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# What are holidays?

> Club closure dates that program sessions and the league draw generator skip, and what they do and do not affect.

<Note>
  **Must know**

  * The **Registrations → Holidays** page is available when a superadmin enables **Holidays** for your club. The closures themselves keep working when the page is hidden: session generation and the draw generator still skip stored holidays.
  * Enabled holidays affect **program sessions** ("Programs will not create sessions on enabled holidays.") and the **league draw generator**. A league night that falls on one gets no draw, and the schedule moves on to the next league night. The generator's preview lists them as **Skipped holidays:**, and the confirmation says "Created \{n} draws — skipped holidays: …".
  * Admins receive a daily email about any holiday in the next 7 days.
</Note>

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Holidays">
    Go to **Registrations → Holidays** ("Manage organization closures.").
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add a closure">
    Click **Add Closure**. In **Add Custom Closure** choose the type — **National** or **Custom** — and the date(s).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Enable or disable">
    Each holiday has an **Enabled** toggle. Turning one on offers to cancel program sessions that fall on it; turning it off offers to re-add them.
  </Step>
</Steps>

The draw generator treats an enabled holiday exactly like a date typed into its **Exclude dates** field, for a new schedule and for a fill-in run alike. It only applies when the schedule has a start date and game times. Existing draws are not moved; regenerate to pick up a holiday added later.

Clubs coming from CCM had no closure screen, which is why this page ships hidden. If you run clinics and learn-to-curl programs on a weekly pattern, it is worth asking your Uplifter contact to enable it.

**Related:** [How do I generate the draw schedule?](/club/leagues-and-draws/how-do-i-generate-the-draw-schedule) · [What is the program calendar?](/club/bookings-and-todays-ice/what-is-the-program-calendar) · [What is the Features page?](/club/get-set-up/what-is-the-features-page)


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