Anne Lamott

Most of me was glad when my mother died. She was a handful, but not in a cute, festive way. More in a life-threatening way, that had caused me a long time ago to give up all hope of ever feeling good about having had her as a mother.

American Author

Maya Angelou

When I cook for my family on Christmas, I make feijoada, a South American dish of roasted and smoked meats like ham, pork, beef, lamb, and bacon - all served with black beans and rice. It's festive but different.

American Poet

Amrapali Gupta

Putting up the festive lights outdoors is my husband's responsibility and he really jazzes it, managing to attract everyone's attention in the neighborhood!

Indian Actress

Henri Nouwen

When you recognize the festive and the still moments as moments of prayer, then you gradually realize that to pray is to live.

Dutch Clergyman

Gok Wan

You can go one of two ways with festive dressing. All of the sparkles can be about the outfit or the accessories but not both.

British Author

Katie Lee

Spritzers are festive yet economical. By adding seltzer and juice, you stretch the number of people a bottle of wine serves.

American Chef

Hilary Rhoda

I always look forward to the holidays because I love dressing up in festive, shimmery evening dresses.

American Model

Andre Ward

The British fans, they are very festive; they support their people.

American Athlete

Jose Garces

Well, you know, for me, I think Spanish food is festive.

Danny Meyer

Festive cocktails mean color, lots of color.

American Businessman

Use 'festive' when talking about times or activities full of joy, usually linked with celebrations or holidays.

Celebration Context

'Festive' is inappropriate for sad or solemn occasions; it implies cheerfulness and fun.

Not for Sadness

'Festive' often describes bright colors and decorations that contribute to a lively atmosphere.

Color and Decoration

 celebrating this our evening after drive we're going to have ourselves a little barbecue all together with the crew that are here we've even invited some of the chefs and we've invited a couple of other people and it should be quite festive well I think it will be festive and very fun so it's gonna be an awesome morning or evening and that's the way we

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 family are all farmers this is her mother and her grandmother behind her she gave birth to a three and a half pound baby that was kept in the device and this was a baby a few months later when we went to visit he was at a healthy weight and mood in the house was festive as the

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 Since then, they have spread across the continent. Sometimes hundreds attend, sometimes dozens. They happen in libraries and community centers and coworking spaces, under festive tents and inside great halls. There's nothing high-tech about this social technology.

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 festive then a dancer enters and she appears in the middle of the darkness and begins to dance and on her face i could really see an expression of nostalgia like she was suffering but i could tell that it was pure passion running through her veins

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 which is to say vibrantly contemporary. And the fact is that all around the world, today, millions of people are voting like this. In India, elections are colorful, communal affairs. In Brazil, election day is a festive, carnival-type atmosphere.

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 and an always over the festive season so come on South Africans let's do it this yeah let's bring those death tolls down up we go and finish now I'm not going to be sad anymore but I just thought I just they didn't really know how important it

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 We see mistletoe as a festive decoration, but draped on tree boughs in the wild, it's known as a partly parasitic plant. Mistletoe relies on modified roots called haustoria that penetrate the tree bark and siphon off the water and minerals

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 atmosphere is festive it's a celebration really and so that seems like a paradox you have the pain but you have the celebration as well but that's not uncommon there are lots of rituals around the world that combine pain and

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 basically is the blessing for for the the client basically asking um for spiritual permission to make the climb to the summit um the the the environment was festive it was jubilant you know i mean we had you know

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 it's salted and served with potatoes a traditional festive meal this is very nice please yeah do you think either of