I always thought the names of holidays were proper names, and should thus be capitalized christmas, thanksgiving, etc. I usually put a space before and after a slash, when indicating alternatives. The day after christmas is boxing day in the uk.
Indeed, it's a trope, reaching #59 on the stuff southern people like blog: We also gobble down a lot of turkey on thanksgiving. What about merry christmas and wishing you well.
I can find instances of “thanksgiving eve”, such as here on wikipedia: “a traditional new england thanksgiving, for example, consisted of a raffle held on thanksgiving. However, i recently made a typo when talking about. This is just a bit of idle musing, but are the two meanings of this word somehow related via the.
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. Is it correct, or should i rewrite the sentence to remove. I don't think there's a general word for the day after holidays in general. 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.