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The topic is sending wishes to people on the occasion of the beginning of a new year, the coming year, the 'New Year'. I do use capitals in this context. It is 'next year', but it's unusual to hear best wishes for 'next year'. (I agree about 'the next year' being wrong in BrE) 'All the best' is a formula and is short for 'all the best (to you ... More @Wikipedia
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- All the best to / in / for the New Year! | WordReference ForumsThe topic is sending wishes to people on the occasion of the beginning of a new year, the coming year, the 'New Year'. I do use capitals in this context. It is 'next year', but it's unusual to hear best wishes for 'next year'. (I agree about 'the next year' being wrong in BrE) 'All the best' is a formula and is short for 'all the best (to you ...
- in / at / on holiday [+holidays] - WordReference ForumsI told you the difference. "On" talks about the holidays themselves (in the U.S., days like Christmas, New Year's Day, Easter, Independence Day, etc.) and "at" is more generally the time during which these holidays are celebrated. It would be somewhat difficult to construct examples that unambiguously demonstrate this difference.
- at new year / on new year's eve | WordReference ForumsHello, I have difficulty understanding some prepositions of time like at and on in these examples: AT New Year ON New Year's Eve. I think for "on New Year's Eve" the preposition is ON because it solely refers to the night when we celebrate the end of the year, the bells ring, we kiss and party...
- "on/at Christmas" - WordReference ForumsIt is seven days from Christmas to New Year 's. (as amended) The "sing" sentence is not the most idiomatic usage. How do you feel about: We always go to church on Christmas. (on Christmas Day or at Christmas) or We always open presents on Christmas. (on Christmas Day - as opposed to on Christmas Eve) or (at Christmas - as opposed to at the New ...
- <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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