If the British called vacations "holidays" then what do they call Christmas,...

[Alex252]

...Easter, New Years, etc.? What the British refer to as a holiday, we call a vacation here in America. We call days like Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Years, Easter, etc. "holidays" but what would the British call them?

[Colossuse]

Holidays also or sometimes they are referred to as a break, i.e, the Easter break. In formal contracts of employment they are always titled "statutory holiday entitlement"