 Up until around 10 years ago, 90% of companies, shops and industries closed but, with the growing influence from other non-Catholic countries, and the fact that closing an entire country's industry for a whole month meant an incredible loss of money and backlog of work, most companies now close for around two weeks, forcing all workers to take imposed vacation, similarly for the 25th of December.The "Feriae Augusti" ("Festivals [Holidays] of the Emperor Augustus") were introduced by the emperor Augustus in 18 BCE.This was an addition to earlier ancient Roman festivals which fell in the same month, such as the "Vinalia rustica" or the "Consualia", which celebrated the harvest and the end of a long period of intense agricultural labor.