merrymaking

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But this is a gift guide for you, our readers, and is written with revelry — meaning merrymaking, noisy partying, dancing until the lights come up — in mind.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Thursday that Mr. Biden was returning to Washington to attend White House meetings and participate in holiday merrymaking before flying back at 8:55 p.m.

From Washington Times • Dec. 16, 2022

She added that people were so exhausted and there was no "merrymaking".

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2022

He shared his stunt on Twitter and then with The Financial Times, prompting merrymaking about Mr. Staley’s gullibility.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2017

‘Then you two shall go into a corner and finish your task, and we will hear it and judge it before we end our merrymaking.’

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien