The festive mood was slightly spoiled by terrorist bombs.

Tonight, the village of Puerto Viejo will be festive.

So let me pick a suitably festive color for this last property.

It even happened that various pieces of family jewellery, which previously the mother and sister had been overjoyed to wear on social and festive occasions, were sold, as Gregor found out in the evening from the general discussion of the prices they had fetched.