Sentence examples for commercial holidays from inspiring English sources

"I cringe to think what society is doing to itself," he said of the mercantile mania that threatens one of the least commercial holidays.

Forbes.com: How important is Valentine's Day to a company like Godiva compared with other commercial holidays throughout the calendar year?

ARE you glum about brashly commercial holiday seasons?

The day has been transformed into a commercial holiday.

For some, it's yet another sign of Christmas having been hijacked by retailers and turned into a commercial holiday.

But for years, Father's Day was mostly considered, and often derided as, an informal, commercial holiday.

To what extent do you think the date preserves the memory of and honors United States service members and to what extent is it a commercial holiday?

ALTHOUGH research shows that Halloween is the second most commercial holiday (after you-know-what), you may be disinclined to outfit yourself as, say, Sponge Bob or Pocahontas and trek door to door.

(Sinagra) DIAMANDA GALAS (Tuesday) Putting the demon in demonstrative, the vocalist and pianist Diamanda Galás uses love's biggest commercial holiday as an excuse to mine the dread and catharsis from romance-related original songs and covers of some classics.

Well, there are always that crowd that tends to opt-out of the romantic commercial holiday for numerous reasons, but what about the few that are somewhat in limbo?

Some have decided to celebrate Christmas superficially, as a mere commercial holiday.