festive season

Example Sentences

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After taking a train home to her native Hebei province, Beijing resident Hua Lei told AFP she would observe a subdued festive season.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

CPO prices are expected to hover at around 4,050 ringgit to 4,150 ringgit a ton in the near term as the festive season is expected to support demand in February, Aquidah adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

The song also reminded Americans what they were fighting for and captured a yearning to be home with family during the festive season.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Pub chain Mitchells & Butlers "traded very strongly across the festive season with like-for-like growth of 7.7%".

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

The colored people enjoyed the festive season, and there was scarcely a house in Washington in which there was not a well- filled punch bowl.

From Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Poore, Benjamin Perley