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# the festive season

phrase (noun phrase, «the festive season»; no plural)

«the festive season» in the English dictionary: in the primary school — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In the primary school

Source: Mova's pupils' dictionary. Licence: [Elamur Cosmic License](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/LICENSE/). Reviewed: the dictionary the pupils of Mova's primary school read; its examples quote the lessons and public-domain tales. Ships with Mova.

### Meaning

1. (everyday, UK and Commonwealth) the Christmas and New Year holiday time.
2. (wider) any time of feasts and holidays.

### In the lessons

A polite, cheerful, slightly formal way to name the Christmas holidays; shops, adverts, councils and news reports use it to sound inclusive and avoid naming only one religion. Common in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand; Americans more often say «the holiday season».

### Examples

- (advert) Get your gifts early this festive season!
- (council) Bin collections will change over the festive season.
- (news) Police warn drivers not to drink over the festive season.
- (card) Best wishes for the festive season.
- (school) The school closes for the festive season on Friday.
- (Australia) The festive season here means barbecues on the beach.
- (chat) so much food over the festive season, need new jeans lol

### Note

Trap: it means Christmas time, not any festival. It does not say «Christmas», so some people see it as more inclusive, others as too vague. US English: «the holidays» or «the holiday season».