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holiday

A day declared free from work by the state or government.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

A day declared free from work by the state or government.

Today is a Wiccan holiday!
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  • “Thanks for the holiday reading @drsabzipolow.bsky.social”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Returning from the Bank Holiday Monday hiatus for Wednesday Evening Training from 5.45pm.🥊 #TMKAFamily #Maulden #Silsoe #kickboxing #WeAllRiseTogether”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Home or holiday reading, commute, wherever - take this with you. THESE ISLANDS HERE - Short Stories of the South Pacific Paper, ebook, audio, or FREEreadKU amazon.com/dp/B07L7JNX4V or wherever you buy your audiobooks. Have a happy day!”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Medfest is more than an event – it's a whole feeling! ✨  Sun, sea, sensational dancing, and pure bliss. Ready for an unforgettable dance holiday experience?  Get that Medfest feeling! 👇 https://bit.ly/Medfest-2026 #Ceroc #Medfest2026 #DanceHoliday #FeelGood”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I can't overstate how wonderful it is to be working in my little veg garden to the sound of Golden Orioles and Nightingales. A good 3 hours this morning watering and weeding . Should now be okay to leave while I head off to Poland for a weeks birding holiday. Bring it on!!”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK

A day on which a religious event or secular celebration is traditionally observed.

Today is a Wiccan holiday!
Origin: From , holyday, halidei, haliȝdei, from , equivalent to . Compare , , ,. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “My silly little bank holiday off xx”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Completed: major engineering work during the Early May Bank Holiday weekend”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Israel bombed Tehran's Rafi-Nia synagogue in the middle of the Jewish holiday of Passover. The attack revealed, to a shocking degree, Zionism's willingness to treat Jewish life as disposable in the service of its ideological project. mondoweiss.net/2026/04/unde...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I ended up going... on an unwanted trip becuz.... my sister came to visit during the long holiday. I had a good time, but-- it was just... overwhelming....😞”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “New travel suitcase I’m looking at buying a new suitcase for an upcoming holiday, every article I find comparing different brands seems like an advertisement. Has anyone bought one recently they can recommend?”

    — r/AskAnAustralian· Apr 2026
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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK

(chiefly, UK, Australia) A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.

How much holiday are you allowed?
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  • “Expat living in Benidorm issues safety advice to anyone travelling to Spain A British man who now lives in Benidorm has issued important safety advice to anyone planning a holiday in Spain this year - as many tourists make two dangerous mistakes”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Cinco de Mayo is a great holiday because it’s all about killing a lot of French people”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Holidays become weapons when a narcissistic parent texts. The celebration is just the delivery system for guilt and obligation. https://blog.misread.io/narcissistic-parent-holiday-messages”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Cinco de Mayo. Not really a holiday so much as alcohol marketing, it is nevertheless a day of a celebratory nature in Mexico. Not so much in Belgium. These facts all arrive as irrelevant information to Drunk Tammy.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Hey I wrote an entire fantasy epic about my take on Jedi 😂 Since that vibes with the holiday, I put the whole series bigly on sale! itch.io/s/185554/may-the-fourth”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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