New Year Capital Letters Or Not

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New year capital letters or not. You capitalize new year when you re talking about the holiday or the big day but not when you re referring to the new year as a timeframe. Note that new year isn t always capitalized. We had a great new year party.

New year s is the end of one year and the beginning of another year. New year s eve and new year s day always start with capital letters and always take an apostrophe. There are two years involved the old one and the new one but only one of them is new.

Why new year is capitalized. I hope the new year is a good one for you. Merry christmas and a happy new year.

If new year refers to the festival it is capitalised. New year is capatilized in the context of the holiday of new year but not in general writing such as i was facing the coming new year with some trepidation about all of the responsibilities my new position at work would entail in that context it is just talking about the year that is coming and not the holiday. I may add additional holidays and holy days.

However when someone is making reference to the year itself then it should not be capitalized e g. But not if it refers to a simple. Reserve the capital letters for the holiday itself not for the words new year.

When is it new years. Within a narrative text we write i had a merry christmas all right i was drunk all the time christmas is always capitalised. If a reference is being made on the holiday then it should be capitalized e g.