Happy New Year’s Day
Happy New Year – 2015!
May your new year be filled with joy and blessings. May you be comforted in any sadness.
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Did you stop and think about using an apostrophe for this New Year’s Day?
Apostrophes on holidays can be confusing. Some holidays use them; some do not.
If you say “Happy New Year,” don’t worry about an apostrophe. You don’t need one.
But if a noun follows “New Year,” use an apostrophe:
- New Year’s Day
- New Year’s Eve
- New Year’s presents
- New Year’s wishes
- New Year’s parades
- New Year’s fireworks
- New Year’s celebrations
Other holidays that use apostrophes:
- Valentine’s Day
- Saint Patrick’s Day
- Mother’s Day
- Father’s Day.
If you have a holiday with plurals, remember to put the apostrophe after the s.
- Presidents’ Day
- April Fools’ Day
Tricks and Traps on holiday apostrophes: some holidays do not have an apostrophe:
- Veterans Day
- Armed Forces Day
- United Nations Day
And now that you have rested up from your New Year’s Eve celebrations, what do you have planned for New Year’s Day?
