holiday season
noun
US
: the time from late November through January when several holidays (such as Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year's Eve) happen
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Disneyland plans to rebuild a train station building in New Orleans Square more than three years after the employee breakroom was severely damaged in an after-hours fire during the busy Christmas holiday season.
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 9 June 2026
The former couple did spend the 2025 holiday season together, with Slater taking to his own Instagram Stories in December to share rare photos of the pop star cuddling with a dog and laughing at a private gathering.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 9 June 2026
Pink and Willow might have decided to wear matching pink sweaters as the family visited Santa's Village last holiday season, but Jameson wanted to do his own thing and went all out in a red number.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
Launched in 2015, Prime Day is Amazon’s effort at creating a holiday season-like shopping event in the middle of the year.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 2 June 2026
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 9 June 2026
The former couple did spend the 2025 holiday season together, with Slater taking to his own Instagram Stories in December to share rare photos of the pop star cuddling with a dog and laughing at a private gathering.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 9 June 2026
Pink and Willow might have decided to wear matching pink sweaters as the family visited Santa's Village last holiday season, but Jameson wanted to do his own thing and went all out in a red number.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
Launched in 2015, Prime Day is Amazon’s effort at creating a holiday season-like shopping event in the middle of the year.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 2 June 2026
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“Holiday season.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/holiday%20season. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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