not unusual that come January you start to see a lot of filings.

The high holidays were always prepared for far in advance by my family.

It's great to see that many people interested. In school, a bunch of the writers (mentioned here) -- you don't hear as much about.

I'm retired, so working on holidays really doesn't bother me. My family and I celebrated Christmas early this year, on Friday. It might be difficult for some people, but my family is accommodating, so it works for us.

They were our family away from Alabama. We spent all our holidays together and celebrations of our kids.

Many families are a part of family readiness groups that support each other during the holidays.