I just also want to add, that giving you a pool of paid time off that you can choose for whatever reason, allows them to deftly avoid the issue of the celebrati

I just also want to add, that giving you a pool of paid time off that you can choose for whatever reason, allows them to deftly avoid the issue of the celebration of holidays that are of (possibly religious) significance to an employee, but not to the company - for example Passover or Yom Kipur.