Christmas Eve

English Etymology From en enm Cristemasse eve, from an assumed en ang *Cristes mæsseǣfen. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Christmas Eve.wav Southern England Proper noun s Christmas Eve en Q106010The evening before Christmas Day. The day before Christmas Day. en 1681 Church of England The book of common prayer This Collect is to be repeated every day with the other Collects in Advent, until Christmas-Eve. XXX 48 With trembling fingers did we weave⁠The holly round the Chrismas hearth;⁠A rainy cloud possess’d the earth,And sadly fell our Christmas-eve. en 1920 w:Edward Carpenter Pagan and Christian Creeds 1921 New York Harcourt, Brace and Co. 27 Why was the cock supposed to crow all Christmas Eve ("The bird of dawning singeth all night long")? en The Philippine Journal of Education 65 1986 38 https://books.google.com/books?id=5qjkAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Christmas+Eves%22 1 The family celebrated Christmas Eves together in the military stockade, sleeping on mattresses on the floor of Ninoy’s cell. en Rhoda G. Penny 7 An Extra Ordinary Life Mustang, Okla. Tate Publishing & Enterprises, LLC 2015 62 https://archive.org/details/extraordinarylif0000penn/page/62/mode/1up 978-1-63306-725-7 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.” en w:Gillian McAllister Everything but the Truth London w:Penguin Books 2017 294 https://archive.org/details/everythingbuttru0000mcal_a9h9/page/294/mode/1up 978-1-405-92826-7 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. en 2023 December 27 David Turner Silent lines... RAIL 999 30 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. Translations evening before Christmas Day Afrikaans: af Oukersaand Armenian: hy ճրագալույց Asturian: ast Nuechebona f Belarusian: be Вігілія f Bulgarian: bg Бъ́дни ве́чер m Carpathian Rusyn: rue Вельія f Catalan: ca nit de Nadal f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 平安夜 ping4 on1 je6 Mandarin: cmn 平安夜 píng'ānyè Czech: cs Štědrý večer m Danish: da juleaften c Dutch: nl kerstavond m Esperanto: eo Kristnaska Vespero Estonian: et jõuluõhtu Faroese: fo jólaaftan m Finnish: fi jouluaatto French: fr veillée de Noël f, fr nuit de Noël f, fr réveillon de Noël m Gagauz: gag Kolada ajunu Galician: gl Noiteboa f German: de Heiligabend m, de Heiliger Abend m, de Christnacht f, de Weihnachtabend m, de Weihnachtsabend m, de Heilige Nacht f Greenlandic: kl juulliaraq Hebrew: he ערב חג המולד m érev khág hamolád Hungarian: hu karácsonyéj, hu karácsonyest, hu karácsony este, hu szenteste Icelandic: is aðfangadagskvöld n, is jólaaftann m Indonesian: id malam kudus, id malam Natal Irish: ga Oíche Nollag f Italian: it Vigilia di Natale f Japanese: ja クリスマスイブ Kurisumasu ibu Khmer: km រាត្រីបុណ្យណូអែល Komi: Komi-Zyrian: kpv куття лун Korean: ko ^크리스마스이브 Latvian: lv Lithuanian: lt Kūčių vakaras m Low German: nds Hilligavend, nds Heiligavend, nds Hilligabend, nds Hilligobend, nds Heiligobend Macedonian: mk Ба́дна ве́чер f Maltese: mt Lejliet il-Milied Manx: gv Oie'll Vayree f, gv Oie'll Voirrey f Norwegian: no julaften m Old English: ang geolæfen m Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Вилїйов вечар m Plautdietsch: pdt Wienachtsowent n Polish: pl Wigilia f Portuguese: pt vigília de Natal f, pt véspera de Natal f Romanian: ro Ajunul Crăciunului n Russian: ru соче́льник m Sami: Skolt Sami: sms rosttovkäänan Scottish Gaelic: gd Oidhche Nollaige f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ба̏дња̄ ве̏че̄р f Latin: sh Bȁdnjā vȅčēr f Slovak: sk Štedrý Večer m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb gwězdka f Spanish: es Nochebuena f, es víspera de Navidad f Swedish: sv julaftons kväll c, sv julaftonskväll c Tagalog: tl Bisperas ng Pasko Udmurt: udm толсуразь ӝыт, udm ымусьтон ӝыт Ukrainian: uk Святий Вечір m, uk Святвечір m Vietnamese: vi đêm Nô-en Volapük: vo kritidasoar Welsh: cy Noswyl Nadolig f day before Christmas Day Afrikaans: af Oukersdag Armenian: hy ճրագալույց Catalan: ca vigília de Nadal f, ca nit de Nadal f Czech: cs Štědrý den m Danish: da juleaftensdag c Estonian: et jõululaupäev Faroese: fo jólaaftan m Finnish: fi jouluaatto French: fr veille de Noël f Galician: gl véspera de Nadal f German: de Heiligabend m, de Vortag vor Weihnachten m Greek: el Παραμονή Χριστουγέννων f Greenlandic: kl juulliaraq Hebrew: he ערב חג המולד m érev khág hamolád Icelandic: is aðfangadagur jóla m, is aðfangadagur m Italian: it Vigilia f Japanese: ja クリスマスイブ Kurisumasu ibu Korean: ko ^크리스마스이브 Latvian: lv Lithuanian: lt Kūčios f-p, lt Kūčių diena f, lt Kalėdų išvakarės f-p Macedonian: mk Ба́дник m Maltese: mt Lejliet il-Milied Norwegian: no julaften m Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Вилїя f Polish: pl Wigilia f Portuguese: pt véspera de Natal f Russian: ru соче́льник m Sami: Skolt Sami: sms rosttovkäänan Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ба̏дња̄к m, sh Ба̏дњӣ да̑н m Latin: sh Bȁdnjāk m, sh Bȁdnjī dȃn m Slovak: sk Štedrý deň m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb gwězdka f Swedish: sv julafton c, sv dopparedagen Tagalog: tl Bisperas ng Pasko Vietnamese: vi đêm Nô-en Norman: nrf Sèrvelle dé Noué f Jersey See also en Boxing Day en St. Stephen's Day en Christmas