heights of work-holism

I went to my managers cabin to ask for leave, I said " I want leave this friday". he said, " oh! okay. take it " with a smirk in his eyes.
I came back to my desk, so happily that first time in my career my manager approved my leave request with out any hickups :-D
I could not believe this and then ...



My colleague told me that, friday is an actual holiday. ( Diwali is on sunday, so friday is declared as a diwali holiday)