festive season

Example Sentences

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“That’s quite concerning. Even the festive season isn’t really giving people the desire to spend as they did before.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

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

“Home Alone” is a seminal Christmas classic that airs on millions of screens across the world every festive season, more than three decades after the movie premiered.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025

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