Do you have any plans for the 'holiday weekend'? [=a weekend that is preceded or followed by a holiday]
She spent two weeks 'on holiday' [=('US') 'on vacation'] in Italy.
The stock market is closed tomorrow because it's a 'holiday'.
(..) What am I going to tell them? Just listen and repeat after me. ' On how to be lovely ' You gotta be happy ' When you can feel light and gay ' Then you'll be lovely as a holiday ' On how to be charming ' You gotta be merry ' If only to weave a spell ' And you'll be Iovely as a carousel, too (..)1957 Funny Face