The slang expression refers to Santa's bagful of gifts. A tote is a bag or something carried.

Pint, quart, gallon, litre, barrel, tablespoon, bushel, dram, fluid ounce, bagful, cubic foot.

Awful, armful, artful, bagful, boxful, canful, capful, carful, cupful,fitful,hatful,wonderful,painful,cheerful,spiteful,useful

Since it is impossible to have an actual bagful of "joy", this is figurative language, a form of metaphor. More common is the expression "bundle of joy" referring to a new baby.

· bagful

· bagsful

· baleful

· barrelful

· barrelsful

· bashful

· basketful

· basketsful

· beautiful

· bellyful

· blameful

· boastful

· boatful

· bottleful

· bountiful

· bowlful

· boxful

· bucketful

· bucketsful