festive season
English edit
Noun edit
festive season (plural festive seasons)
- The period around Christmas and New Year.
- 2022 December 14, David Turner, “The Edwardian Christmas getaway...”, in RAIL, number 972, page 32:
- In the late 19th and early 20th century, the festive season was also a period of great mobility before, during and after Christmas Day. But the railways kept working.
Usage notes edit
- Often written with initial capital letters: Festive Season.