gala day

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It was a gala day, with President Ronald Reagan on hand to congratulate Petty, perhaps his finest hour in a career stuffed with celebrations.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2017

Because this is the school's gala day, Old Etonians the world over celebrate it with alumni dinners.

From Time Magazine Archive

It had got so that when anything from the pen of the girl of the Red Mill was produced the neighbors made a gala day of it.

From Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross Doing Her Best For Uncle Sam by Emerson, Alice B.

Sunday was partly a laundry day, but mostly a gala day.

From Memoirs of Orange Jacobs by Jacobs, Orange

The first of May is not always a gala day; to many it means the coming and going of moving vans, and meals eaten in cold comfort from the traditional window-sill.

From Gala Day Luncheons A Little Book of Suggestions by Burrell, Caroline Benedict