One enjoyable sector was xmas day 1988, rding back from Banjul (BJL) to LGW on (by then) BA DC-10. I had chosen the day for easy transit and the flight was only about 40%, as I recall.
It was a daylight sector leaving aroun 10:00-ish and there was a party atmosphere! We started by making a detour shortly after rotation, across the beach. The flight and cabin crews that had arrived on the a/c that morning were there to wave us off and there was a lovely port wing down! I had a port side window!
Later, I visited the flight deck and we arrived at LGW to minimal pax and sailed through. Consequently, I have often chosen to fly on xmas and New Year.
