visit my sister on/in/at (the) holiday(s)

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Suppose I want to take the advantage of having a couple days off at Easter, and I'm planning to visit my sister. I want to invite our mutual friend to her place.

Which sentence would you use to invite said friend?

A) Would you like to visit my sister on holiday?
B) Would you like to visit my sister in holiday?
C) Would you like to visit my sister at holiday?
D) Would you like to visit my sister on holidays?
E) Would you like to visit my sister in holidays?
F) Would you like to visit my sister at holidays?
G) Would you like to visit my sister on the holiday?
H) Would you like to visit my sister in the holiday?
I) Would you like to visit my sister at the holiday?
J) Would you like to visit my sister on the holidays?
K) Would you like to visit my sister in the holidays?
L) Would you like to visit my sister at the holidays?
 
Suppose I want to take [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] advantage of having a couple days off at Easter, and I'm planning to visit my sister. I want to invite our mutual friend to [strike]her[/strike] my sister's place.

I'd say Would you like to visit my sister during spring break/Easter vacation?
 
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G) and J) are fine. Very common in AmE is "over the holidays." But be careful about context. In the USA "the Holidays" often means the period starting on Thanksgiving and ending on New Year's Day.
 
G and J both sound wrong to a Brit, mostly because of on. However, over is okay, as we're talking about a period of a few days. I'd say:

Would you like to visit my sister at Easter?
 
Over spring break works well in American English.
 
I assume your friend is aware that you're going, too.

They're all unnatural in BE. I'd say 'Would you like to come with me to visit my sister at Easter?
 
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