Septoctnocember
n.— «Labor Day, Columbus Day and Halloween, much less Thanksgiving, are now mere speed bumps on the highway to Christmas, folded into the 115-day month of Septoctnocember.» —“Santa arrives several months early” by Jeff Gammage in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine) Aug. 25, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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