the holiday season
noun [S] mainly USDefinition
› the period around Christmas and New YearReligious festivalsCelebrations, parties and special occasions
(Definition of the holiday season noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- Advent noun
- Ascension Day noun
- Ash Wednesday noun
- Chanukah noun
- Christmas noun
- Easter noun
- Easter Sunday noun
- Eid noun
- Epiphany noun
- feast noun (CELEBRATION)
- Mardi Gras noun
- movable feast noun
- Noel noun
- Palm Sunday noun
- Pancake Day noun
- the Day of Atonement noun
- the Nativity noun
- Twelfth Night noun
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- Xmas
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