Worked Christmas day a few years ago, and spent some time putting together some small gifts and my wife wrote some cards with every crew's name. I put the silly hat on and handed them all out individually wishing everyone a good holiday.
Now of course I didn't do any of this for recognition, but have a guess how many of them came up at some other point to say thanks? That's right, ZERO. In fact after our post flt duties, I walked out of the cockpit to find they were all gone, without even saying goodbye to us! Unbelievable.
I still try to take "the high road" as I won't let some ruin it for all. But it is disappointing to see how pathetic it is some times. Even 10 years ago things were MUCH, MUCH better, and we used to have some great trips back then.