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Christmas Eve en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle English Cristemasse eve, from an assumed Old English *Cristes mæsseǣfen.

Meanings

1. The evening before Christmas Day.
2. The day before Christmas Day.
   • The family celebrated Christmas Eves together in the military stockade, sleeping on mattresses on the floor of Ninoy’s cell. 1986, The Philippine Journal of Education, volume 65, page 38, column 1:
   • Why was the cock supposed to crow all Christmas Eve ("The bird of dawning singeth all night long")? 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 27:
   • 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. 2017, Gillian McAllister, Everything but the Truth, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 294:
   • 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. 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXX”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 48:
   • 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.” 2015, Rhoda G. Penny, chapter 7, in An Extra Ordinary Life, Mustang, Okla.: Tate Publishing & Enterprises, LLC, →ISBN, page 62:
   • This Collect is to be repeated every day with the other Collects in Advent, until Christmas-Eve. 1681, Church of England, The book of common prayer:
   • 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. 2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 30:

Forms

Relateds

St. Stephen's Day · Boxing Day

Translations (122)

id malam kudus (evening before Christmas Day) · ga Oíche Nollag (evening before Christmas Day) · ja クリスマスイブ (day before Christmas Day) · es víspera de Navidad (evening before Christmas Day) · hu karácsonyest (evening before Christmas Day) · ang geolæfen (evening before Christmas Day) · ja クリスマスイブ (evening before Christmas Day) · gl véspera de Nadal (day before Christmas Day) · ro Ajunul Crăciunului (evening before Christmas Day) · lt Kūčių vakaras (evening before Christmas Day) · fr réveillon de Noël (evening before Christmas Day) · it Vigilia di Natale (evening before Christmas Day) · de Christnacht (evening before Christmas Day) · pl Wigilia (day before Christmas Day) · ca vigília de Nadal (day before Christmas Day) · be Вігілія (evening before Christmas Day) · mk Ба́дна ве́чер (evening before Christmas Day) · fo jólaaftan (evening before Christmas Day) · hy ճրագալույց (day before Christmas Day) · kpv куття лун (evening before Christmas Day) · ko 크리스마스이브 (evening before Christmas Day) · rsk Вилїя (day before Christmas Day) · rue Вельія (evening before Christmas Day) · de Heiligabend (day before Christmas Day) · fr nuit de Noël (evening before Christmas Day) · hu karácsony este (evening before Christmas Day) · nds Heiligavend (evening before Christmas Day) · nds Hilligavend (evening before Christmas Day) · eo Kristnaska Vespero (evening before Christmas Day) · is aðfangadagur jóla (day before Christmas Day) · rsk Вилїйов вечар (evening before Christmas Day) · da juleaftensdag (day before Christmas Day) · cy Noswyl Nadolig (evening before Christmas Day) · kl juulliaraq (day before Christmas Day) · sh Bȁdnjāk (day before Christmas Day) · pl Wigilia (evening before Christmas Day) · sv julaftons kväll (evening before Christmas Day) · et jõululaupäev (day before Christmas Day) · de Heiliger Abend (evening before Christmas Day) · uk Святвечір (evening before Christmas Day) · de Heilige Nacht (evening before Christmas Day) · hu szenteste (evening before Christmas Day) · sv dopparedagen (day before Christmas Day) · nds Heiligobend (evening before Christmas Day) · fo jólaaftan (day before Christmas Day) · mt Lejliet il-Milied (evening before Christmas Day) · lt Kūčios (day before Christmas Day) · sv julaftonskväll (evening before Christmas Day) · ko 크리스마스이브 (day before Christmas Day) · af Oukersaand (evening before Christmas Day) · nl kerstavond (evening before Christmas Day) · mt Lejliet il-Milied (day before Christmas Day) · dsb gwězdka (evening before Christmas Day) · de Weihnachtabend (evening before Christmas Day) · fi jouluaatto (evening before Christmas Day) · hy ճրագալույց (evening before Christmas Day) · it Vigilia (day before Christmas Day) · sh Ба̏дња̄к (day before Christmas Day) · pt véspera de Natal (evening before Christmas Day) · gl Noiteboa (evening before Christmas Day) · de Weihnachtsabend (evening before Christmas Day) · gv Oie'll Vayree (evening before Christmas Day) · es Nochebuena (evening before Christmas Day) · uk Святий Вечір (evening before Christmas Day) · pt vigília de Natal (evening before Christmas Day) · id malam Natal (evening before Christmas Day) · de Heiligabend (evening before Christmas Day) · gv Oie'll Voirrey (evening before Christmas Day) · ast Nuechebona (evening before Christmas Day) · ca nit de Nadal (day before Christmas Day) · dsb gwězdka (day before Christmas Day) · no julaften (day before Christmas Day) · da juleaften (evening before Christmas Day) · cs Štědrý den (day before Christmas Day) · nds Hilligabend (evening before Christmas Day) · lt Kūčių diena (day before Christmas Day) · sh Ба̏дња̄ ве̏че̄р (evening before Christmas Day) · kl juulliaraq (evening before Christmas Day) · fr veille de Noël (day before Christmas Day) · et jõuluõhtu (evening before Christmas Day) · yue 平安夜 (evening before Christmas Day) · sms rosttovkäänan (day before Christmas Day) · tl Bisperas ng Pasko (day before Christmas Day) · is aðfangadagskvöld (evening before Christmas Day) · sh Bȁdnjā vȅčēr (evening before Christmas Day) · vo kritidasoar (evening before Christmas Day) · udm толсуразь ӝыт (evening before Christmas Day) · ru соче́льник (evening before Christmas Day) · sms rosttovkäänan (evening before Christmas Day) · udm ымусьтон ӝыт (evening before Christmas Day) · pt véspera de Natal (day before Christmas Day) · vi đêm Nô-en (evening before Christmas Day) · sh Ба̏дњӣ да̑н (day before Christmas Day) · de Vortag vor Weihnachten (day before Christmas Day) · mk Ба́дник (day before Christmas Day) · sk Štedrý deň (day before Christmas Day) · bg Бъ́дни ве́чер (evening before Christmas Day) · sk Štedrý Večer (evening before Christmas Day) · ca nit de Nadal (evening before Christmas Day) · no julaften (evening before Christmas Day) · el Παραμονή Χριστουγέννων (day before Christmas Day) · ru соче́льник (day before Christmas Day) · pdt Wienachtsowent (evening before Christmas Day) · sh Bȁdnjī dȃn (day before Christmas Day) · he ערב חג המולד (day before Christmas Day) · fi jouluaatto (day before Christmas Day) · cs Štědrý večer (evening before Christmas Day) · sv julafton (day before Christmas Day) · lt Kalėdų išvakarės (day before Christmas Day) · is jólaaftann (evening before Christmas Day) · is aðfangadagur (day before Christmas Day) · af Oukersdag (day before Christmas Day) · hu karácsonyéj (evening before Christmas Day) · gag Kolada ajunu (evening before Christmas Day) · cmn 平安夜 (evening before Christmas Day) · tl Bisperas ng Pasko (evening before Christmas Day) · km រាត្រីបុណ្យណូអែល (evening before Christmas Day) · vi đêm Nô-en (day before Christmas Day) · nds Hilligobend (evening before Christmas Day) · fr veillée de Noël (evening before Christmas Day) · he ערב חג המולד (evening before Christmas Day) · gd Oidhche Nollaige (evening before Christmas Day)

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