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'.
(..) They say the same thing every year. There's a lot of talk about it, sir. I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. The Tet holiday is like the Fourth of July, Christmas and New Year all rolled into one. Every zipperhead in Nam, North and South, will be banging gongs... ...barking at the moon (..)1987 Full Metal Jacket