"holiday season" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: holiday seasons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} holiday season (plural holiday seasons)
  1. (US, Canada) The period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur, such as Halloween, American Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa Tags: Canada, US Translations (period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur): 假日季節 (Chinese Mandarin), 假日季节 (jiàrì jìjié) (Chinese Mandarin), lomasesonki (Finnish), lomakausi (Finnish), saison des fêtes (French), période des fêtes [feminine] (French), სადღესასწაულო სეზონი (sadɣesasc̣aulo sezoni) (Georgian), Ferienzeit (German), 連休シーズン (Japanese), 休暇シーズン (Japanese), 휴가철 (hyugacheol) (Korean), wakacje [feminine, plural] (Polish), sezon wakacyjny [masculine] (Polish), курортный сезон (kurortnyj sezon) (Russian), праздник сезон (prazdnik sezon) (Russian), temporada de vacaciones (Spanish), temporada festiva (Spanish), kỳ nghỉ lễ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-holiday_season-en-noun-IRMqcTyV Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of 'period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur': 84 16
  2. (British English) A period in the summer when people go on holiday (vacation). Tags: British, English Synonyms: advent [Christian], Christmas season, Christmastide, holidays, yuletide Related terms: happy holidays
    Sense id: en-holiday_season-en-noun-VDge~VYC

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur",
      "word": "Ferienzeit"
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      "sense": "period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur",
      "word": "連休シーズン"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur",
      "word": "休暇シーズン"
    },
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      "sense": "period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur",
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      "sense": "period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur",
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