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A holiday is a special designated religious day or day set aside by the government to commemorate and celebrate a person or event.

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  3. What is the next holiday coming up?

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  1. How long is the movie, The Holiday?

    The Holiday is 138 minutes long. It is a great movie, you wil...

  2. What is Reba McEntire's favorite holiday?

    Reba McEntire's favorite holiday is a imaginary day. A fun fa...

  3. What is the holiday with the highest candy sales?

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  4. What was doc holidays last words in the movie tombstone?

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  5. What movie links Audrey Hepburn, Anthony Quinn, and Gregory Peck together other than Roman Holiday?

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This photo taken on January 6, 2011 shows thousands of passengers carrying their belongings walking out of a railway station as they head back home for the Lunar New Year holidays in Beijing. The Lunar New Year holiday is the most important annual celebration in China, when the nation largely shuts down as families gather together for reunions and feasts. More than 2.5 billion passenger trips by air, rail, bus or sea will be taken around the holiday, the government says, as China's army of migrant workers, business people and students return home for the festivities.

A picture taken in St.Petersburg, Russia, late on January 3, 2012, shows embankments of the Fontanka River illuminated during traditional long holiday break in January. New Year is the biggest holiday period of the year in Russia, and is followed by the Orthodox Christmas on January 7.

Two Filipinas, wearing Santa hats, play a game in Hong Kong on December 25, 2011. Although nominally a Christian holiday, Christmas is celebrated by an increasing number of non-Christians worldwide and many of its popular celebratory customs have pre-Christian or secular themes and origins. Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift-giving, music, an exchange of Christmas cards, church celebrations, a special meal, and the display of various decorations; including Christmas trees, lights, garlands, mistletoe and nativity scenes.

Travelers walk along gates to catch their flights at the Chicago O'Hare international airport, adorned with Holiday decorations, in Chicago on December 23, 2011. About 43.3 million travelers will fly on US carriers over the three-week holiday period, a 1 percent decline from a year earlier, predicts Airlines for America. About 1.6 million to 2.3 million people are forecast to fly each day between Wednesday and the first week of January.

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