festive season


noun
  1. the period immediately leading up to Christmas and ending just after New Year

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How to use festive season in a sentence

  • How glad I am when the festive season draws to a close, and the last petitioner for Christmas-boxes goes on his way rejoicing.

  • Let us hope that at Christmas, or some other festive season, you may have to dress a fowl or turkey for your dinner.

  • Several of the villagers passed along the road, more or less merry in honour of the festive season.

    A Woman's Burden | Fergus Hume
  • New year of 1842 found him at home in Nauvoo enjoying with his family and friends the festive season.

    Wilford Woodruff | Matthias F. Cowley
  • The postal-parcel work is also very heavy at the festive season.