festive meal
Celebration at table
A festive meal is a special meal marking a celebration or holiday—Thanksgiving dinner, a wedding banquet, a Christmas feast.
The phrase emphasizes both the occasion and the food's abundance or elaborateness: The whole family gathered for the festive meal.
- family gatheringRelatives meeting socially
- breaking breadSharing food communally
- stuffingSeasoned mixture for cavities
- wedding banquetCelebratory meal after matrimony
- menu planningChoosing upcoming dishes beforehand
place settings · Passover Seder · Thanksgiving · cranberry sauce · celebration · special occasion · raising a glass · fruitcake · tradition · family recipe · ritual · pumpkin pie · Christmas dinner · holiday table · champagne · mashed potatoes · Shabbat · saying grace
- Jewish holidaysPassover, Hanukkah, Pesach, Purim, Rosh Hashanah
- circumcisioncircumcision, brit milah, bris, foreskin, mohel
- High HolidaysRosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, High Holy Days, shofar, machzor
- Jewish Weddingchuppah, bridegroom, newlyweds, wine cup
- NowruzNowruz, sib, sir, seer, spring equinox
- Simchat TorahTorah scrolls, rejoicing, flag waving, Deuteronomy, simcha
festive mealweeknight dinner
Meal on working evenings
working lunch · TV dinner · microwave dinner · desk lunch · leftovers
festive mealbread and water
Minimal prisoner's diet
gruel · snack · quick bite · scraps · fast food
festive mealeating alone
Consuming food unaccompanied
fast · fasting · starvation · hunger · bachelor dinner