<p>ambiance:</p>
<p>Yup, I think you will not miss the review period and I suspect the professor will get the recommendations in right after break. My recommendations were a week late and the professor mentioned that admissions committee take a couple of weeks to gather the information, so it is fine if the deadline has passed. </p>
<p>Since you have already contacted your professor, I think it is a good idea to wait until after break. I have never heard of someone flat out forgetting an obligation such as this, so I think pestering the person would only make the situation worse. I do think that you should send an ‘update’ email to the professor after the first week or so in January. I would not be happy if Jan. 14th rolled around and my application was still incomplete.</p>