The Eve of Christmas or Christmas Eve
December 24th, 2009
Hello, Christmas Eve. I wonder why we don’t have Halloween’s Eve or Thanksgiving Eve or Easter Eve. I suppose we do. We just don’t specifically designate the day before those holidays like we do with Christmas. And technically, Halloween is called All Hallow’s Eve in many places and Easter has Good Friday and Thanksgiving? Well, Thanksgiving is just an excuse to eat a lot of food and watch football.
But Christmas Eve? It’s the night before – well – Christmas, obviously. But it’s also the night that some people hold their Christmas celebrations, the night “Santa” supposedly drops the gifts off around the world (I’m really sorry if some small child is reading this, but the quotes around Santa mean “Santa” isn’t real. Seriously, anyone who supposedly lives on the North Pole is either fictionary or totally crazy.)
Christmas Eve is the night you make a mad dash to finish up your shopping, gift-making and gift-wrapping. It is the night kids have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep. It is the night adults don’t get enough sleep. It is the night before a day of dinners and family gatherings and family disturbances. It is the night of Christmas Eve – where many businesses close early, even if they’re not supposed to. (Trust me, I know!) It is the night a lot of folks go to Christmas Eve services. It is the night of the 24th, right before the day of the 25th, as hard as that is to believe.
Merry Christmas Eve…here’s hoping you have your shopping done and your gifts wrapped!
Entry Filed under: holidays
Leave a Comment
Some HTML allowed:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>
Trackback this post | Subscribe to the comments via RSS Feed