The pall of grief hanging over the crossroads smothered traditional celebrations of Purim, a normally jolly holiday in which children parade through the streets in costume.

"This would crop up just when we're all set for a jolly holiday!"

It was in the jolly year 1873, the very last year in which I have had a jolly holiday.

Anderson was married twice and declared that "neither experience was a jolly holiday":

If ladies caught a bit o' the luck of the Irish and got to spend the jolly holiday with these guys after forgetting to wear green, it's very doubtful that they would mind being pinched:

The sea, too, was considered good for health and the fashion for sea bathing was originally for health reasons rather than for a jolly seaside holiday.

He only knew that it was quite correct; that everything had happened so; that there he was, alone again, when all the other boys had gone home for the jolly holidays.

The book detailed a jolly but quite extensive Crimean holiday which Oliphant had undertaken.

The second half features Mary Poppins and chimney sweep Bert having a jolly holiday in their magical world featuring the carousel.

He naps through most of December, and then it's Christmas Eve and the stores are shut - but the friends make sure all have a jolly holiday.