Meanings
nounfestive season (plural festive seasons)
plural festive seasons
- The period around Christmas and New Year.
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.
2022 December 14, David Turner, “The Edwardian Christmas getaway...”, in RAIL, number 972, page 32
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