A holiday is a special day when people do not usually work or go to school, often to celebrate a cultural, religious, or national event. In some varieties of English, it can also mean a vacation period away from home.
From Old English “hāligdæg,” literally “holy day,” from “hālig” (holy) and “dæg” (day). Over time, religious holy days expanded into general days of rest and celebration.
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