?? In Europe, the break is in the summer, not the winter. Here in the UK, football [soccer] always used to be known as the national winter game (in contrast to cricket, the national summer game). But as the seasons have got longer, it's not so clear-cut now.
OK the EPL will be taking a mid-season break in February with half of the teams not being scheduled one week and the other half the next weekend. They just started doing it this season.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/9286632/premier-league-mid-season-break-dates/