festive season

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Noun

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festive season (plural festive seasons)

  1. The period around Christmas and New Year.
    • 2022 December 14, David Turner, “The Edwardian Christmas getaway...”, in RAIL, number 972, page 32:
      In the late 19th and early 20th century, the festive season was also a period of great mobility before, during and after Christmas Day. But the railways kept working.

Usage notes

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  • Often written with initial capital letters: Festive Season.
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