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The natural thing to say is on a cold night — or any specific night or day: on that night, on the night before we left, on Christmas Eve, on the last day of term, on my birthday, on St Swithin’s Day, etc. If you use in, you imply during [the course of] a certain day or night. There are few situations in which that would be appropriate. More @Wikipedia
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- on a cold night/in a cold night | WordReference ForumsThe natural thing to say is on a cold night — or any specific night or day: on that night, on the night before we left, on Christmas Eve, on the last day of term, on my birthday, on St Swithin’s Day, etc. If you use in, you imply during [the course of] a certain day or night. There are few situations in which that would be appropriate.
- On Christmas or in Christmas? - WordReference ForumsIn British English: at Christmas, on Christmas Day. I also can't think of any circumstances in which I'd say in Christmas
- At Christmas Eve/ In Christmas Eve / On Christmas EveOn Christmas Eve. S. St. Nick Senior Member. English Jan 22, 2009 #3 "On Christmas Eve" is the only ...
- "on/at Christmas" - WordReference ForumsAs stated previously we use at Christmas, on Christmas Day. I should clarify that slightly. We do not say on Christmas if we are describing the time of an action. If you were to search for "on Christmas" on UK websites only you could find "Spotlight on Christmas", but that is a metaphorical spotlight shining on the Christmas period.
- <on/at> New Year's Eve - WordReference ForumsI think in general, we use "on" to mean the exact day when a festival is celebrated and "at" to mean the general time around the festival, that is, from a couple of days before the festival to a couple of days after it but I wonder whether "at" could be used in such a sense with "New Year's Eve" because "(on X's) eve" is a very specific time reference, but then I suppose it can be.
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