Everyone's taking off

Is it just me or is there some amount of guilt that comes with taking time off. If its just me, I have to say Christmas is the easiest of times for not feeling so bad. If not, perhaps you would agree with what I am about to say as well.
Everytime I take time off, there is a twinge of guilt. As if, I don't believe that I have earned the time off and instead should be at work doing just that, ...work. Its usually the hardest in the first few days unless I get really busy in something else like I did during thanksgiving. Christmas however, makes the most sense for this because you are not alone. Usually it means, empty roads and abandoned offices. In the Bay Area, it means that your neighbours will leave and leave you in charge of their cats or other such charges in case you don't have plans to get out of town. One reason perhaps is that a good chunk of Bay area population does not have family living here. They are mostly living elsewhere, which is why it is moderately rare to come across someone who is a true native of the Bay Area.
People at SAP started leaving on vacations early this week and most of the folks in my group won't be back until the early part of the first week in January. I will probably take my occasion to work from home on a couple of days but will come into the office on occasion if only to enjoy the office all to myself.

Happy Holidays!!!