seasons greetings

December card message

Season's greetings is a generic holiday salutation used during the winter holiday period, roughly from late November through early January.

It avoids specifying Christmas, Hanukkah, or any particular celebration, making it useful for addressing mixed audiences: The company card just said "Season's Greetings".

Often appears on cards and in retail contexts.

The apostrophe placement varies—season's greetings (greetings of the season) and seasons' greetings (greetings of the seasons) both appear, though the former is standard.

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cards · cheer · holiday cheer · warmth · good tidings · tidings · jolly · new year · goodwill · peace on earth · joyful · snow · cozy · yuletide · celebration · family · loved ones · wishes

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Opposites
occasion specificity

seasons greetingsbirthday wishes

Annual celebration greetings

happy birthday · congratulations · get well soon · condolences · sympathy card

social sentiment

seasons greetingsbah humbug

Contemptuous holiday dismissal

malediction · ill wishes · curse · damn you · curses

religious specificity

seasons greetingshappy Hanukkah

Jewish winter festival greeting

happy Diwali · Eid Mubarak

Family

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