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It doesn't mean running riot, lying, cheating, stealing, & philandering (etc.) without compunction. It does mean relaxing, enjoying the moment, stringing enjoyable moments together when you can, "chilling." Taking a moral holiday means momentarily lightening up and taking it easy, not carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders, not being hopelessly depressed by depressing realities.
"The universe is a system of which the individual members may relax their anxieties occasionally, in which the don’t-care mood is also right for men, and moral holidays in order... I fully believe in the legitimacy of taking moral holidays." William James
A walk in the park when you COULD be working and feeling bad is a moral holiday.
A covert, illicit affair with your neighbor's wife is not.
The span of time between your chosen religious holiday celebration (Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, etc.) and New Years Day.
Roger: I'm just gonna keep drinking all through the holiday taint!
Sally: Holiday taint?
Roger: Yeah, tain't Xmas and it tain't New Years!
Police Officer: What are you doing, sir?
Perv: I'm on a Swedish holiday.
Police Officer: Yeah, this isn't Sweden. I'm arresting you.
Where one visits the wondrous sites of the world.......taken over by other cultures to now sell as paradise.
How much time did you spend in Hawaii on you blood holiday?
One who, despite having an abundance of friends and family, finds himself inexplicably alone on major holidays (esp. at Christmas).
Damn, I should never have spent my last 500 dollars on that prostitute last week. Now I can't afford the airfare to go home for Christmas. I'm always such a holiday loser!
Where a group of boys (the lads) go on holiday together where they get up to debaucheries most notably cheating on their girlfriends/wives for fun abroad.
*To bestmate* "Liam is going on a lads holiday next week I don't think I can cope"
Them: "nah babe its alright I'm sure he won't cheat"
Her: "no but that's what all lads do on a lads holiday"
The period from December 26 to January 1 when the emotional high of the holidays dissipates and a person realizes another year of their life is gone and a new year of crap begins.
I get so depressed during the holiday gouch. Christmas is over, the family has gone and I go back to work in a few days with no parties in sight. post-holiday paranoia, December depression, Christmas craziness,New Year nervousness, holiday, Christmas, New Year, depression, anxiety