Long weekend is a term used in Western countries to denote a weekend that is at least three days long (a three-day weekend), due to a holiday falling on either the Friday or Monday. In the United Kingdom these would be termed a bank holiday weekend. Occident redirects here. ... Week End The weekend is a part of the week lasting one or two days in which most paid workers do not work. ... For other uses, see Holiday (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

In some cases there may also be a four-day weekend in which two days adjoining the weekend are holidays—either Thursday and Friday, Friday and Monday, or Monday and Tuesday. This occurs once a year where the Easter weekend is celebrated, with Easter Monday and Good Friday. Countries that celebrate both Christmas Day and Boxing Day can also have a four-day weekend when these adjacent holidays fall on Thursday/Friday or Monday/Tuesday. Additionally, in places where a lone holiday occurs on a Tuesday or a Thursday, the gap between that day and the weekend may also be designated as a holiday, or set to be a movable or floating holiday. This article is about the Christian festival. ... Easter Monday is the day after Easter Sunday and is celebrated as a holiday in some largely Christian cultures. ... Good Friday is the Friday before Easter (Easter always falls on a Sunday). ... Joseph and Mary with baby Jesus, at the first Christmas Christmas (literally, the Mass of Christ) is a holiday in the Christian calendar, usually observed on December 25, which celebrates the birth of Jesus. ... Boxing Day is a public holiday observed in many Commonwealth countries on 26 December. ...

On Thanksgiving in the United States, the fourth Thursday of November, is the traditional day of feasting, but the following Friday is also usually a non-working day, in addition to the weekend. This day is known as the unofficial holiday of Black Friday, the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season, and often, its busiest single day. Many retailers open very early (typically 5 A.M.) and offer doorbuster deals and loss leaders to draw people to their stores. For other uses, see Thanksgiving (disambiguation). ... Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving and is the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season in the United States. ... For other uses, see Christmas (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... In marketing, a loss leader is an item that is sold below cost in an effort to stimulate other profitable sales. ...

Other cultures

The term for a four-day weekend in some Spanish-speaking countries is puente ("bridge") or simply "fin de semana largo". In Spain, the "bridge" becomes an "aqueduct" in some years when the anniversary of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 (6 December) and the Blessed Virgin Mary's Immaculate Conception (8 December) and a weekend plus a movable holiday form a block of five days. The Spanish Constitution of 1978 is the culmination of the Spanish transition to democracy. ... is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Our Lady redirects here. ... Mary, mother of Jesus as the Immaculate Conception. ... is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

French-speaking cultures use the same "bridge" idiom: faire le pont meaning "to take a long weekend". The Italians and Portuguese do the same with their cognates ponte (pronounced differently).

In German, a bridge-related term is also used: a holiday taken to fill the gap between a holiday Thursday and the weekend is called a Brückentag ("bridge day") in Germany and Switzerland, and a Fenstertag ("window day") in Austria. "bridge day" is also used in Israel ("yom gishur"/"יום גישור") and The Netherlands ("brugdag").

The term długi weekend (Polish for long weekend) is also commonly used in the Polish language. In Poland, such a phenomenon usually occurs several times a year. As well as the Easter weekend and the Christmas weekend, there is Corpus Christi weekend (Corpus Christi is always on Thursday and poeople usually take Friday off as well) and it may occur also around other holidays. However, the best known long weekend is at the beginning of May, when there are holidays of Labour Day on 1st May and 3rd May Constitution Day. The weekend can in fact be up to 9 days long (28th of April – 6th of May) and, taking one to three days off work, Poles often go for small holidays then. Polish (jÄ™zyk polski, polszczyzna) is the official language of Poland. ... Corpus Christi Procession in Germany This article is about the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi. ... Labour Day Parade in Toronto in the early 1900s A Labour Day is an annual holiday celebrated all over the world that resulted from efforts of the labour union movement, to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers. ... May 3rd Constitution (painting by Jan Matejko, 1891). ...

In Norwegian, the term "oval weekend" is used. An ordinary weekend is conceived of as "round" (although this is not stated explicitly), and adding extra days off makes it "oval".

In Argentina, some national holidays occurring on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday (sometimes even on a Saturday) are officially moved to the closest Monday or Friday in order to create a long weekend.

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