festive meals
Celebratory dining occasions
Festive meals are special meals prepared for celebrations, holidays, or occasions of significance.
The phrase emphasizes both the food and the communal spirit—Thanksgiving dinner, Christmas lunch, Passover seder, and wedding banquets all qualify.
We gathered for the festive meal after the ceremony.
- banquetFormal celebratory meal
- holiday dinnerFestive meal with relatives
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- family gatheringRelatives meeting socially
- turkeyWattled North American fowl
gathering · holiday · toast · gravy · stuffing · passing dishes · dinner table · harvest · thanksgiving · Christmas ham · table · family · platter · roast · wine · good cheer · candles · saying grace
- food culturefood customs, table manners, food traditions, culinary traditions, dining etiquette
- Sukkotsukkah, booth, citron, willow, myrtle
- ChristmasChristmas tree, Christmas, Christmas Day, Christmas ornaments, Santa
- meat eatingmeat, carnivore diet, carnivore, beef, pork
- EidEid al-Adha, Eid al-Fitr, Eid prayer, Eid prayers, Eid Mubarak
- Hanukkahmenorah, dreidel, latkes, gelt, shamash
occasion and celebration
festive mealsregular meals
grab-and-go meals · standard fare · fast food · TV dinners · desk lunch
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