OK, several years ago Mom, my aunt and one of my cousins went to Europe, our first stop was Paris. That first night we went down one side of the street and back up hitting every side walk café and having drinks at each one.
At the last one we decided to have dinner and Mom liked the carafe that the wine came in and offered to buy it. (for the record I thought it was ugly, but she was sloshed and thought it was pretty
) They said no. Well, Mom didnt like that answer soooo after we proceeded to empty it, my cousin put it in her bag.
The waiter comes back and notices the carafe is missing. We play all dumb, like oh the bus boy must have taken it.
The waiter gets the owner of the place who proceeded to yell at us in a mix of English and French, finally chasing us through the place yelling at what I am sure were French profanities and calling us crazy Americans. My Aunt who was beyond drunk starts pleading with them not to throw us in the Bastille.
Definitely one of my familys prouder moments.
I don't know about you but our holidays are at least double the price in the school holidays which is just so unfair! 
I meant to ask did you get away with the carafe? 
How do official rules where you live compare?
There's no way I could even afford a vacation outside of FL in the summer, and the only place I want to be in summer is OUT of FL! 
No Spring break. No Winter break. Closed 12/24-25 and 12/31-1/1, but that's it. And, his class starts a full 2 weeks earlier than the 1st-4th graders. So I'm not feeling bad at all about pulling him for the planned 8 days now! Still thinking about adding 2...
Private schools over here actually have more holiday than normal schools not the other way around 
