holiday decorations

Seasonal home embellishments

Holiday decorations are ornaments and embellishments displayed to mark festive occasions—Christmas lights, Halloween pumpkins, Easter eggs, Fourth of July bunting.

The term usually implies seasonal items that go up temporarily and come down after the celebration: The neighbors leave their holiday decorations up until February.

In American usage without qualification, holiday decorations typically means Christmas decorations.

Opposites
temporal/seasonal use

holiday decorationseveryday objects

Ordinary things encountered routinely

aesthetic function

holiday decorationsbare walls

Unadorned vertical surfaces

empty shelves · empty rooms

temporality/occasion

holiday decorationseveryday items

Common household objects

Family

holiday, decorations

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G