It's not bloody half term!

Christmas is never referred to as "the holidays".

Sometimes, people refer to the period of religious festivals which occur at the turn of the year as "the holidays" so they are also referring to Hannukah, Diwali, Yule etc.

It is complete GB News conspiratorial mythical bullshit to pretend anyone is pussyfooting around Christmas or Easter. When do you think anyone scrapped the Christian festivals of Christmas and Easter? When did this happen and why didn't anyone tell me?

It's what the kids are saying now. If you don't you're like the oldies that talk about "The Electricity Board" she they're with Ovo. (Me,)

Welcome to old age! You are officially "Cringe"

This made me laugh @Dotdashdottinghell i work in a school and they’re all talking about half term instead of Easter. I think it’s just the pc removal of any Christian celebration which is ironic as we’re all well aware it’s Ramadan at the moment too. It’s chocolate egg time now and no one really knows or cares why.

It’s annoying! My husband calls all school holidays ‘half term’ but that’s partly that he’d being lazy partly just to wind me up!
Slightly more concerning is that my DD’s secondary school seems to be confused about this this too - when it was Feb half term the headteacher wrote in the newsletter she was glad it was the end of term… then last newsletter gave diary dates describing the Easter holidays as half term. It’s not a good look for the school tbh!

I disagree with your dad :-)

I gets x days annual leave in my job, I go on holiday when I leave my house for more than a night....

Only heard this a few times from my mum but I correct it as it's usually her getting muddled. I didn't realise it was a thing more widespread. I just say no half term was February it's Easter now. She has memory problems so has an excuse. If it was a school mum I would be surprised to be honest as they surely know the dates!

It's nothing to do with avoiding saying Easter, it's just laziness of thought about what "half-term" actually means. I've seen people say "Easter half-term".

Many will have a roast dinner on Christmas Day and exchange gifts (to a lesser extent than many of us white British.)

So there's no "white British" muslims?

People love to pussyfoot around Muslims. I know quite a few Muslims and they couldn't care less if we use the terms Easter and Christmas and Jesus. Many will have a roast dinner on Christmas Day and exchange gifts (to a lesser extent than many of us white British.) And I'm sure a few Muslim kids will be getting Easter eggs so they're not left out. This is my personal experience and one of my closest friends is a hijab wearing Muslim born in Pakistan.

It’s the end of term ( Spring term)
When we go back after the Easter holidays it will be Summer term. The next half term will be what used to be called Whitsun holiday.

I get really bugged by this too! I know it’s irrational, it’s just so bizarrely annoying

I agree, it also annoys me that we have got used to the US term "happy holidays" for the Christmas break.

I know the Easter story is a little gory at the start, but our little ones now think it is all about chocolate and the Easter bunny!. and Christmas is all about a fictional US version of Santa, and now the grinch and a naughty elf.
If we are to scrap Christian festivals, we should be reverting perhaps to seasonal solstices and equinox and harvest festival?
A few years ago, I managed a team of Indians - it was common for the outsource company to ship in programmers at pittance rates and once their English was good enough, push them on to the US. - They were Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs at various times, all totally bemused by our trend of pussyfooting around our Christian festivals so as not to offend. One Hindu had even offered to help at his children's school with a nativity scene only to be told they did not do that any more.

Didn't notice

I noticed this happening a couple of years ago and now everyone seems to be at it. I want to shout ‘it’s the Easter Holidays you morons!’

I prefer Pentecost, myself.

Take a deep breath. Why are you so worked up?

It's never about mis-labelling a holiday.

Have you discovered the true meaning of an Easter Holiday that is not half-term?

Most parents are just either working and/or finding cover for a non-school day, that they don't care whether labelled holiday or half-term - they just need to find childcare and get to work.

Well that's fine, but then don't say "We call it mid term in Ireland" as if everybody does it. You do, but it is not widespread throughout Ireland.

I thought I was losing the plot wondering why every was calling it half term. I’m sure it’s not always be the case.

Easter break would be better than half term. Or just explain that it's a holiday from school; that 'holiday' doesn't always mean going away.

Or better still, actually do go away every single school holiday!

As a teacher and parent I've never heard of that! It's always happy whatever the break is, never half term unless it is half term?

I absolutely detest when people call may half term whitsun. I don’t know why it’s just such a stupid word.

even our citizens advice are calling it easter holiday

What on earth do you call the summer holidays then ? like it's 2 feckin months 3 if uou have secondary school. its summer holidays. yes we are questioning the education system because its the wrong use of the English language to call it bloody mid term!!!. mid is short for middle. therfore it's the middle of something. it's not the middle of the term therfore the use of English is wrong!!!!. so teaching it is wrong !!! it would be up there with a teacher saying 3+4 equals ti 5. it's WRONG. you tecah the correct way.

It's totally confusing for any normal person and stupid. 'Half term' is a short break at (surprise!) the midway point within a term. The holidays at the end of each term are known as, guess what, 'the holidays' - the Christmas (or winter) holidays, the Easter (or spring) holidays, and the summer holidays.
Why muddy waters that have been crystal clear since forever?