Late Start

The last few school days of 2016 are slooowly coming to an end. As we all know, winter break begins on the 22nd of December this year, but one thing I've been wondering is why so late...? I understand that we're still out an extra week into 2017 in comparison to everywhere else, but we had to stay in a week more as a result. Many people have travel plans to see family or to vacation somewhere far off over Christmas Eve, and to have our last day a mere 2 days before that is a pretty big inconvenience. Despite this,  I wish everyone out there Happy Holidays!!