{"id":109289,"date":"2026-01-03T05:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T05:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/109289\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T05:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T05:58:08","slug":"2026-has-4-easy-three-day-weekends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/109289\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Has 4 Easy Three-Day Weekends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2026 has barely started and it\u2019s already turning out to be a GREAT year, especially for those who enjoy planning vacations around holidays!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2026 is about to be your Roman Empire because the year is stacked with perfectly placed holidays that magically turn into four three-day weekends, plus a few extra fun dates!<\/p>\n<p>Make sure you get that calendar and mark these dates down so you can know when to take your PTO days to maximize your time off without having to use all of your paid time off! (You can thank me later.)<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/kisselpaso.com\/selena-quintanilla-auditions\/?utm_source=tsmclip&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">El Paso Film Seeks Selena Look-Alike for Paid Role<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Holiday lineup that makes 2026 a certified PTO saver: Valentine\u2019s Day<br \/>Falls on Saturday, February 14, 2026 which means you better ask your partner to start making reservations NOW before your fave restaurant gets booked! Juneteenth<br \/>Falls on Friday, June 19, 2026, creating a June 19\u201321 long weekend for those who work at a business that celebrates Juneteenth.\u00a0 Fourth of July<br \/>July 4 lands on a Saturday, but the federal holiday is observed on Friday, July 3, 2026, giving us July 3\u20135.\u00a0 Halloween<br \/>Falls on Saturday, October 31, 2026 which means kids won\u2019t have to worry about school the next day! Weekend costumes = elite behavior!! Christmas Day<br \/>Hits on Friday, December 25, 2026, serving up a cozy December 25\u201327 weekend. Matching pajamas are basically mandatory. New Year\u2019s Day 2027<br \/>While technically next year, Friday, January 1, 2027, extends the fun into a January 1\u20133 weekend. The holiday hangover gets a recovery day. Bless.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/kisselpaso.com\/27-years-later-most-of-us-can-remember-where-we-were-when-we-heard-that-selena-had-died\/?utm_source=tsmclip&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">30 Years Without Selena: How the Tejano Queen Still Inspires<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And because 2026 is extra, here are some honorable mentions:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Galentine\u2019s Day: Friday, February 13, 2026<br \/>\u2022 Cinco de Mayo: Tuesday, May 5, 2026 (Did somebody say Taco Tuesday?!)<br \/>\u2022 Friday the 13th: February, March, and November<\/p>\n<p>Meet The El Paso Girls Who Took Over the 2026 \u201cI Voted&#8221; Sticker Contest<\/p>\n<p>Three talented El Paso students swept the 2025 Sticker Design Contest, taking first, second, and third place with designs that set a new bar for creativity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Iris Lopez<\/p>\n<p>LOOK: An Inside Look at La Nube Children\u2019s Museum<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Iris Lopez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 has barely started and it\u2019s already turning out to be a GREAT year, especially for those who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139,141,142,143,833],"class_list":{"0":"post-109289","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-el-paso","9":"tag-el-paso-headlines","10":"tag-el-paso-news","11":"tag-featured-carousel","12":"tag-include-in-newsletter","13":"tag-local-el-paso","14":"tag-local-texas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}