I think sleepychef has it right. I was there the week after Christmas, and while Sopor's Hole was pretty much empty, Norman, Leverick and Jost were certainly not ghost towns. There were also boats at Cooper even though nothing is open there yet. Anegada was pretty crowded on New Year's Eve and all the charter boats I saw there did not spend their entire charter on Anegada. Overall it was not as busy as previous years, but restaurants and bars were open and there were boats in the mooring fields. As for those who gripe about mooring ball fees, you can always anchor.