At times of national holidays, Mr Punch is regarded as someone who ought to be there.
But unlike most other national holidays, hosting a party for this one could leave you getting sued by the NFL or even your friends.
The Chinese in Macau celebrate the same religious festivals as their counterparts in Hong Kong, but there are also parties for Catholic festivals and Portuguese national holidays.
Combine it with the complimentary salad served to every table and take in the view of stunningly expensive cars that whizz past, especially late at night on national holidays.
"Japanese investors returned from Golden Week national holidays in buoyant mood, bidding stocks in the Nikkei 225 average to their highest since mid-2008, " said Andrew Wilkinson, chief economic strategist at Miller Tabak.
Although the budget does contain meat, some measures are simply sauce, such as moving three national holidays, delaying the payment of retirement gratuities to civil servants and threatening to withhold Christmas bonuses from underperforming public employees.
Looking ahead, demand for TV panels is expected to grow in the next quarter as TV makers prepare for the end-of-year high-demand season and the Chinese National Day holidays.
There is also some confusion as the first three days of the census have not been declared national public holidays, even though people have been urged to stay at home until they are counted.
In contrast, we expect market conditions for NAND to improve in the lead-up to the National Day and Black Friday holidays in China and the U.S., respectively.
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On an average day, more than 500, 000 people visit museums, with attendance rising to 885, 000 on weekends and holidays, according to the National Endowment for Arts (NEA).
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It might take holidays like this to crack open the best samples from our vast, national, collective archive, but that makes it all the more special.
The Office for National Statistics said the estimates of the number of people with second addresses used for holidays were "not equivalent to an estimate of holiday homes".
Margaret Morrissey of the National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations said parents would be angry because they could not take children away for holidays in term time - yet schools could spring closures on them at the last minute.
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