Definition of "festive" []

• Of, relating to, or appropriate for a feast or festival. (adjective)
• Merry; joyous: a festive party. (adjective)

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• "And the new mansions are festooned in festive cream-yellows and shadowed by elaborate gables, and have walls cut with huge swoops of custom-made windows that arc across the front of the house, and big white Greek columns placed out front holding up nothing in particular."
• "Why yes; with November 5th safely out of the way, my self-imposed moratorium on all things festive is lifted and we are free to celebrate the countdown to Christmas: 41 shopping days to go!!!"
• "The priest may wear a rose-colored chasuble, the organ may play, deacon and subdeacon are clothed in festive vestments."