What Is "Cuffing Season"?

CBS Minnesota

December 10, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS — There's a little more than two weeks left until Christmas. As many people use those last days to hunt for gifts, others have their eyes on something a bit more romantic.

A holiday market isn't just a place to find gifts. It's a seasonal setting for a date, so long as you've found one by now, in what's known as "cuffing season" — defined by Merriam-Webster as "a time when singles begin looking for short-term partnerships to pass the colder months of the year," starting around "October and lasting through Valentine's Day."

"It seems to be more popular with the younger crowd," said Wendy Schoewe, owner of Minneapolis Singles, a matchmaking agency that's been helping people couple up for several decades.

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