diff --git a/src/pytimetk/utils/datetime_helpers.py b/src/pytimetk/utils/datetime_helpers.py
index 1313db90..c1d6635a 100644
--- a/src/pytimetk/utils/datetime_helpers.py
+++ b/src/pytimetk/utils/datetime_helpers.py
@@ -378,9 +378,10 @@ def _week_of_month_polars(idx: Union[pd.Series, pd.DatetimeIndex]) -> pd.Series:
 
 @pf.register_series_method
 def is_holiday(
-    idx: Union[str, datetime, List[Union[str, datetime]], pd.DatetimeIndex, pd.Series],
+    idx: Union[str, datetime, List[Union[str, datetime]], pd.Series],
     country_name: str = 'UnitedStates',
-    country: str = None
+    country: str = None,
+    engine: str = 'pandas'
 ) -> pd.Series:
     """
     Check if a given list of dates are holidays for a specified country.
@@ -389,7 +390,7 @@ def is_holiday(
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    idx : Union[str, datetime, List[Union[str, datetime]], pd.DatetimeIndex, pd.Series]
+    idx : Union[str, datetime, List[Union[str, datetime]], pd.Series]
         The dates to check for holiday status.
     country_name (str, optional):
         The name of the country for which to check the holiday status. Defaults 
@@ -397,6 +398,15 @@ def is_holiday(
     country (str, optional):
         An alternative parameter to specify the country for holiday checking, 
         overriding country_name.
+    engine : str, optional
+        The `engine` parameter is used to specify the engine to use for 
+        generating the boolean series. It can be either "pandas" or "polars". 
+        
+        - The default value is "pandas".
+        
+        - When "polars", the function will internally use the `polars` library 
+          for generating a boolean of holidays or not holidays. This can be 
+          faster than using "pandas" for long series. 
 
     Returns:
     -------
@@ -411,7 +421,7 @@ def is_holiday(
     Examples:
     --------
     ```{python}
-    import pandas as pd
+    import polars as pl
     import pytimetk as tk
     
     tk.is_holiday('2023-01-01', country_name='UnitedStates')
@@ -423,19 +433,24 @@ def is_holiday(
     ```
     
     ```{python}
-    # DatetimeIndex
-    tk.is_holiday(pd.date_range("2023-01-01", "2023-01-03"), country_name='UnitedStates')
-    ```
-    
-    ```{python}
-    # Pandas Series Method
-    ( 
-        pd.Series(pd.date_range("2023-01-01", "2023-01-03"))
-            .is_holiday(country_name='UnitedStates')
-    )
+    # Polars Series
+    tk.is_holiday(pl.Series(['2023-01-01', '2023-01-02', '2023-01-03']), country_name='UnitedStates')
     ```
     """
     
+    if engine == 'pandas':
+        return _is_holiday_pandas(idx, country_name , country)
+    elif engine == 'polars':
+        return _is_holiday_polars(idx, country_name, country)
+    else:
+        raise ValueError("Invalid engine. Use 'pandas' or 'polars'.")
+
+def _is_holiday_pandas(
+    idx: Union[str, datetime, List[Union[str, datetime]], pd.DatetimeIndex, pd.Series],
+    country_name: str = 'UnitedStates',
+    country: str = None
+) -> pd.Series:
+
     # This function requires the holidays package to be installed
     try:
         import holidays
@@ -463,6 +478,62 @@ def is_holiday(
     
     return ret
 
+def _is_holiday_polars(
+    idx: Union[str, datetime, List[Union[str, datetime]], pd.Series],
+    country_name: str = 'UnitedStates',
+    country: str = None
+) -> pd.Series:
+
+    # This function requires the holidays package to be installed
+    try:
+        import holidays
+    except ImportError:
+        raise ImportError("The 'holidays' package is not installed. Please install it by running 'pip install holidays'.")
+
+    if country:
+        country_name = country  # Override the default country_name with the provided one
+    
+    # Convert pl.date objects if they are strings
+    if isinstance(idx, str):
+        start_year, start_month, start_day = map(int,idx.split("-"))
+        start = pl.date(start_year, start_month, start_day)
+        end = start
+        end_year, end_month, end_day = map(int,idx.split("-"))
+
+    # Convert to pl.date objects DatetimeIndex object
+    if isinstance(idx, pd.core.indexes.datetimes.DatetimeIndex):
+        date_range = idx
+
+        start_date = date_range[0]
+        start_year, start_month, start_day = start_date.year, start_date.month, start_date.day
+        start = pl.date(start_year, start_month, start_day)
+
+        end_date   = date_range[-1]
+        end_year, end_month, end_day = end_date.year, end_date.month, end_date.day
+        end = pl.date(end_year, end_month, end_day)
+        
+    # Convert list of strings to list of dates
+    if isinstance(idx, list):
+        dates = []
+        for date_str in idx:
+            date = pd.to_datetime(date_str).date()
+            dates.append(date)
+        start_date = dates[0]
+        start_year, start_month, start_day = start_date.year, start_date.month, start_date.day
+        start = pl.date(start_year, start_month, start_day)
+
+        end_date   = dates[-1]
+        end_year, end_month, end_day = end_date.year, end_date.month, end_date.day
+        end = pl.date(end_year, end_month, end_day)
+        
+    holidays_list = list(holidays.country_holidays(country_name, years=[start_year,end_year]))
+    expr = pl.date_range(start, end)
+    is_holiday = expr.is_in(holidays_list)
+
+    ret = pl.select(is_holiday).to_series().to_pandas() 
+
+    return ret
+
 def is_datetime_string(x: Union[str, pd.Series, pd.DatetimeIndex]) -> bool:
     
     if isinstance(x, pd.Series):