In America a holiday is either Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, MLK Day, President’s Day, and anything else that is considered a holiday by official federal law.
Besides these holidays, Americans have other unofficial holidays. For example St. Patrick’s Day is widely celebrated along with Mother’s and Father’s Day. A person could create their own holiday when the start of Nascar season starts or baseball, football, hockey or any other sport imaginable. Super Bowl Sunday is the unofficial holiday in America in sports along with the World Series.
In other parts of the world, the definition of a holiday is the person’s version of a vacation. So, these countries would of course have official holidays as well as vacations. If a person is heard they holidayed in the South of France, then they are talking about their wonderful vacation they took.
No matter where in the world a person is, a holiday is time off from work. It is time to just get away from the world. Throw out the computer, cell phone, TV, and anything else that is electronic, and just close down the world.
A holiday can be a picnic in the park, walking a trail, catching up on major sleep, spending time with a spouse on a day trip, or even a fun, rewarding day with the kids.
A holiday can hold a special meaning to a person and their family. It can represent their culture and history of where they came from, it can represent religious beliefs, or it could represent a very significant part of world history.
Next time a person hears the word holiday, also think of a vacation. It almost means the same thing but a few minor differences. A holiday will always hold special meaning.