festivities

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  1. noun A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival.
  2. noun The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration.
  3. noun The proceedings or events of a festival.

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  • They were just in time for the festivities, arriving as the mayor was stepping to the microphone. —  FSF,July2008
  • "I'm so pleased you could join us for the festivities, my dear," he said in a honeyed, grandson-of-the-Confederacy drawl. —  Ledbetter, Suzann - North of Clever
  • The half-term festivities were always arduous for the Headmaster, in the summer more so than in either of the winter terms. —  Death at Half-Term - Josephine Bell - Wintringham 04: 1939
  • Also downtown for the festivities were 11-year-old twins Lauren and Torrie Nightingale. —  BangorDailyNews.com > News
  • All that's left of the festivities is a hangover and bulging bin-liners piled at the back door. —  Environment news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk
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