Meanings
plural holiday seasons
- CanadaUSThe period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur, such as Halloween, American Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa.
What are your plans for the holiday season?
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Merely sniffing this stuff [cheese] fulfills one’s minimum daily fat requirement; actually eating it is the main cause of holiday season hospital visits.
1994 December 18, Donn Esmonde, “Before slathering on the cheese sauce, here’s some advice”, in The Buffalo News, final edition, Buffalo, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page E-1, column 1 - UKA period in the summer when people go on holiday (vacation).
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Was it deliberate that the first week of October 1961 was chosen to conduct a national survey of passenger usage? Why October of all months, when the holiday season was over and families back at work and at school? Was this a fiddling of the figures to make an unfair case against rail-dependent resorts such as those in the West Country, Norfolk, Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, where previously overloaded summer services would now only have a handful of locals on board?
2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, pages 52–53Synonyms: advent, Christmas season, Christmastide, Thanksgivingtide, holidays, yuletide
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA period in the summer when people go on holiday (vacation).
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 歲末年初 /岁末年初, 佳節 /佳节
- 歲末年初 /岁末年初period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
- 佳節 /佳节 (jiājié)period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
- 假期 (jiàqī)period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
Finnish lomasesonki, lomakausi
- lomasesonkiperiod of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
- lomakausiperiod of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
French saison des fêtes, période des fêtes
- saison des fêtesperiod of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
- période des fêtesperiod of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
- Fêtesperiod of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
- temps des fêtesperiod of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
German Ferienzeit
- Ferienzeitperiod of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
Japanese 連休シーズン, 休暇シーズン
- 連休シーズンperiod of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
- 休暇シーズンperiod of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
Korean 휴가철, 연말연시
- 휴가철 (hyugacheol)period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
- 연말연시 (yeonmaryeonsi)period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
Polish ferie
- ferieperiod of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
Russian курортный сезон, праздник сезон
- курортный сезон (kurortnyj sezon)period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
- праздник сезон (prazdnik sezon)period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
Spanish temporada de vacaciones, temporada festiva
- temporada de vacacionesperiod of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
- temporada festivaperiod of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
- temporada feriadaperiod of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
Vietnamese kỳ nghỉ lễ
- kỳ nghỉ lễperiod of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
Cite this entry
holiday season. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holiday%20season
“holiday season.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holiday%20season. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “holiday season,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holiday%20season.
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