41.   The avalanches came during the first week of the annual French school winter holidays.

42.   The boy had been spending his winter holidays with his uncle.

43.   The labor unrest could mean travel disruptions during the winter holidays.

44.   But with the courts set to close for winter holidays, there is little hope of that, officials said.

45.   The first fires of the sort occurred last year as more people began to decorate for the winter holidays.