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at easter vs in easter

Both "at Easter" and "in Easter" are used in English, but they are used in different contexts. "At Easter" is the correct phrase to refer to the time during the Easter holiday, while "in Easter" is not commonly used in this context.

Last updated: March 25, 2024 • 7898 views

at easter

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to refer to the time during the Easter holiday.

Use "at Easter" to refer to the time during the Easter holiday. For example, "We usually have a big family dinner at Easter."

Examples:

  • We celebrate with our family at Easter.
  • She received a lot of chocolate eggs at Easter.
  • Many people attend church services at Easter.
  • They go on a vacation at Easter every year.
  • The children hunt for Easter eggs at Easter.
  • Jul 17, 2018 ... "At Easter" is the same as "In the Holy Week" (less often). "On Easter" is the same as "on Easter Sunday".
  • Dec 2, 2017 ... In the UK at least we say “at Easter” when we're talking about the Easter season in broad terms, but we say “on Easter Sunday” when talking ...
  • Apr 25, 2019 ... At Easter I had a fall. The wild garlic smelled lovely, but I didn't want to die there ... It's well known that once you pass a certain age, ...
  • Dec 18, 2015 ... In the UK we would say 'at Easter.' If you are talking about the specific day we would say 'on Easter Sunday/Monday' etc. So I guess it depends ...
  • Apr 21, 2017 ... The “Cleaning” at Easter. "We expected it to be a quiet night of prayer spent on Golgotha and in Christ's tomb...hardly so! The Russians had ...
  • Apr 14, 2020 ... Seven Stanzas at Easter” was written by John Updike and has become a much-loved poem.
  • at Easter I get two weeks off school at Easter. More examplesFewer examples. We're going to my parents for Easter. Did you have a nice Easter? SMART ...
  • The blessing of dying at Easter. by Angela Tilby. 05 May 2017. Facing death with faith: Rachel Boulding at her father's grave in the churchyard of St Peter ...
  • Apr 8, 2012 ... I think it compliments the sensibilities Updike expresses in his poem. Blessed Easter, one and all! Seven Stanzas at Easter. Make no mistake: if ...
  • Nov 17, 2023 ... Where to sit at Easter Road? :discussion: Discussion. Hi all,. I'm visiting Edinburgh from London (West Ham fan here) in a couple of weekends ...

Alternatives:

  • during Easter
  • on Easter Sunday
  • for Easter
  • over Easter
  • around Easter

in easter

This phrase is not commonly used in English to refer to the time during the Easter holiday.

Avoid using "in Easter" to refer to the time during the Easter holiday. Instead, use "at Easter."
  • Those who drink too much in Easter... don't make it to Christmas.
  • What rises twice a year, once in Easter and then two weeks before Christmas, has a mini peak every Monday, and then flattens out over the summer?
  • I've seen Fred Astaire in Easter Parade.
  • But he says he saw Laura Palmer by the gazebo in Easter Park.
  • Allow me to make an initial observation on the atmosphere of Seville which was not only in a holiday period, but in Easter week, in a city that is defined as being the capital of the three cultures.
  • While I was in Easter Island, comet McNaught was there also, so you get a gratuitous picture of a moai with a comet.
  • And recently, I was in Easter Island, which is an incredibly beautiful place, and an incredibly mysterious place, because no matter where you go in Easter Island, you're struck by these statues, called the moai.

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