Holidays or Vacations?
It is holiday in British English and vacation in American English. Is it true or false? The situation is a bit more complicated: In America: holidays (="Holy Days"): eg. Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Independence Day. Not official national holidays (although most people do not work). vacations : breaks from work once or twice a year In Britain: holidays : Christmas, Easter, etc. They are official national holidays (so called bank holidays). holidays : breaks from work once or twice a year So the British call both type of days holidays. And have you heard of the term staycations ? More holidays ... More vocabulary ...