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MustAsk Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

First day of Easter

Hi

Would you say 'on the first day of Easter' or 'on the first Easter day"? Are both natural? To me they seem like they are.

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I wouldn't say either, because I don't know what you include in 'Easter'. For me, the Easter period is Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday/Easter Day, Easter Monday.

— Fivejedjon

  • I wouldn't say either, because I don't know what you include in 'Easter'.
  • For me, the Easter period is Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday/Easter Day, Easter Monday.
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I wouldn't say either, because I don't know what you include in 'Easter'.

For me, the Easter period is Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday/Easter Day, Easter Monday.
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Personally I would be unclear what "the first day of Easter" referred to.

"the first Easter day" seems additionally confusing to me because I understand "Easter Day" (albeit capital "Day") to mean Easter Sunday.
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OK, let's try with Christmas. I never really learned to call Easter anything but Easter. Easter is Easter and it lasts a couple of days as far as I'm concerned. But thanks for letting me know that Easter days are called differently.
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MustAskOK, let's try with Christmas.
"On the first day of Christmas" happens to be the first line from a very well known Christmas song . I have always understood "the first day of Christmas" to mean Christmas Day, but according to Wonkipedia (
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