winter holiday

plural winter holidays

1. countableuncountableA multiday time of rest from work or studies during the winter months.

   Near-synonym: the holidays

   1 more example

   This year we'll spend our winter holiday in Spain.

   Synonyms: holidays

2. countableuncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see winter, holiday: a holiday (holy day or comparable) that falls during the winter; especially, one that celebrates winter or, most specifically, the winter solstice.

   Most religions have at least one winter holiday.

   Synonyms: winter festival