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Recent Examples on the WebNoun
The Supernova Sukkot Gathering, produced by the organizer Nova, was meant to be a weeklong trance music festival following the Jewish holiday Sukkot.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 17 Oct. 2023
But in a house a block from the lake, there was no holiday cheer -- only the eerie sound of a phone off the hook.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2023
Advent calendars are all about bringing holiday joy, so open at whatever rate will get you in the holiday spirit!
—Addie Morton, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2023
Gathering electronic dance music festival celebrating the Jewish holiday Simchat Torah.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2023
Look for cozy seasonal items like plaid throw pillows and soft knit blankets from Hearth & Hand with Magnolia, or snag festive kitchenware like serving platters and bowls for holiday hosting, along with holiday wreaths from Threshold Designed with Studio McGee.
—Lauren Fischer, Peoplemag, 15 Oct. 2023
Use your discretion and pull out your prettiest fall wreaths on any day in September or October to enjoy their bountiful beauty for as long as possible before the winter holidays.
—Staff Author, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2023
In the past, the hotel has offered special peppermint spa treatments and holiday buffets in the ballroom.
—Teresa Bergen, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2023
And the company predicts the strategy will work, with online holiday sales climbing almost 5% above last year.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
Verb
Weill, who had holidayed in the area since childhood, bought an old hotel on the site in 2016 and asked famed architect Philippe Starck to redesign it.
—Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2023
By the time David and Wallis are holidaying on Lord Moyne’s yacht Rosaura, Ernest is fully sunk.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2023
Vittorio, 12, holidayed amid modernist glamour in Tuscany with three generations of his industrialist family.
—Sarah Thomas, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2023
The surge came, worse than imagined, with Americans determined to holiday their way through the new year like the pandemic didn’t exist.
—Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2021
For the world’s beleaguered airline industry, the measures give travelers yet another reason to think twice before taking to the skies and will probably end Britons’ plans of holidaying abroad this summer.
—James Ludden, Bloomberg.com, 12 May 2020
Morrison returned home early from holidaying in Hawaii ahead of Christmas following the death of two firefighters and amid criticism his government was doing too little to address climate change and a country-wide drought.
—NBC News, 29 Dec. 2019
Macey Ellison, 18, and her family, who were holidaying in Mallacoota, in the southeastern state of Victoria, took cover in a friend’s small boat for more than four hours as the fire threatened the town.
—Rachel Pannett, WSJ, 1 Jan. 2020
Check out the video above to see what makes some of your faves’ holidays the Blackest celebration of all time.
—Danielle Young, Essence, 24 Dec. 2019
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