festive season
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“That’s quite concerning. Even the festive season isn’t really giving people the desire to spend as they did before.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
After taking a train home to her native Hebei province, Beijing resident Hua Lei told AFP she would observe a subdued festive season.
From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026
For the final three months of the year, which comprise the key festive season, the company logged a like-for-like 9.8% rise in revenue to 1.445 billion euros.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
“Home Alone” is a seminal Christmas classic that airs on millions of screens across the world every festive season, more than three decades after the movie premiered.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025
And adults are no less eager to join their friends at the festive season; many travel long journeys in order to do so.
From Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries by Dawson, William Francis
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