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Comprehensive Income - Foreign Currency Translation Gain (Loss) Components (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jul. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 25, 2016 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 25, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 01, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Mar. 26, 2016	Dec. 26, 2015
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)	$ 72,798	$ (5,568)	$ 114,250	$ 4,422
Euro
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)	$ 53,494	$ 7	$ 65,342	$ 11,177
FX rate into USD	1.14	1.12	1.14	1.12	1.07	1.05	1.12	1.1
British Pound
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)	$ 10,938	$ (7,603)	$ 15,544	$ (22,375)
FX rate into USD	1.3	1.38	1.3	1.38	1.25	1.23	1.41	1.49
Australian Dollar
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)	$ 1,737	$ 371	$ 12,453	$ 5,442
FX rate into USD	0.77	0.75	0.77	0.75	0.76	0.72	0.75	0.73
Canadian Dollar
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)	$ 3,368	$ 2,550	$ 4,180	$ 7,506
FX rate into USD	0.77	0.77	0.77	0.77	0.75	0.74	0.75	0.72
Polish Zloty
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)	$ 4,312	$ (2,115)	$ 6,951	$ (1,616)
FX rate into USD	0.27	0.25	0.27	0.25	0.25	0.24	0.26	0.26
Swiss Franc
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)	$ 3,742	$ 298	$ 4,898	$ 1,219
FX rate into USD	1.04	1.03	1.04	1.03	1	0.98	1.02	1.01
Brazilian Real
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)	$ (7,902)	$ 1,299	$ (2,264)	$ 2,229
FX rate into USD	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.32	0.31	0.27	0.25
All other currencies
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)	$ 3,109	$ (375)	$ 7,146	$ 840

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Foreign exchange rate used to translate amounts denominated in functional currency to reporting currency.

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