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I think you've misunderstood the assignment

On the other hand, Easter, Mardi Gras and Thanksgiving are each always on the same day of the week.

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What OP meant is not what OP actually said. Day of the week is fundamentally different from date.

Still wrong. What OP meant is that they're weekend holidays, where most participation is not on the day itself but the more convenient weekend around the holiday; thus the statement of them always being on the same day of the week.

They meant that, if 4th of july is on a tuesday, halloween will be too.

In a given year, they both occur on the same day of the week. For example, this year, they both fall on a Tuesday. In 2021, they both occurred on a Sunday.

No he meant that they both will be on the same day as eachother. As in if july 4th is tuesday halloween is gonna be tuesday too

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This is the correct "OP Meant".

Add the words " as each other" to the end of that thought and it actually makes sense. Something to do with 2 months with the same number of days perhaps? Pick any dates that fall on the same day of the week from any 2 months that have the same number of days and it will be true I think? I haven't tested it extensively but seems to be true.

then, for clarity, OP should have added the words "as each other" to the sentence.

So he wrote something that was utterly failed to say anything close to what he meant?

Same day of the year. Day of the week is Monday, Tuesday, etc. and is absolutely not correct.

We used to celebrate Washington and Lincoln's birthdays separately. They are a week apart. It was changed to President's Day on a Monday to make it easier for the government to grant it as a federal holiday.

I frankly would prefer that we do that with Independence Day and New Year's Day. They should be Friday or Saturday so I can get some sleep before work on Monday without fireworks going off at all hours of the day, night, and early morning.

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They def don't occur on the same day of the year lmao. Wtf are you smoking?

One is in July and the other's in October. "Day of the week" is indeed correct--where are you getting this confidence to say it's "absolutely not correct"..?? This year they're both on Tuesday.

Well, shit. I forgot about leap years. Without that, July 4th would always be the 185th day of the year.

I think my biggest issue was that this post clarifies the wording on a previous post by stating it in an even more obtuse manner.

I’m thinking this means they have a multiple of 7 between them, then. 17, to be exact. So 119 days between them, guaranteeing they’ll always fall on the same weekday.

They don't occur on the same day of the week, did you even get past basic algebra in high school?

If July 4th falls on a certain day of the week, Halloween (October 31st) will fall on that same day of the week in a given year. This works because July and October have the same number of days, that being 31. Check them both in a calendar. They line up the same way Christmas and New Year's Day line up, except they're further apart.

Well shit, I apologize I'm wrong. You apparently got an A in finite math and college. I see it now. I originally thought you meant they both fell in the same day of the week year in year out. Not actually together.

It reads slightly confusing.

I only realized that after I hit post. That's why I specified in the body.

I see it now. Interesting tidbit, so thanks.

Haha I figured this out the year my son was born. My birthday, and my oldest son's birthday fall on the same day of the week as Halloween and the fourth of July as well. On non leap year's like this one, so does Valentine's and my dad's birthday.

They are either 7 days apart, or 14, or 21, or 28, or 35, ect.

This happens with a lot of dates. My birthday, my grandmother's birthday, and my boyfriend's birthday always end up being the same day of the week. The only time that it doesn't happen is when there is a leap year. It throws it off just for my birthday, but then everything goes back to the same day after that.

Isn't there an USA reddit that this belongs in?

Because no-one else celebrates 4th July (unless it's their birthday) and halloween is ... again, meh? Just an excuse for the shopping megamarts to try to sell more crap to gullible idiots?

I get that if 4th July is a Thursday then so is All Hallow's Eve (not that I've checked on this at all) but... yeah, nice, for the tiny fraction of humanity that celebrates both of these, well done now go away...

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I bet you're fun at parties