I've always been more of a fan of just having WWE shut down for 6 weeks every year between Thanksgiving and New Year's, roughly.
Do Survivor Series and then TV the week after to set up some cliffhangers, then after the SD tapings that Tuesday everyone gets sent home until whatever the first Monday of the new year is for Raw.
Unless they want to go on the completely voluntary Tribute to the Troops tour/show for a week in December, and maybe have certain guys come in to film bumper footage for the "Best Of" shows that would be airing in the interim.
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Thank you, Eddie Guerrero.
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