It depends, and every year is different. WHen I worked for others, I never got a Christmas bonus, but I was always the highest paid guy in short order, except when I worked union, I hate working Union.
This year, it is a new pair of Gore Tex boots, and some cash. One guy got a Cell Phone, with me paying the bill, but it was more because I needed him to have a phone so I could get a hold of him, and he could get a hold of me when he was working.
I think that this year, my two most senior guys are going to get $250 bonus, One guy is leaving two days before Christmas, and the other already got his bonus. So I will have an average of about $200 a guy in christmas bonuses.
Scott