In the week before the holiday weekend の意味は？

Newsweekの記事ですが、以下のIn the week before the holiday weekend,とはクリスマス休暇12/24前後の12/18～23を言っているのでしょうか。
In the week before the holiday weekend, Biden saw the passing of a massive omnibus spending bill geared largely towards his priorities, ‥‥