Across the United States, people are celebrating Thanksgiving Day. Inspired by the day and having a moment before I get ready for the festivities of eating, drinking, and enjoying good company, I want to write about capitalizing the word day in holidays.
Around individual holidays celebrated in the U.S., people often wonder about day. Yes, day is capitalized. For example:
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Day
- St. Patrick's Day
- Kamehameha Day
- Columbus Day
- Election Day
- Presidents' Day
- Father's Day
- Veterans Day
- Martin Luther King's Birthday
Happy Thanksgiving Day!
Lynn
what about Thanksgiving Weekend / weekend ?
Posted by: Daniel | October 03, 2008 at 03:47 PM
Thanksgiving weekend is correct.
Posted by: Lynn | October 03, 2008 at 11:14 PM
I was asked to offer a prayer of thanksgiving before we started the harvest.
Posted by: Martin Hyde | December 17, 2010 at 06:12 AM
Martin, your capitalization is correct. Thanks for stopping by.
Lynn
Posted by: Lynn Gaertner-Johnston | December 21, 2010 at 07:39 AM
Do you capitalize "happy" when you type to someone, "Happy Thanksgiving"?
Posted by: D.j. Stacey | November 21, 2011 at 04:39 PM
Here are two examples:
Happy Thanksgiving!
Have a happy Thanksgiving!
Lynn
Posted by: Lynn Gaertner-Johnston | November 22, 2011 at 01:18 PM