Citations:holiday


 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * Martha, who was a poor apprentice at a milliner's, then told them what kind of work she had to do, and how many hours she worked at a stretch, and how she meant to lie abed to-morrow morning for a good long rest; to-morrow being a holiday she passed at home.
 * An old, old man and woman, with their children and their children's children, and another generation beyond that, all decked out gaily in their holiday attire.