First responders making the most of 2020, continue working through the holiday First responders making the most of working through the holiday By Riley Wyant | December 24, 2020 at 10:19 PM EST - Updated December 25 at 8:55 AM CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - This year has been tough for everyone, but health care workers and first responders have made big sacrifices, and now continue to work through the holidays. While nurses and police officers say working on holidays and missing out on family is hard, they are making the most of it with those around them. “This is our family. I see more of these people than I have seen my own family, this year specifically, but every year,” UVA COVID-19 ICU Nurse Heidi Mock said. “It’s not like spending the holidays with a stranger, this is my family.”