A day the government or religion says is a no work day, is a Holiday, with a capital 'H'. If you can't work that day, even if you wanted to, that ain't no vacation.

An optional day you take off from work, whether spent away from home or not, is a vacation if you're American, or a holiday with a small 'h'.


That said, I get a total of 4 weeks to use as I wish, in addition to the typical Holiday days when the office is closed. I take some for the Jewish Holidays when the office is open and some for sick days.

How many for actual vacation / holiday? Two weeks if I'm lucky.