Wintervaln.
/ˈwɪntəvl/, U.S. /ˈwɪn(t)ərv(ə)l/ A culturally non-specific name applied to the winter holiday period around Christmas or to events taking place during that time.
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Winterval1982
1982 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 22 Oct. iv. 1/4 A snow dinosaurs contest that will be part of Winterval '83 in February.
1998 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 2 Jan. 10 With Birmingham City Council abandoning Christmas and now calling it ‘Winterval’..one is left to wonder if secular atheism has taken over.
2008 E. Hampton Shutdown xviii. 155 By the time it reached her, Winterval had segued into New Year.
2014 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 7 Dec. 78 Free events at Winterval include a spectacular 3D sound and light show, which will light up the Old Deanery in Cathedral Square each evening during the festival.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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