"happy holidays" meaning in English

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  1. (US, Canada) A greeting used during the Christmas and winter holiday season to recognize the celebration of many holidays, sometimes starting with Thanksgiving and including Hanukkah, the winter solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year's Day. Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Christmas Related terms: Merry Christmas, season's greetings Translations (holiday greeting): gëzuar festat (Albanian), qutlu olsun (Azerbaijani), mübarək (Azerbaijani), bones festes (Catalan), 節日快樂 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 节日快乐 (chiat-ji̍t khoài-lo̍k) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 節日快樂 (Chinese Mandarin), 节日快乐 (jiérì kuàilè) (Chinese Mandarin), fijne feestdagen [plural] (Dutch), gelukkige feestdagen [plural] (Dutch), vrolijke feestdagen [plural] (Dutch), feliĉajn festojn (Esperanto), häid pühi (Estonian), hyvää lomaa (Finnish), hyviä pyhiä (Finnish), joyeuses fêtes (French), bonnes fêtes (French), kutlu olsun (Gagauz), boas festas [feminine, plural] (Galician), frohe Feiertage (German), frohe Festtage (German), frohes Fest (German), καλές γιορτές (kalés giortés) (Greek), 節日快樂 (Hakka Chinese), 节日快乐 (chiet-ngit khoai-lo̍k) (Hakka Chinese), חג שמח (chag sameach) (Hebrew), מועדים לשמחה (moadim lesimha) (english: Sephardi Jews) (Hebrew), kellemes ünnepeket (Hungarian), gleðilega hátið (Icelandic), laethanta saoire sona dhuit [singular] (Irish), laethanta saoire sona daoibh [plural] (Irish), buone feste [feminine, plural] (Italian), 楽しい休日 (tanoshī kyūjitsu) (Japanese), 해피 홀리데이 (haepi hollidei) (Korean), bô-festa (Macanese), Wesołych Świąt (Polish), Boas Festas (Portuguese), sărbători fericite (Romanian), с праздником (s prazdnikom) (Russian), счастливых праздников (sčastlivyx prazdnikov) (Russian), ¡Felices Fiestas! (Spanish), ¡Feliz Navidad! (Spanish), зі свя́том (zi svjátom) (Ukrainian), Allah mubarek eylesin (Urum), gwyliau hapus (Welsh)

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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "holiday greeting",
      "word": "sărbători fericite"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "s prazdnikom",
      "sense": "holiday greeting",
      "word": "с праздником"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sčastlivyx prazdnikov",
      "sense": "holiday greeting",
      "word": "счастливых праздников"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "holiday greeting",
      "word": "¡Felices Fiestas!"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "holiday greeting",
      "word": "¡Feliz Navidad!"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zi svjátom",
      "sense": "holiday greeting",
      "word": "зі свя́том"
    },
    {
      "code": "uum",
      "lang": "Urum",
      "sense": "holiday greeting",
      "word": "Allah mubarek eylesin"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "holiday greeting",
      "word": "gwyliau hapus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "happy holidays"
}

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