"Merriment" refers to a feeling or state of happiness, joy, and enjoyment. It is the lightheartedness and cheerfulness that people experience when they are having fun and laughing.
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They listened to scriptural reading in the vernacular and to the great
merriment of their fellow heathens kept the sabbath.
I wanted this book the moment I saw its cover — a reprint of that picture of Pope Benedict XVI as a small boy, school satchel on his back, wide eyes
with merriment in them, a sweet smile, an old - fashioned home - knitted jersey, a life's adventure before him.
Today, there is a big parade down the Champs - Elysées, along with
general merriment.
With the exception of Lovitz, all of those actors bring a lot of themselves to their parts and one imagines the recording studio was a site of
much merriment, just as one of Sandler's Hawaii or New England film shoots so clearly are.
In The Wealth of Nations, Smith wrote: «People of the same trade seldom meet together, even
for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public.»
We have just two short months full of
holiday merriment and planning before we are back on track... more
The exuberant crowd got a jump on summer
merriment as they viewed this lively exhibit of more than 70 works in mediums including drawing, painting, sculpture, textile, and video.
Spell out a traditional holiday sentiment or name for a little extra
merriment on the mantel.
Adding Merriment to Mixes — From hostess gifts to holiday gifts, it's the season for DIY offerings from your kitchen.
All of this and even
more merriment is available free online, courtesy of the Internet Anagram Server.
Here you'll be able to witness scenes of
merriment like street dances and bazaars where the locals sell food and handicrafts.
Every detail is carefully thought of, and placed in hopes that it will spark a little
Christmas merriment to all who see.
You wouldn't suspect it by the
forced merriment in which Mini wraps itself — more so than ever with the latest version — but the third iteration of Mini-by-BMW has grown up.
Dinosaur hunters in ARK: Survival Evolved will be able to update the videogame today with some
festive merriment as Studio Wildcard has released its Winter Wonderland 2 update.
To help with your
summer merriment, we've put together the following list of this summer's suburban festivals.
And the knitting, well, I gifted a trip to Article Pract to Whitney for her birthday in the hopes that we can get immersed in some adorable baby hat
making merriment.
Critics Consensus: A formulaic comedy that's unlikely to spread much
yuletide merriment, Daddy's Home 2 can only muster a few stray yuks from its talented cast.
Additionally, the Hay Festival
offers merriment in the form of music, comedy, gastronomy and more.
The last week of October, we'll be closed for four days before the party (well, three actual shopping days and one Sunday, on which we're always closed) so that we can transform the shop into a holly bough - bedecked, glitter glass - encrusted, mercury glass ornament - adorned, twinkly light - spangled, hot chocolate and Joie de Noel - scented confection of
wintertime merriment.
This Saturday from 12 - 5 pm, join A Ruby founder Avra Myers and Willey Boston founder Michelle Willey for an afternoon of shopping and
merriment at Willey Boston at 8 Union Park Street in the South End.
That simple family reunion setup, however, can't begin to describe the unpredictable, emotionally volatile experience of this film, an inventive, magical drama that's equal
parts merriment and melancholy.
Their chosen quote, and I hope you can read it with as much
incredulous merriment as I did, «When the intellectual authors of the modern right created its doctrines in the 1950s, they drew on nineteenth - century political thought, borrowing explicitly from the great apologists for slavery, above all, the intellectually fierce South Carolinian John C. Calhoun.»
Experience the freedom, relaxation, and deep restoration of a sandy saunter on a tropical island, where the salty sea and shimmering sun kiss pure - plant infusions of
exotic merriment.
The
perfect merriment of salty, tangy and sweet barbecue sauce (my liberties were omitting the chipotles in adobo and swapping in blackstrap molasses) and making her unribs.
Yesterday saw things sink to previously unplumbed depths, as the witty denizens of the internet created
immense merriment with a dedicated «Slip Day» celebration.
Add a night to Camp Grandma each year so that you take a two - night trip next year, and by the time your child is fourteen, dear Grandma will get a two - week fill of
adolescent merriment.
Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than
mob merriment, noise and thousands of nodding acquaintances.
Over at Dyckman Fields, one youth baseball league is
putting merriment and a playful spirit back into Washington Heights and Inwood baseball.
Yes, it's that annual scene of
anarchic merriment in which MPs compete for hearts rather than minds with their political pooches, organised by the Dogs Trust and the Kennel Club.
Each division in Lagos — Epe, Ikorodu, Badagry, Ikeja and Lagos Island — are now experiencing simultaneous end - of - the -
year merriments with local as well as popular artistes sharing the state.
Bring the Laughs to Empire City Casino This May (Yonkers, NY)--
May merriment is front and center at Empire City Casino, Manhattan's closest casino, with a pair of laugh-fests headlined -LSB-...]
At breakfast and all subsequent meals, the urn comes out again — when it is filled with chai (tea) there is
particular merriment amongst the students.
If you want to add some funky retro style to your Christmas decor, check out these examples of purple and
white merriment.
Jesse Dylan's first feature was the ganja - infused comedy How High, which, while not exactly a high - bongwater mark in the annals of
stoner merriment, managed to keep my dog fixated on the TV screen the other day, a feat even Animal Planet fails to accomplish all that often.
As he has proven on «Saturday Night Live» and multiple small film roles, he excels at loosy - goosey, dignity -
free merriment and can deliver even the most average of punch lines with enough lunacy to merit a laugh.
The film is magical, maniacal joy, a 104 - minute burst of filmmaking nostalgia and
Hollywood merriment.