Are Christmas Eve and Christmas Day on the same day in 2019? How do foreigners celebrate Christmas Eve?

Are Christmas Eve and Christmas Day on the same day in 2019? How do foreigners celebrate Christmas Eve?
Introduction: Christmas Eve and Christmas are both important days, so are Christmas Eve and Christmas Eve on the same day in 2019? How do foreigners celebrate Christmas Eve? The eleventh month of the lunar calendar is a new month. What should we do and what should we avoid in this new month? Follow Shuimoxiansheng.com and take a look at the contents of the lunar calendar for November 2019.

Is Christmas Eve the same day in 2019?

Definition of Christmas Eve:
Silent Night, also known as Christmas Eve (December 24), is a part of Christmas in most Christian countries, but now, due to the integration of Chinese and Western cultures, it has become a global holiday.
Christmas Eve is traditionally the day for setting up Christmas trees, but as Christmas celebrations begin earlier, for example in the United States after Thanksgiving, many Christmas trees are set up weeks before Christmas. Christmas Eve has been extended to refer not only to the night of December 24, but to the eve of Christmas, specifically the whole day of December 24. However, since the general festive atmosphere can be easily mobilized at night and large-scale activities are concentrated at night, it is called Christmas Eve. By then, thousands and thousands of Europeans and Americans will rush back home to reunite with their families. An essential celebration on Christmas Eve is a party. Most European and American family members gather at home, have a sumptuous dinner together, and then sit around a blazing fireplace, playing the piano and singing, enjoying the family happiness; or hold a unique masquerade party and celebrate Christmas Eve all night long. Christmas Eve is a happy, peaceful, carnival Christmas Eve and reunion night, and they look forward to the arrival of Christmas. It is said that on Christmas Eve, Santa Claus will quietly prepare gifts for children and put them in stockings.
Definition of Christmas:
Christmas, also known as Christmas, is translated as "Christ's Mass". It originated from the ancient Roman Saturnalia to welcome the new year and has nothing to do with Christianity. After Christianity became popular in the Roman Empire, the Vatican followed the trend and incorporated this folk festival into the Christian system to celebrate the birth of Jesus. But Christmas is not Jesus' birthday, because the Bible does not record the specific day when Jesus was born, nor does it mention the existence of such a festival. This is the result of Christianity absorbing ancient Roman mythology.
Most Catholic churches will first hold midnight mass on Christmas Eve, December 24, or in the early morning of December 25, while some Christian churches will hold the Annunciation and then celebrate Christmas on December 25; another major branch of Christianity, the Orthodox Church, celebrates Christmas on January 7 every year.
Christmas is also a public holiday in the Western world and many other regions, such as Hong Kong and Macau, Malaysia, and Singapore in Asia.
Based on the above holiday definitions, we can see that Christmas Eve is the night before Christmas, so Christmas Eve and Christmas are not the same day, but two consecutive days!

How do foreigners celebrate Christmas Eve?

1. Christmas decorations and atmosphere: In many Western countries, Christmas is a very important holiday. Every household will decorate with Christmas decorations, wear Santa hats, sing Christmas songs, and welcome the arrival of Christmas Eve and Christmas with a strong Christmas atmosphere.
2. Reunion: In the UK, families will reunite on Christmas Eve, and eating turkey and roast pork are the most common Christmas Eve meals. In France, after attending midnight mass, everyone will go to the home of the oldest married brother or sister in the family for a reunion dinner. At this time, everyone will discuss important family matters or enhance family relationships. This day is a day of kindness.
3. Midnight Mass: Midnight Mass is what Christians do on Christmas Eve. In the Vatican and France, almost most people go to church to attend midnight mass. This is the most traditional way to celebrate Christmas Eve.
4. Visit the Christmas markets: Trento in Italy, Innsbruck in Austria, Strasbourg in France, Tallinn in Estonia, Bratislava in Czechoslovakia, Salzburg in Austria, Vienna in Austria, Cologne in Germany, Berlin in Germany, and Winchester in the United Kingdom all have famous Christmas markets, which are usually open three or four weeks before Christmas.

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