LOL.. sorry for all the confusion... it's just the first winter break of the year for most school districts in the US. Yeah, it's probably only just been going on the last 15-20 years (so I'm sure Lisa missed just by a 'year or so' during her time at school in the US... LOL). Even when I was a kid we only got off one long break at Easter time but they've since split it into 2 one week breaks.