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'tis the season

'tis the season phrase: indicating that it is the time of year around Christmas, and that things associated with that time period are happening or likely to happen.

Phrase

'tis the season

  1. Indicating that it is the time of year around Christmas, and that things associated with that time period are happening or likely to happen.
    • Anyway, ‛tis the season, and apropos of that and this particular evening's events, here we are.2001, David Kranes, The National Tree, page 278
    • Training kids to perform a series of academic stunts in sixty-minute time slots makes me cringe. But ‛tis the season, so let the testing begin.2008, Lori L. Conrad, Missy Matthews, Cheryl Zimmerman, Put Thinking to the Test, page 6

Origin of 'tis the season

From the popular Christmas song, Deck the Halls, written in 1862.

Questions about 'tis the season

What does 'tis the season mean?
'tis the season means indicating that it is the time of year around Christmas, and that things associated with that time period are happening or likely to happen.
What part of speech is 'tis the season?
'tis the season is a phrase.

Words near 'tis the season in the dictionary

  1. 'til next time
  2. 'til the cows come home
  3. 'til we meet again
  4. 'till
  5. 'tis
  6. 'tis the season
  7. 'tism
  8. 'tisn't
  9. 'titled
  10. 'tocks
  11. 'toon

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