Long weekend
Weekend that is at least three days long / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Long Weekend (disambiguation).
"3 day weekend" redirects here. For the 2019 film, see 3 Day Weekend.
"4-day weekend" redirects here. For the 1998 song, see 4-Day Weekend (song).
A long weekend is a weekend that is at least three days long (i.e. a three-day weekend), due to a public or unofficial holiday occurring on either the following Monday or preceding Friday.
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Many countries also have four-day weekends, in which two days adjoining the weekend are holidays. Examples are Good Friday / Easter Monday, and Christmas Day / Boxing Day (e.g. when Christmas Day occurs on a Thursday or Monday).