yuletide
Winter gift season
Yuletide is the Christmas season, from late December through early January.
The word sounds old-fashioned and literary, evoking traditional celebrations: yuletide carols, yuletide cheer.
It appears most often in holiday marketing and nostalgic contexts: Wishing you a joyous yuletide. (Capitalized Yuletide is an equivalent variant.)
Winter nativity celebration
advent · midwinter · festive · Christmastide · seasonal · annual · year-end · celebration
Seasonal timber for burning
- wassailSpiced holiday beverage
- mistletoeParasitic festive greenery
- wreathDecorative foliage circle
- stockingsFitted leg coverings
gift exchange · nativity · carol singing · pantomime · epiphany · ornaments · Saint Nicholas · Krampus
Related people together
- reunionGathering after separation
- kinshipState of being related
- homecomingReturning to one's origin
- togethernessState of close connection
relatives · household · generations · hearth · fireside · warmth · fellowship · hospitality
Steamed suet-and-fruit dessert
- mince piesFruited Christmas pastries
- figgy puddingSteamed fruit-studded holiday cake
- mulled wineSpiced, heated red drink
- gingerbreadSpiced molasses bake
eggnog · fruitcake · stuffing · cranberry sauce · panettone · stollen · tamales · bacalao
Christmas
Winter nativity celebration
solstice · advent · midwinter · festive · Christmastide · seasonal · annual · year-end · celebration · new year
yule log
Seasonal timber for burning
stockings · gift exchange · nativity · carol singing · pantomime · epiphany · ornaments · Saint Nicholas · Krampus · Sinterklaas
family
Related people together
- reunionGathering after separation
- kinshipState of being related
- homecomingReturning to one's origin
togetherness · relatives · household · generations · hearth · fireside · warmth · fellowship · hospitality · cheer
plum pudding
Steamed suet-and-fruit dessert
- mince piesFruited Christmas pastries
- figgy puddingSteamed fruit-studded holiday cake
- mulled wineSpiced, heated red drink
gingerbread · eggnog · fruitcake · stuffing · cranberry sauce · panettone · stollen · tamales · bacalao · coquito
choir
Organized group of singers
singing · anthem · refrain · verse · chorale · madrigal · wassailing · carolers · acapella · choral
cheer
Joyfulness or encouragement
generosity · giving · gratitude · hope · peace · wonder · magic · nostalgia · warmth · kindness
- ChristmasChristmas tree, Christmas, Christmas Day, Christmas ornaments, Santa
- seasonal greetingsmerry Christmas, season's greetings, happy Hanukkah, happy Kwanzaa, best wishes
- Seasons & Holidaysspring, summer, fall, autumn, winter
- Christmas Worshipmidnight mass, nativity, Christmas Eve service, Christmas carols, candlelight service
- Santa Clausred suit, white beard, North Pole, sleigh, reindeer
- holidaysChristmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Valentine's Day
yuletidemidsummer
Peak of warm months
summer solstice · high summer · summertime · June · dog days
- yuletide carolsFestive winter season hymns
- yuletide greetingsHoliday season well-wishes
- yuletide songsFestive December music