What is "red letter day"

n. (context idiomatic English) A particularly significant day or a day to celebrate (personal or sectarian).

A red letter day (sometimes hyphenated as red-letter day or called scarlet day in academia) is any day of special significance or opportunity. Its roots are in classical antiquity; for instance, important days are indicated in red in a calendar dating from the Roman Republic (509–27 BC). In medieval manuscripts, initial capitals and highlighted words (known as rubrics) were written in red ink. The practice was continued after the invention of the printing press, including in Catholic liturgical books. Many calendars still indicate special dates and holidays in red instead of black. The practice did not originate, as it often assumed, from Medieval church calendars or a requirement that important holy days be marked in red from First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD, as has widely been claimed.

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. In the universities of the UK, scarlet days are when doctors may wear their scarlet 'festal' or full dress gowns instead of their undress ('black') gown.

In Norway, Sweden, Denmark and South Korea and some Latin American countries, a public holiday is sometimes referred to as "red day" (rød dag, röd dag, 빨간 날), as it is printed in red in calendars.

Red letter day is a special day of the year, marked by red color in calendar.

Red letter day may also refer to:

Red Letter Day's only release, and Eulogy Recordings's second release provides an important part in the chronology of connecting bands. It was the members' first step towards indie, moving away from the punk roots.

The booklet features thanks to such bands as Vacant Andy's, Ed Matus' Struggle, Shai Hulud, and As Friends Rust (who had recently gone on the first break up), all of which later became important bands in Florida's musical history.

The album cover's painting is done by Chenco.

The album was released with the second catalog number of Eulogy, however it was released prior to EUL001 ( Bird of Ill Omen's Self, Dare You Still Breathe?), due to production delays on par with it.

Red Letter Day is a five-track EP by the Kansas City, Missouri band The Get Up Kids. It was released before their second full-length album Something to Write Home About. It featured James Dewees on the keyboard. Shortly after the album was released, Dewees joined the band full-time.

The album was recorded in 1997 at Red House Studios by Ed Rose, the producer of the band's first EP Woodson. The album was released only on 10" vinyl. The album was printed on black vinyl, save for two limited pressings, 500 translucent green and 500 clear.

Red Letter Day are a British punk rock band formed in Portsmouth in 1984.