diff --git a/app/item/migrations/0010_week_break_notice_week_is_break.py b/app/item/migrations/0010_week_break_notice_week_is_break.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0011238
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/item/migrations/0010_week_break_notice_week_is_break.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.1.5 on 2025-01-31 10:39
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("item", "0009_week_byline"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="week",
+            name="break_notice",
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True, default="", editable=False),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="week",
+            name="is_break",
+            field=models.BooleanField(default=False),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/app/item/models.py b/app/item/models.py
index 7355a72..f086019 100644
--- a/app/item/models.py
+++ b/app/item/models.py
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ class Item(models.Model):
         cal = now.date().isocalendar()
         monday = now.date() - timedelta(days=now.date().isocalendar().weekday - 1)
         monday = timezone.datetime(monday.year, monday.month, monday.day, tzinfo=now.tzinfo)
+        current_week = Week.objects.filter(monday=monday).first()
+        if current_week and current_week.is_break:
+            return current_week, qs
         first_post = qs.filter(published__gt=monday).first()
         if first_post and first_post.published < now:
             week = qs.filter(published__gt=monday)
@@ -192,6 +195,8 @@ class Week(models.Model):
     title = models.CharField(max_length=2048, blank=True, default="")
     byline = models.CharField(max_length=2048, blank=True, default="")
     published = models.DateTimeField(null=True, default=None, blank=True, editable=False)
+    is_break = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+    break_notice = models.TextField(default="", blank=True)
 
     def __str__(self):
         return "%s (%s)" % (self.title, self.monday)
diff --git a/app/item/views.py b/app/item/views.py
index 5e59788..3ce69e1 100644
--- a/app/item/views.py
+++ b/app/item/views.py
@@ -69,13 +69,16 @@ def index(request):
     else:
         now = None
     week, archive = models.Item.public(now)
-    context['items'] = week
-    if archive.exists():
+    if archive and archive.exists():
         context['archive'] = '/_%s/' % get_monday(get_now() - timedelta(days=7))
-    if now:
-        context['now'] = now
-        context['previous_week'] = (now - timedelta(days=7)).strftime(TS_FORMAT)
-        context['next_week'] = (now + timedelta(days=7)).strftime(TS_FORMAT)
+    if isinstance(week, models.Week) and week.is_break:
+        context["break"] = week
+    else:
+        context['items'] = week
+        if now:
+            context['now'] = now
+            context['previous_week'] = (now - timedelta(days=7)).strftime(TS_FORMAT)
+            context['next_week'] = (now + timedelta(days=7)).strftime(TS_FORMAT)
     return render(request, 'index.html', context)
 
 
@@ -89,9 +92,7 @@ def archive(request, year=None, month=None, day=None, week=None):
         archive_week = archive.filter(year=year, week=week).order_by('published')
         years = {}
         context['weeks'] = get_weeks(archive)
-        years["2024"] = []
         for week in get_weeks(archive):
-            print(week)
             if week["year"] not in years:
                 years[week["year"]] = []
             years[week["year"]].append(week)
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ def archive(request, year=None, month=None, day=None, week=None):
             })
         context['this_week'] = date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
         context['this_year'] = date.strftime('%Y')
-        extra = models.Week.objects.filter(monday=context['this_week']).first()
+        extra = models.Week.objects.filter(monday=context['this_week'], is_break=False).first()
         if extra:
             context['week_title'] = extra.title
             context['week_byline'] = extra.byline
diff --git a/app/static/css/site.scss b/app/static/css/site.scss
index c40fecc..ac57867 100644
--- a/app/static/css/site.scss
+++ b/app/static/css/site.scss
@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ header {
 }
 
 .index {
+    .break {
+      display: flex;
+      min-height: 80vh;
+      div {
+        margin: auto;
+        text-align: center;
+      }
+    }
     .item {
         border-bottom: 1px solid blueviolet;
         padding-bottom: 4px;
diff --git a/app/templates/index.html b/app/templates/index.html
index 079a418..3491995 100644
--- a/app/templates/index.html
+++ b/app/templates/index.html
@@ -5,9 +5,17 @@
 {% endblock %}
 {% block content %}
     <div class="index">
-    {% for item in items %}
-    {% include "listitem.html" with item=item %}
-    {% endfor %}
+    {% if break %}
+    <div class="break">
+        <div>
+        {{ break.break_notice | safe }}
+        </div>
+    </div>
+    {% else %}
+        {% for item in items %}
+        {% include "listitem.html" with item=item %}
+        {% endfor %}
+    {% endif %}
     {% if archive %}
     <div class="archive">
         <a href="{{ archive }}">previous weeks</a>