But yesterday, the first day of the three-day holiday, both seemed to speak to a faraway place.

All the stores there, where they sell beautiful clothes, were closed for a three-day holiday.

Almost everyone gets a three-day holiday, and some take several weeks off.

The move allowed residents to stock up for the three-day holiday marking the end of Ramadan next week.

But assessing the strike's broader impact has been difficult because of a three-day holiday, which ends on Tuesday.

Markets in Japan were closed until tomorrow for a three-day holiday.

I think everyone is looking forward to the three-day holiday as a cooling-off time.

They both work in school systems and thus often travel on three-day holidays, a situation like the Greens', when overbookings are probable.

We did not even take the three-day holiday that was officially allowed.

Nevertheless, it had been decreed, drizzle or not, that this afternoon was to be the start of the three-day holiday.