Christmas Eve

Definitions

1. The evening before Christmas Day.
2. The day before Christmas Day.

Equivalents

33 more languages

العربيةليلة الميلاد

БългарскиБъдни вечер

BosanskiBadnjak

Catalànit de Nadal

ČeštinaŠtědrý denŠtědrý večer

Danskjuleaften

ΕλληνικάΠαραμονή Χριστουγέννων

Eestijõululaupäev

Suomijouluaattojouluaattoiltajouluilta

GaeilgeOíche Nollag

Galegonoiteboa

עבריתערב חג המולד

HrvatskiBadnjak

Magyarkarácsony estekarácsonyéjkarácsonyestszenteste+ 1 more

Հայերենճրագալույց

Bahasa Indonesiamalam kudusmalam Natal

Íslenskaaðfangadagskvöldaðfangadagur

ItalianoVigiliaVigilia di Natale

日本語クリスマスイブ性夜聖夜

ភាសាខ្មែររាត្រីបុណ្យណូអែល

한국어크리스마스이브

МакедонскиБадник

MaltiLejliet il-Milied

Nederlandskerstavond

PolskiGwiazdkaWigilia

PortuguêsVéspera de Natalvigília de Natal

RomânăAjunul Crăciunului

Русскийсочельник

СрпскиBadnjak

Svenskadopparedagenjulafton

TagalogBisperas ng Pasko

УкраїнськаСвятве́чірСвяти́й Ве́чір

Tiếng Việtđêm Nô-en

Examples

“This Collect⟳ is to be repeated every day with the other Collects in Advent, until Christmas-Eve.”

“With trembling fingers did we weave ⁠The holly round the Chrismas hearth; ⁠A rainy cloud possess’d the earth, And sadly fell our Christmas-eve.”

“Why was the cock supposed to crow all Christmas Eve ("The bird of dawning singeth all night long")?”

“The family celebrated Christmas Eves together in the military stockade, sleeping on mattresses on the floor of Ninoy’s cell.”

“Brad led Matthew into the family room where they celebrated Christmas Eves and told Matthew, “Papa’s gone. He’s in heaven, and we’ll never see⟳ him again.””

“And I was mourning the future, too. That Wally wouldn’t spend⟳ Christmas Eves with both of his parents, dressed up like⟳ a Santa or a Christmas pudding, overindulged in the morning.”

“In 1965, all Coventry's banks closed at noon on Christmas Eve for the first time, to "enable bank staff to get⟳ away at a reasonable time". […] On Christmas Day itself there will be no trains, for recent experience⟳ has shown that few wish⟳ to travel⟳ then, even on services which had been drastically reduced: earlier closing of shops and offices on Christmas Eve is the chief reason⟳ for this change⟳ in the pattern of travel⟳.”

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