The Holidays

A period of roughly six weeks, lasting from the end of November to some time in January. It includes a number of religious holidays, traditional celebrations, and family visits. It is generally accepted to be both the best part of the year (for people under the age of fifteen) and the worst part of the year (for people over the age of fifteen).

Includes: Thanksgiving, Hannukah, Advent, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, the Winter Solstice, St. Nick's Day, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, Winter Break (for students), and a number of others.

Sometimes used (as "Happy Holidays") as a politically correct (race, creed, and nationality-neutral) phrase on cards and decorations.

Also known as "International Muzak Month" due to the unwavering propensity of shopping establishments to assault their customers' ears with instrumental version of "Do You Hear What I Hear," "Jingle Bell Rock," and "White Christmas" for the entire six-week period.

If I hear "The Little Drummer Boy" one more time, I swear I'm going to snap. I didn't mind this as a kid, but ever since I turned fifteen, boy! I hate the holidays.

by Lady Chevalier August 27, 2005

holiday

a) a time of year when you're supposed to sit back and reflect and give thanks and shit like that but actually everyone just gets drunk and eats a lot and spends lots of money because our society advocates wasting insane amounts of dough to "celebrate"

b) a really, really kick-ass song by green day. a dark political "anthem" that truly encompasses america's depressing military situation

a) oh no another holiday is coming up which means that i'm gonna have to go waste more money on crap-ass presents and make sure we have plenty of gramps's old hangover remedy

Can i get another amen
There's a flag wrapped around a score of men
A gag
A plastic bag on a monument
i beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
this is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday

by a TRUE green day fan November 27, 2004

holiday

A word that half the bands ever have had in one of their song names

Holiday-Weezer
Holiday-Green Day
Holiday in the Sun-Sex Pistols
Holiday-Unwritten Law
etc

by Ka May 01, 2005

Holidays

A sad excuse to force all of your family members all under one roof. None of these poor miserable bastard like seeing each other but they do it to, "Make mom happy." The grim reality of the holidays is that about two to three times a year, family members go through this sad pathetic song and dance only to go home and talk shit about each other behind their backs. Don't ever think your family is not like that, because they are. If no one ever talks shit about a fellow family member to you, it's because they're all talking shit about you.

Ted: So Bill, what are you doing for the holidays?
Bill: Telling my Dad to go fuck himself
Ted:....well Happy Holidays to you too....
Bill: you can go fuck yourself too

by imthatawesome November 25, 2010

holiday

british/austrailian slang for "vacation".

perhaps she went on holiday.

by gunslingergirlvy_c_e December 29, 2005

holiday

the best fucking Green Day song ever!!! it is seriously cool, and has a strong message about war, and how fucked up the world is at the moment. it also has a great beat.

'i beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies,
this is the dawning of the rest of our lives...
on holiday!'

by the man on the moon July 16, 2006

holiday

A glorified day of drinking. Oh come on, you know what I'm talking about! Christmas? Screw it ! Valentines day? Screw it! Everything is the same at the bottom of the bottle and as sure as I am an arse, most of us end up there at the end of these days.

New Years Eve: If you can remember any New Years Eve, what the hell is wrong with you? You need some more booze my friend.

by grimm January 03, 2004