Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve proper noun: the evening before Christmas Day.
Proper noun
Christmas Eve (plural Christmas Eves)
- The evening before Christmas Day.
- The day before Christmas Day.
- 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
- 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
Christmas Eve meaning in Tagalog, Indonesian and Vietnamese
Christmas Eve in Tagalog
- evening before Christmas Day
- Bisperas ng Pasko
- day before Christmas Day
- Bisperas ng Pasko
Christmas Eve in Indonesian
- evening before Christmas Day
- malam kudus, malam Natal
Christmas Eve in Vietnamese
- evening before Christmas Day
- đêm Nô-en
- day before Christmas Day
- đêm Nô-en
Examples of Christmas Eve in a sentence
- 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:
- 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:
- Brad led Matthew into the family room where they celebrated Christmas Eves and told Matthew, “Papa’s gone.2015, Rhoda G. Penny, chapter 7, in An Extra Ordinary Life, Mustang, Okla.: Tate Publishing & Enterprises, LLC, →ISBN, page 62:
- 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:
Forms of Christmas Eve
| plural | Christmas Eves |
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Origin of Christmas Eve
From Middle English Cristemasse eve, from an assumed Old English *Cristes mæsseǣfen.
Questions about Christmas Eve
- What does Christmas Eve mean?
- Christmas Eve means the evening before Christmas Day.
- What is Christmas Eve in Tagalog?
- Christmas Eve in Tagalog is Bisperas ng Pasko. See Christmas Eve meaning in Tagalog.
- How do you use Christmas Eve in a sentence?
- Why was the cock supposed to crow all Christmas Eve ("The bird of dawning singeth all night long")?
- What part of speech is Christmas Eve?
- Christmas Eve is a proper noun.
Words near Christmas Eve in the dictionary
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