We also gobble down a lot of turkey on thanksgiving. This is just a bit of idle musing, but are the two meanings of this word somehow related via the. “a traditional new england thanksgiving, for example, consisted of a raffle held on thanksgiving.
The day after christmas is boxing day in the uk. Is it correct, or should i rewrite the sentence to remove. I can find instances of “thanksgiving eve”, such as here on wikipedia:
I always thought the names of holidays were proper names, and should thus be capitalized christmas, thanksgiving, etc. In general, though, in the united states the only days that come close to this situation are the day before and the day after thanksgiving, and i have not heard any word or. Indeed, it's a trope, reaching #59 on the stuff southern people like blog: Lunch = midday (any size) supper or dinner = evening (any size), but sometimes dinner is a big special meal instead of linch or supper, like sunday dinner or.
I don't think there's a general word for the day after holidays in general. I usually put a space before and after a slash, when indicating alternatives. However, i recently made a typo when talking about. We review a module / theme per user.