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I will go home for/at/in/on Christmas. Are these prepositions correct? What are the difference in meaning?Thanks a lot for your help.

Aperisic · Accepted Answer

I will go home for Christmas. You use for to say for a holiday... several days, for = in order to spent several days during, you say I will spend Christmas at home

I will go home at Christmas. This is possible but rare and with a special meaning. There should be a serious time distance from Christmas to use at, at requires something that lasts very short time at 7 o'clock. Christmas is not a short event unless you observe it in a full year for example. However, at is possible when you think about a particular event during Christmas for example the Christmas mass/liturgy, Christmas party... Here I will go home does not require a short event, so I can't find an excuse for using it. You use on instead.

Visit New York at Christmas

Mexico at Christmas

are acceptable because the Christmas event is regarded as one of the year's event.

I will go home in Christmas. Nop, it is wrong except I will go home in Christmas spirit. for example

I will go home on Christmas. Similar to the at case, but far more acceptable, you say that you are going home when Christmas starts or around that time, but not related to Christmas, just - you go home around that time.

Marius Hancu · Answer

I will go home on Christmas day.

Otherwise, I don't see on and in as being acceptable.

Anonymous · Answer

i will go home during christmas holidays

i will go home on christmas break

i will reach home on the last week of christmas holidays/ vacation

i have loads of work to finish on this weekend

i have loads of work this christmas weekend

let me know if i am wrong somewhere!!!!....:-) Email Removed">Email Removed

Aperisic · Answer

I will go home on Christmas day.

Otherwise, I don't see on and in as being acceptable.

But, I said both for at and on there is one additional point

at Christmas (party, Eve... some event)

without that meaning at is not correct

similar but less requisite

on Christmas (Day, Eve...)

There is no war on Christmas.

is a frequent construction.

So I agree that on Christmas is better with on Christmas Day, but it is not really a miss without Day.

at Christmas is very close to a miss unless one says somewhere what event during Christmas is in question

in Christmas is wrong whatever you do

CalifJim · Answer

I will go home for/at/in/on Christmas. Are these prepositions correct? What are the differences in meaning?

for Christmas: for the purpose of celebrating Christmas; to celebrate the Christmas holiday(s); also for Christmas holiday, for Christmas holidays, for Christmas vacation.
at Christmas: at the time of the Christmas holidays - not restricted to Christmas day, but including it; also at Christmas time.
in Christmas: impossible; not used.
on Christmas: during the day of Christmas - travel will not be the day before or after; also on Christmas day.

CJ

Davidrock65 · Answer

What about over Christmas? same as at Christmas?

CalifJim · Answer

over Christmas is sometimes used with the same meaning as at Christmas, yes.

CJ

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