But how did it get to be a holiday or even thought about as a holiday or a day of acknowledgement?
Take a trip around the neighborhood to see the Christmas lights, join a group of Carolers or watch a holiday movie around the fire.
Putting those dollars into a high interest savings or money market account instead could pay for a small vacation or a great holiday splurge.
Abta spokeswoman Frances Tuke said if tourists did not wish to go to Sharm al-Sheikh, then Abta will cancel members' holidays for them free of charge, or take them on a different holiday or give them a refund.
Our conversations with manufactures lead us to believe that WMT had a solid or a better holiday season in CE.
There is rarely a weekend, a birthday or a family holiday when the demands of the job do not intrude.
If April 15th happens to fall on a weekend or a federal holiday, then the filing deadline is pushed back to the next business day.
It designates an object as a photo, or the name of a well-known band, or an item in a holiday wish list, and so on.
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They are seeing your tweets in the midst of other tweets, while they are simultaneously on the phone or working on a presentation or ordering holiday cards.
The furlough days will either precede a federal holiday or be on a Friday or Monday.
We also launched a campaign within that campaign called Celebrate Firsts where the idea was for guests to celebrate and tell us about their memorable first, whether at a Holiday Inn or just a memorable first in general.
Childhood favourites, Winnie the Pooh and Paddington Bear are as British as tea on the lawn or a rainy bank holiday.
In an article in the Times, the Romanian prime minister strikes a more emollient tone, inviting Britons to come and enjoy a "strong pint" in Bucharest's Old Town or a "quiet holiday" in the sleepy Transylvanian villages beloved by Prince Charles.
Similarly, if you are self employed or running a furnished holiday letting business and you are using a room at home as an office, it should be possible to claim a tax deduction for some of the house running expenses such as heat, light, business use of telephone, painting and decorating, etc.
If you are in a mall or shopping center, organize a holiday scavenger hunt with your fellow merchants to promote to your database in your upcoming e-mail.
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Unfortunately, too many people expect that their passion or mission in retirement will just come along one day, like a birthday or holiday, and just reveal itself.
Which leads to there being a current political movement to offer a tax holiday (or at least a tax discount) on those foreign profits.
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Cypriot labour costs rose 40% between 1995 and 2008, making it a relatively more expensive place to go on holiday or locate a widget factory, and the main reason why Cyprus has been collectively spending more than it earns.
Mr Wallis said he had never been against second homes but added that changing the use of a house to a holiday let or second home should require planning permission in the same way as changing a shop into a house.
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Some have suggested a bank or market holiday could be the way to shake irrational markets from their gloom.
Earlier this month, Belfast City Council agreed a rates freeze to help traders affected by the flags trouble but ruled out a reduction or payment holiday.
Hammersmith and Fulham Council said it had suggested the following Sunday or Monday - a Bank Holiday - as alternatives, but the club has said it will make its position clear if it wins Wednesday's final.
"If I get a holiday or some down time I love still sailing, but not racing -- just going out on maybe a beautiful classic yacht, relaxing with friends and being on the water, " he said.
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The holiday is celebrated across Europe but while in Scotland, Greece and Romania the saint (one of Jesus's 12 disciples) is honoured in church prayers, pubs or even with a bank holiday, in some remote western Ukrainian villages people will be throwing a boot over a rooftop and whispering chants in candlelight to find a husband or a wife.
The majority of those - 77% or 1.2 million - said their second address was for a purpose other than work or holiday.
Homeowners in Cornwall could be forced to ask for permission to use their property as a second house or holiday let.
The TIA's Allen Kay says these travelers generally head to either a big city or regional holiday destinations with themed Christmas events.
Councillors have voted in favour of Cornwall homeowners being forced to ask permission to use their property as a second home or holiday let.
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She said anyone who received a sales call from a holiday club or timeshare should "hang up straight away, don't even speak to them".
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