Dec 24: Christmas Eve (Christian)

Christmas Eve is celebrated in a variety of different ways, depending on religion and nationality.

clipped from en.wikipedia.org Christmas Eve Christmas Eve, December 24, is the night before Christmas Day, the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. The Christmas season title="Liturgical year" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liturgical_year">liturgically begins on Christmas Eve Many href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic">Roman Catholics and title=Anglican href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglican">Anglicans traditionally celebrate a midnight Mass (title=Eucharist href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucharist">Eucharist) which begins sometime before midnight on Christmas Day; Lutheran parishes often carry on Christmas Eve traditions typical for Germany and Scandinavia. Other churches also hold a candlelight service, which is also typically held earlier in the evening; In the early evening, many href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodists">Methodists come to their church to celebrate title=Eucharist href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucharist">Holy Communion with their families.