Holidays

What are Holidays?

Holidays are days set aside by custom or by law on which normal activities; especially business or work including school, are suspended or reduced.

Generally, holi-days are intended to allow individuals to celebrate or; commemorate an event or tradition of cultural or religious significance.

Holi-day as a singular noun commonly refers to a specific day or event … We use the plural noun holi-days and holiday in similar ways.

The word holiday came from an Old English word that was first recorded in 950 AD as hāligdæg (hālig for “holy” and dæg for “day”).

The first recorded spelling as holiday was in 1460 AD. Around the Middle English period; it took on a new meaning as “a day when commoners were exempt from labor”.

There is a difference between holi-day and Festival

The festival is an event or community gathering, usually staged by a local community which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community. It can be a day or more than one day like Eid Elfetr ( 2 days ) and Eid El Adha ( 3 days ).

While holi-day is a day on which a festival, religious event; or national celebration is traditionally observed.

For sure all of us we love to celebrate all day and night long. It doesn’t matter it’s a holiday or festival or a birthday or even a day off. The important thins is we need to please ourselves and be so happy.

In 4urbreak we will dive into contemporary culture by enjoying the most of world-famous events local celebrations and public holi-days that take place throughout. We will talk about Holidays and more:

• Christmas.
• Easter.
• Father’s Day.
• Halloween.
• Independence Day.
• Islamic Festivals.
• Mother’s Day.
• Ramadan.
• Thanksgiving Day.
• Valentine’s Day.