winter holidays
Year-end celebrations
The winter holidays are the cluster of celebrations occurring in late December and early January—Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's, and others.
The phrase often serves as an inclusive alternative to "Christmas" in contexts where religious neutrality matters: The company sent winter holiday cards to all employees.
Schools and workplaces use "winter break" or "winter holidays" to acknowledge diverse traditions.
- ChristmasWinter nativity celebration
- Christmas treeDecorated seasonal evergreen display
- HanukkahEight-day Jewish celebration
- KwanzaaAfrican-American cultural holiday
- ThanksgivingAutumn gratitude holiday
holiday season · festivities · Boxing Day · Diwali · Santa Claus · Epiphany · decorations · Hogmanay · lights · snow · white Christmas · families · Halloween · Saturnalia · reindeer · New Year · feast · eggnog
- seasonalflu season, ski season, beach season, harvest season, rainy season
- seasonal memoriesfirst snow, summer vacation, beach trips, family reunion, harvest time
- seasonsautumn, summer, spring, fall, summertime
- European travelParis, Eiffel Tower, Rome, Big Ben, London
- Fall SeasonSeptember, October, November, fall, autumn
- busy timesrush hour, morning rush, evening rush, lunch rush, peak season
winter holidayssummer vacation
Warm-season break from school
summer holidays · summer break · midsummer · spring break · beach season
winter holidaysworking days
Days of employment
term time · busy season · school term · business hours · crunch time
winter, wintry, holidays, wintertime, winters, wintering, wintered, holidaying, holidayer