'tis the season

Etymology
From the popular Christmas song, , written in 1862.

Phrase

 * 1) Indicating that it is the time of year around Christmas, and that things associated with that time period are happening or likely to happen.
 * 2) * 2008, Lori L. Conrad, Missy Matthews, Cheryl Zimmerman, Put Thinking to the Test, p. 6:
 * Training kids to perform a series of academic stunts in sixty-minute time slots makes me cringe. But ‛tis the season, so let the testing begin.
 * 1) * 2012 Marcia Aldrich, Companion to an Untold Story, p. 138:
 * Dear Marcia, According to television advertising, ‛tis the season, so Merry Christmas!
 * Dear Marcia, According to television advertising, ‛tis the season, so Merry Christmas!