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Beyond top-notch skiing, Aspen features indoor and outdoor ice skating rinks and a festive four-day Wintersköl event complete with torchlight descents on Aspen Mountain, live music, bonfires, fireworks, and snow sculptures.—Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2025 As part of the festivities, people build bonfires outside their homes in a tradition which has special significance in Guatemala City due to its association with the Feast of the Immaculate Conception honoring the city’s patron saint.—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025 Grab a bite to eat from a food truck and snuggle up by the bonfire.—Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Dec. 2025 Viewing areas will offer special festive food and beverage menus and family-friendly holiday festivities, such as bonfires and s’mores, live music, holiday games and Santa.—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bonfire
Word History
Etymology
Middle English bonefire a fire of bones, from bon bone + fire
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