Sentence examples for festive affairs from inspiring English sources

The dinner parties that take place in this apartment are similarly festive affairs.

Tsvangirai's rallies — when he was not barred from holding them, as he often was — were defiantly festive affairs, with much song and dance.

If you have been to a Pride event, you know that they're generally festive affairs, to say the least.

It was a cozy, festive affair, complete with some 20 guests and a large sushi spread where you might have expected the chips and salsa to be.

I remember the night of the fire vividly, as if it had been a festive affair to which I'd been invited.

It's normally a festive affair, with shareholders celebrating a stock that has made many of them wealthy, while Buffett, a shameless ham, cracks wise and dispenses folksy investing wisdom.

Though the show's look has often swung Rococo-Deco, the first Oscar ceremony, in 1929 in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, was a cozy, festive affair in which guests supped on squab and lobster Eugénie.

The recent screening of Paramount Pictures ' cartoon movie The Wild Thornberrys was a festive affair.

The Margaree is public, like all salmon rivers in the province, but fishing here is a courteous, festive affair.

Dinner on the ship the last night is a festive affair: glazed duck breast with roast cardamom and carrot oil and an elaborate dessert a chocolate chip parfait with a raspberry glaze.

It's a light-hearted, festive affair, with hundreds of attendees celebrating until well into the early morning.