Why do people make such a big deal about being unemployed before Christmas? Can't buy presents? Oh well, consider yourself lucky: you just got an easy way out of the empty consumerist scam that is Christmas in the West. I grew up without Christmas my entire life, and I turned out fine. I celebrated it once a few years ago with an ex's family and it was a terrible, contrived experience. Now I consider myself fortunate that we don't celebrate it; I feel sorry for the people who run around malls getting stressed out about which useless piece of junk to waste their hard earned money on for people they rarely get to spend time with.

Xmas/New Years is not that bad of a time because nobody else is working, anyways. You know you aren't going to find anything so you can take a break from resume spamming. Then, after the New Year, there is a flurry of hiring activity as people settle back in and take care of things they've put off since Thanksgiving.

The worst time, I'd say, is in the dead of summer. July/August. Really bad time to try to find a job.