With these holidays for sure tons of people have their bonus and beside from the expenses and leisure gifts they will share for sure they have an allotted money with their self which is use for their gambling habit, I've seen a topic before that during their Christmas eve his husband are still playing slot games during its party which is personally Christmas is just a once in a year and playing gambling can do in the other day, for sure the same thing people like to have fun at least before or during the Christmas, personally I don't have any traditions or rituals and belief during holiday I just feel to play I will do it, just take care because you know to yourself that you have a lot of money for sure you can spend it all if you didn't focus enough how much did you spend. There's a saying to my country that everyday is not Christmas so spend wise.
Bonus? Lol, how I wish all will have that. I'm not only referring to those who don't have a job but even for those who have I'm sure many of them don't have it. That guy/husband their on the topic that you saw is wild. Really? Even during a Christmas party? That was also a disrespect. Yeah, Christmas only comes once in a year, so all must prioritized it for once. That is the real tradition on this period of December. Given that Christmas only comes once a year, I think it is also fine to spend more in gambling than usual. This can also make it more special.
and beside from the expenses and leisure gifts they will share for sure they have an allotted money with their self which is use for their gambling habit,
A responsible gambler can still do this but for those hardcore ones, they don't buy gifts anymore and can hardly allocate their salary to their expenses (E.g. bills).