Christmas Eve 2025


When is Christmas Eve 2025?

Christmas Eve 2025 is on Wednesday, December 24, 2025 (in 246 days).  Calendar for 2025
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What is Christmas Eve?

Christmas Eve, a 1904–05 watercolor painting by Carl LarssonChristmas Eve, a 1904–05 watercolor painting by Carl Larsson
Christmas Eve refers to the evening or entire day preceding Christmas Day, the main day of Christmas, a widely celebrated festival commemorating the birth of Jesus of Nazareth that takes place on December 25. It is a culturally significant celebration for most of the Western world and is widely observed as a full or partial holiday in anticipation of Christmas Day. It is also the beginning of Christmastide, which begins at sunset or Vespers (sunset evening prayer service, also known as evensong) on Christmas Eve.

One reason celebrations occur on Christmas Eve is because the traditional Christian liturgical day starts at sunset, an inheritance from Jewish tradition. This liturgical day is followed for all days in the Eastern rite[8] and the custom of beginning Christmas celebration (as well as Sunday and the other major festivals) in the preceding evening is preserved in western Churches that have altered the liturgical day to start at midnight, for example the Roman Catholic Church. Many churches still ring their church bells and hold prayers in the evening before holidays.

Since Christian tradition holds that Jesus was born at night, Midnight Mass is celebrated on Christmas Eve, traditionally at midnight, in commemoration of his birth. The idea of Jesus being born at night is reflected in the fact that Christmas Eve is referred to as "Heilige Nacht" ("Holy Night") in German, "Nochebuena" ("the Good Night") in Spanish and similarly in other expressions of Christmas spirituality, such as the song "Silent Night, Holy Night".

Further reading: Christmas Eve on Wikipedia

When is Christmas Eve 2026?

Christmas Eve 2026 is on Thursday, December 24, 2026 (in 611 days).  Calendar for 2026

Dates for Christmas Eve in other years

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When is ...? Date      Day of the week      Days away     
Christmas Eve 2020      December 24, 2020      Thursday      1579 days ago
Christmas Eve 2021      December 24, 2021      Friday      1214 days ago
Christmas Eve 2022      December 24, 2022      Saturday      849 days ago
Christmas Eve 2023      December 24, 2023      Sunday      484 days ago
Christmas Eve 2024      December 24, 2024      Tuesday      118 days ago
Christmas Eve 2025      December 24, 2025      Wednesday      in 246 days
Christmas Eve 2026      December 24, 2026      Thursday      in 611 days
Christmas Eve 2027      December 24, 2027      Friday      in 976 days
Christmas Eve 2028      December 24, 2028      Sunday      in 1342 days
Christmas Eve 2029      December 24, 2029      Monday      in 1707 days
Christmas Eve 2030      December 24, 2030      Tuesday      in 2072 days
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Christmas Eve 2025
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