holiday spirit
December's collective joy
Holiday spirit is the mood of generosity, warmth, and goodwill associated with major holidays, especially Christmas and the winter season.
Someone with holiday spirit feels festive and charitable: She's full of holiday spirit this year.
The phrase often appears in complaints about its absence: These crowds are killing my holiday spirit.
- Santa ClausLegendary yuletide gift-giver
- generosityReadiness to give freely
- ChristmasWinter nativity celebration
- deck the hallsPrepare home for Christmas
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
togetherness · festivity · goodwill · good tidings · warmth · volunteering · kindness · community · sharing · charitable giving · inclusivity · joy · wonder · traditions · gratitude · hopefulness · peace on earth · neighborliness
- joyhappiness, gladness, joyfulness, elation, delight
- seasonal moodswinter blues, spring fever, cabin fever, festive cheer, seasonal depression
- merrimentmirth, laugh, gaiety, merriment, chuckle
- seasonal greetingsmerry Christmas, season's greetings, happy Hanukkah, happy Kwanzaa, best wishes
- relaxationrelax, naps, break, rest, calm
- A Christmas CarolEbenezer Scrooge, Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, Jacob Marley
holiday spiritcynicism
Distrust of human sincerity
bitterness · miserliness · meanness · gloom · joylessness
holiday spiritisolation
Complete separation from others
withdrawal · misanthropy · reclusiveness · alienation · detachment