The phrase "alternative celebration" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a different way of celebrating an event or occasion, often in a non-traditional manner.
Example: "This year, we decided to have an alternative celebration for the holiday, focusing on community service instead of a big party."
Alternatives: "different celebration" or "non-traditional celebration".
Rev Canon Adrian Alker Wetherby, West Yorkshire With reference to your editorial (11 April), I'd like to propose an alternative celebration.
The Metropolitan police decided the gathering (an alternative celebration organised by Queer Resistance) was a demonstration against the royal family – therefore we were arrested.
He's headlining Still Looking for a New England, an alternative celebration of words and music at the Barbican Hall, London, on 23 April.
In another work of nonfiction, "The Telling: The Story of a Group of Jewish Women Who Journey to Spirituality Through Community and Ceremony" (1993), Ms. Broner documented the annual seder and other alternative celebrations held by her circle.
This month she held an alternative Kwanzaa celebration after Mr. Sawyer's threat led the N.A.A.C.P. to cancel its larger version.
But if you're looking for an alternative literary celebration than reading "Finnegans Wake" after a few pints, "The Colors of Zion: Blacks, Jews, and Irish from 1845 to 1945" might be just the ticket.
"A sweet girl," he says, with an unmistakable note of condescension, and then asks Orso whether he and Lili might not enjoy attending a special alternative Easter celebration out at the community center.
Instead, Hoyle and Thomas teamed up to produce Merrie Hell, an "alternative Christmas celebration" that appeared at the Soho Theatre in December 2012.
The long list of events at Medika includes graffiti jams, flea markets, amateur film festivals, a festival of alternative theatre, celebrations of DIY-culture, hacklab workshops, and independent art exhibitions.
One of the main reasons I became a Humanist Celebrant is to help people who desire an alternative or nonreligious celebration of life memorial.
Tickets for the rapper Jay-Z's little bash are selling for $50,000, which is three times that being asked for Snoop Dogg's alternative post-fight celebration.
