yuletides
December festive seasons
Yuletides is the plural of yuletide, the Christmas season.
The word appears when referring to multiple Christmas periods: We spent many yuletides at my grandmother's house.
Yuletide itself combines yule, an old word for the winter festival, with tide in its archaic sense of season or time.
Traditional practices or import taxes
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- decorationsObjects adding visual appeal
- evergreensTrees keeping leaves year-round
- hollySpiny-leaved winter shrub
mistletoe · wreaths · ornaments · stockings · carols · nativity · advent · yule log
Winter nativity celebration
- festivitiesCelebratory events and activities
- holidaysDesignated celebration days
- merrimentLighthearted fun together
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
feasting · caroling · gatherings · wassailing · parties · cheer · rejoicing · mirth
Non-mainstream religion follower
- solsticeDay of maximum tilt
- SaturnaliaRome's December harvest celebration
- GermanicOf Teutonic language stock
- VikingMedieval Nordic raider
Norse · ancient · medieval · Victorian · Dickensian · folklore · wassail · Twelfth Night
customs
Traditional practices or import taxes
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- decorationsObjects adding visual appeal
- evergreensTrees keeping leaves year-round
holly · mistletoe · wreaths · ornaments · stockings · carols · nativity · advent · yule log · tinsel
Christmas
Winter nativity celebration
- festivitiesCelebratory events and activities
- holidaysDesignated celebration days
- merrimentLighthearted fun together
revelry · feasting · caroling · gatherings · wassailing · parties · cheer · rejoicing · mirth · celebrations
pagan
Non-mainstream religion follower
- solsticeDay of maximum tilt
- SaturnaliaRome's December harvest celebration
- GermanicOf Teutonic language stock
Viking · Norse · ancient · medieval · Victorian · Dickensian · folklore · wassail · Twelfth Night · Epiphany
winter
Year's coldest quarter
fireside · candlelight · twinkling · cozy · warmth · glowing · festive · sparkling · golden · magical
yuletidessummer solstices
Year's maximum daylight occasions
midsummers · summertime · dog days · harvest time · Midsummer
yuletidesordinary days
Unremarkable daily life
doldrums · off-seasons · Lent · workweeks · lean times
- yuletide carolsFestive winter season hymns
- yuletide greetingsHoliday season well-wishes
- yuletide songsFestive December music