If I'm talking about Holidays and weather in the past, do I use preterite or imperfect?

Question

If I'm talking about Holidays and weather in the past, do I use preterite or imperfect?

Also, what is the difference between the two? When do i use on or the other?

Answer 1

Imperfect is when you have been doing something over and over again

I have been going to the gym

I used to eat rice.

Preterite is when something has happened once or, happened very abruptly.

I went to the store yesterday.

I played hockey in fifth grade.