Talk:School holiday

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[edit] Why?!

You know, I'm having the damnedest time trying to figure out why these exist. As a college student, I'm not complaining exactly, but they have to have started for some kind of historical reason, right? I get the one for summer—people needed to harvest crops and stuff. But what about the month-long one I'm starting this, the week of 12/18? Christmas, right, but a month? It's a semester thing—is it for people who live far from their families or something? Anyone know? -Dan 04:46, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Only two weeks for most places I know (schools that is, not universities). It's to break for celebrations and family. As for the full history of the academic year, I wouldn't really know. violet/riga (t) 19:52, 19 December 2006 (UTC)