Dear jmh,
Yes, and we really look forward to it here in North East USA ... a long weekend in middle of winter to do what you like. It's Presidents Day ... which is a combined celebration. We used to have Lincoln on Feb 12 (some observed with day off, some didn't) and Washington's birthday (everyone observed) on Feb. 22.
There was a hullabaloo some years ago about holidays falling on inconvenient (mid-week) days so a lot were mooshed together so we have more long weekends.
(They haven't had the nerve to mess with the Fourth of July or Christmas yet but I'm keeping an eagle eye on them!)
I miss everybody too. If they don't come back soon I may have to do some work or vacuum the house (HORRORS )
wow