Non-Working Holidays: Dec, 24, 25, 31 and Jan. 1

Filipinos will enjoy two straight long weekends as part of the celebration of Christmas and New Year's Day.

Apart from Dec. 25 or Christmas day, Malacanang announced that December 24 would also be a non-working holiday so that people would have more days off to spend with their families.

The following week will also see the same thing, with December 31 (New Year's Eve) and January 1 (New Year's Day) being regular holidays.

With the four holidays falling on Monday and Tuesday, the workforce would effectively have four days off per week to celebrate the holiday season.