Holly Jolly Christmas
Burl's festive tune
A holly jolly Christmas is one filled with festive cheer and merriment, from the 1964 Burl Ives song of the same name.
The phrase has become shorthand for an idealized, warmly celebratory holiday season: Have yourself a holly jolly Christmas this year.
- festiveCheerfully celebratory
- merryCheerful and lively
- holiday spiritSeasonal goodwill and merriment
- jingleBrief advertising melody
- bellsStruck metal sound-makers
silver bells · cheerful · stop motion · snowman · winter wonderland · holiday · carols · deck the halls · sleigh · tinsel · eggnog · hot cocoa · reindeer · North Pole · mistletoe · wreath · ornaments · stockings
- Christmas CarolsSilent Night, Jingle Bells, The First Noel, We Three Kings, Good King Wenceslas
musical mood and tone
Holly Jolly ChristmasSilent Night
Austrian Christmas carol
Handel's Messiah · Ave Maria · The First Noel · Blue Christmas · We Three Kings
holly, jolly, Christmas, Christ, Christian, Christianity, Christlike, Christendom, jollier