Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve is the evening or entire day before Christmas, the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas Eve is widely recognized as a full or partial holiday... Wikipedia

• Also called:  Vigil of the Nativity, Christmas Evening, Christmas Vigil, Day before Christmas, Night before Christmas
• Observed by:  Christians, Many non-Christians
• Significance:  Day or evening preceding the traditional birthday of Jesus
• Observances:  Gift shopping, gift giving, goodwill greetings, Midnight Mass, other church services, meals, preparations for the arrival of Christmas gift-bringers, preparing for Christmas
• Date:  24 December (Western Churches and Eastern Orthodox churches that use the Revised Julian Calendar), 5 January (Armenian Apostolic Church), 6 January (Eastern Orthodox Churches that follow the Old Julian Calendar and most Oriental Orthodox Churches), 18 January (Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem)
• date:  24 December (Western Churches and Eastern Orthodox churches that use the Revised Julian Calendar), 5 January (Armenian Apostolic Church), 6 January (Eastern Orthodox Churches that follow the Old Julian Calendar and most Oriental Orthodox Churches), 18 January (Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem)
• Frequency:  Annual
• Related to:  Christmas, Christmastide, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo