"Altogether there were about 80 days of complete rest with over 70 partial holidays, that is, about three months of rest spread over the year."
http://www.traditioninaction.org/History/A_021_Festivals.htm
Not sure about the veracity of that site, but that kind of leisure time is in keeping with much western history that I've read. Looking at a timeline, the Protestant work ethic seems to have played a pretty big role in shifting the work/leisure balance more towards work.