From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe season of goodwillthe season of goodwillold-fashionedPERIOD OF TIME the time around Christmas → season
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the season of goodwill• It was, after all, the season of goodwill or something very close.• This may be the season of goodwill, but the Imperial Presidency is back with a vengeance.• Christmas was coming, the season of goodwill and new bikes, but Henry wasn't looking forward to it at all.• It's the kind of message that just might, during the season of goodwill, persuade drivers not to drink.• That had always struck me as pretty morbid, but this was the season of goodwill to all men. 