Can someone please tell me the meaning of "Red Letter Day"? Thank you.?

Answer 1

A red letter day (sometimes hyphenated as red-letter day) is any day of special significance. The First Council of Nicaea in 325 decreed the saint's days, feasts and other holy days, which came to be printed on church calendars in red. The term came into wider usage with the appearance in 1549 of the first Book of Common Prayer in which the calendar showed special holy days in red ink.

Many current calendars have special dates and holidays such as Sundays, Christmas Day and Midsummer Day rendered in red colour instead of black.

On red letter days, judges of the English High Court (Queen's Bench Division) wear, at sittings of the Court of Law, their scarlet robes (See court dress). Also in the United Kingdom, other civil dates have been added to the original religious dates. These include anniversaries of the Monarch's birthday, official birthday, accession and coronation.

The term "red letter day" is colloquially used to indicate any date of personal significance.

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Answer 2

As I understand it, a "Red Letter Day" is when something important or special happens in a good way (i.e. Stu and Sue's upcoming wedding will be a red letter day for both of them).

Answer 3

It s a gift thing, where you pick out an exciting activity to give to someone to do for the day, like skydiving, or driving a fast car. Thats what I know it to be anyway.