Christmas Eve (Noun)
Meaning
The day before Christmas.
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- People traditionally open gifts from their immediate family members on Christmas Eve, then from friends and other family members on Christmas Day.
- Most Italian towns celebrate the vigil with festive marketplaces in their city squares and great festive decorations throughout their historic centres, featuring large presepi (nativity scenes).
- They could often do the ceremony over skype while you sit there alone in the quiet Christmas Eve in Canada or be around and stay for weeks in Switzerland, which is what we, ultimately, chose to do.
- The team wanted to know, what is the most popular thing people do on Christmas Eve around the world?
- In Russia, Ukraine and some other countries Christmas Eve is considered a special, family related time and it is not appropriate to visit family members in their own homes on that day.