festive spirit
Celebratory mood prevailing
Festive spirit is the mood of celebration and good cheer associated with holidays and special occasions.
It suggests enthusiasm for traditions, decorations, gatherings, and general merriment: The carolers helped put everyone in the festive spirit.
Someone who lacks festive spirit seems gloomy or reluctant to participate in celebrations.
- laughterVocal expression of amusement
- good cheerCheerful, festive atmosphere
- sharingDividing among others
- lightsSources of illumination
- joyIntense positive emotion
excitement · bonhomie · community · family time · warmth · togetherness · gratitude · traditions · holiday season · camaraderie · hospitality · feasting · celebration · cheerfulness · conviviality · generosity · dancing · gift-giving
- seasonal moodswinter blues, spring fever, cabin fever, holiday cheer, seasonal depression
- ChristmasChristmas tree, Christmas, Christmas Day, Christmas ornaments, Santa
- holidaysChristmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Valentine's Day
- EpiphanyEpiphany, Magi, three kings, Balthazar, three wise men
festive spiritgloom
Pervasive dimness or dejection
glumness · melancholy · despondency · misery · sadness
festive spiritgrim reality
Unpleasant facts of life
daily grind · ordinariness · boredom · tedium · banality