Ahh! Now I see what you were asking....
pps:But the 's in 'New Year's Eve' isn't actually denoting that it's a plural, it's a 'possessive 's', so it's really just saying that 'the Eve' being referred to is the eve belonging to the 'New Year' ie. it's referring to the Eve of the New Year - just like Christmas' Eve should really have a possessive ' after the ...s (but with no additional s after the apostrophe, as in Christmas's, cos the word Christmas already ends in an s :lecturef_smilie: ) so just as I've outlined regarding New Year's Eve above, Christmas' Eve is actually referring to the Eve of Christmas
And the same goes for both Christmas' Day & New Year's Day - they are referring to 'the day of ...' hyea:Many don't understand this, which is why some say "New Years" or "Christmas" when they're actually referring to "the New Year" or "Christmas Time/Day/Eve", altho others may quite properly refer to "New Years" or "Christmas" intentionally but without actually verbalising the following "Eve" or "Day" because they assume that'll be understood.... but so often that isn't understood... and you know what 'assuming' does, don't you?? :banghead:
So actually, both Christmas' Eve AND New Year's Eve are singular, albeit properly expressed with possessive apostrophes, but both often don't get the appropriate possessive apostrophes simply cos people get lazy.... or editors/writers didn't want to 'waste' that space in their headline or text; and/or the person/s concerned either don't know or no longer bother to follow the Rules of Proper English Usage, which admittedly are often pretty odd & sometimes quite confusing!! :gaah:
So that's all clear now?? :dontknow:
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That might be why you see so many of these things :banghead: in my posts - they don't necessarily stop the pain, but some days it just feels 'better' when I stop! 
