Christmas Eve in Peru - 2024
24 Dec 2024, Tuesday
Christmas Eve is the day before Christmas Day and falls on December 24 in the Gregorian calendar.
How many days until Christmas Eve 2024? [Countdown]
How many months until Christmas Eve 2024?
7 Months, 27 Days
How many weeks until Christmas Eve 2024?
34 Weeks, 3 Days
How many days until Christmas Eve 2024?
241 Days
How many hours until Christmas Eve 2024?
5,784 Hours
How many minutes until Christmas Eve 2024?
347,040 Minutes
When is Christmas Eve in Peru 2024?
24 December 2024, Tuesday
About: Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve is the evening or entire day before Christmas Day, the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus. Christmas Day is observed around the world, and Christmas Eve is widely observed as a full or partial holiday in anticipation of Christmas Day. Together, both days are considered one of the most culturally significant celebrations in Christendom and Western society. Christmas celebrations in the denominations of Western Christianity have long begun on Christmas Eve, due in part to the Christian liturgical day starting at sunset, a practice inherited from Jewish tradition and based on the story of Creation in the Book of Genesis: "And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day." Many churches still ring their church bells and hold prayers in the evening; for example, the Nordic Lutheran churches. Since tradition holds that Jesus was born at night, Midnight Mass is celebrated on Christmas Eve, traditionally at midnight, in commemoration of his birth.
| Also called | Vigil of the Nativity, Christmas Evening, Christmas Vigil, Day before Christmas, Night before Christmas |
|---|---|
| Observed by | Christians, Many non-Christians |
| Significance | Day or evening preceding the traditional birthday of Jesus |
| Observances | Gift shopping, gift giving, goodwill greetings, Midnight Mass, other church services, meals, preparations for the arrival of Christmas gift-bringers, preparing for Christmas |
| Date | 24 December (Western Churches and Eastern Orthodox churches that use the Revised Julian Calendar), 5 January (Armenian Apostolic Church), 6 January (Eastern Orthodox Churches that follow the Old Julian Calendar and most Oriental Orthodox Churches), 18 January (Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem) |
| date | 24 December (Western Churches and Eastern Orthodox churches that use the Revised Julian Calendar), 5 January (Armenian Apostolic Church), 6 January (Eastern Orthodox Churches that follow the Old Julian Calendar and most Oriental Orthodox Churches), 18 January (Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem) |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Related to | Christmas Day, Christmastide, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day |
| Wikidata description | evening or entire day before Christmas Day |
| Wikidata id | Q106010 |
| Wikidata label | Christmas Eve |
| Wikidata aliases | Array |
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