festive season
Year-end celebrations period
The festive season is the period around Christmas and New Year, typically from late November through early January.
The phrase appears most often in commercial and institutional contexts—holiday sales, office party invitations, greeting cards: Best wishes for the festive season.
It serves as a religiously neutral alternative to "Christmas season."
- holidaysDesignated celebration days
- ChristmasWinter nativity celebration
- presentsItems given freely
- gift wrapDecorative package covering
- stocking stuffersSmall gifts for holiday hosiery
Kwanzaa · yuletide · Hanukkah · merriment · winter solstice · gift-giving · wassailing · Advent · goodwill · family gatherings · joyfulness · nativity scenes · decorations · fairy lights · Twelfth Night · Epiphany · New Year's Eve · Santa Claus
festive seasoneveryday life
Ordinary regular existence
off-season · business as usual · working week · nine-to-five · regular season
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