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'.
(..) these men were negotiating an Armageddon. Negotiating with whom? I think you know. The timetable has been set. It'll happen on a holiday when people are travelling. A state of emergency will be declared. Government will come under the power... ...of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. (..)1998 The X Files