Employee wants to roll over her vacation time

DEAR HARRIETTE: I have lots of vacation time left that I cannot roll over. I only realized it the other day, and it's already almost the end of the year. I asked my boss if I can take time off right now, and she said it's the worst possible time because other people are already out of the office. Should I try to get her to roll over the time to early next year anyway? It's not fair that I lose my …