Possible Clues:

• Hyaloid (anag.)
• Rest period for those starting on all sides today
• Festival
• Time off is sacred — I had a break
• Something on a calendar
• Calendar space in red, perhaps
• It's not going to work for all sides today
• Christmas or New Year's Day
• Break wind idly and hiccup audibly, ordering starters
• There's one to honor presidents every February