Those are non worked days.
The french get more and longer holidays
The French get a mandatory seven weeks (35 days) of holidays!
French Holidays are very similar to your own. During French Holidays, the French have common practices that include family dinners, exchanging gifts, travel and family traditions.
Wedding vows or cermonies.
no
Closing cermonies
travel
pahela baishakh
you have to take your holidays = tu dois prendre tes vacances
44 in the USA
They were on August 12 2012
Bastille Day