festive cheer
Seasonal celebratory mood
Festive cheer is the warmth, good humor, and celebratory spirit associated with holidays and special occasions.
The phrase evokes generosity, togetherness, and lighthearted joy: The office party was full of festive cheer.
It appears most often around Christmas and New Year, sometimes ironically when the mood falls short: Try to muster some festive cheer.
- holidayDay of rest
- holiday spiritSeasonal goodwill and merriment
- merryCheerful and lively
- joyIntense positive emotion
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
sparkle · tinsel · carols · ho ho ho · warmth · laughter · toasts · gatherings · holiday gathering · merriment · jolly · yuletide · good tidings · bells · eggnog · spirit · goodwill · peace on earth
- festive moodsmerry, jolly, joyful, joyous, celebratory
- seasonal moodswinter blues, spring fever, cabin fever, holiday spirit, seasonal depression
festive cheergloom
Pervasive dimness or dejection
misery · despair · melancholy · sorrow · glumness
festive cheermourning
Period following loss
grief · solemnity · somber mood · dreariness · lamentation
festive cheergloom and doom
Pervasive negative expectation
low spirits · heaviness · lifelessness · lethargy · flatness
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