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Is Christmas Eve' the entire day before Christmas Day, or just the evening before?
Eve is short for evening, Christmas eve is NOT the day before Christmas, merely the evening before. The article needs to be revised. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.105.198.172 ( talk) 02:19, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
An interpretation of "The day of christmas Eve'" could just mean the day in which Christmas Eve' (providing that Christamas Eve' is just the evening) falls on. As in one could say "the day of analogue switch-over", this doesn't mean that the enitre day is called 'analogue switch-over', it means that this is a day in which a channel three region's analogue transmitter closes consumer transmisions, so I'm thinking that "The day of Christmas Eve'" is just refering to the day in which Chrismtas Eve' falls upon.
Though I'm also thinking Christmas Eve' is the entire day.
Does anyone know? Which one is it? Rob Del Monte 02:36, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
Given that 'eve' means evening, and that other articles on wikipedia reference Christmas Eve as the night before Christmas, I have changed the front page of this article to reflect this. Thanks. -Mark —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.191.246.3 ( talk) 19:18, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
I do not have access to the OED but the dictionaries that I have found usually list 'Christmas Eve' as having 'evening' as the first definition ( http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Christmas+Eve). It is clearly a topic which cannot be settled, but given that 'eve' logically follows a shortening of 'evening' , it doesn't seem logical to assume that 'Christmas Eve' is a whole day. Please revert back to evening only. Thanks. -Mark — Preceding unsigned comment added by Markpimentel ( talk • contribs) 13:40, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
In my country it's a whole day when the name is identical to English. The main part of the day is evening dinner so name is crated from evening event. It's like American Black Friday which sometimes starts at Thanksgiving day or lasts to the end of weekend. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.28.52.120 ( talk) 17:54, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
Now it incorrectly states "the evening or entire day". Walter Görlitz ( talk) 04:12, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
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The editor has insulted my nationality and my hasty typing, https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Christmas_Eve&type=revision&diff=863349834&oldid=863349627 Any takers on the changes? Walter Görlitz ( talk) 06:43, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
Nochebuena is just the Spanish word for Christmas Eve. Therefore merging Nochebuena into this page should be obvious and uncontroversial. -- Jotamar ( talk) 22:49, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
I have completed the inclusion in this page of most of the old Nochebuena article. I've left out the section In popular culture, which is of very little relevance, it referred mostly to the use of the word nochebuena in English language media. I've also left out the really poor section about Spain. -- Jotamar ( talk) 09:20, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
"In Germany, the gifts are also brought on 6 December by "the Nikolaus" with his helper Knecht Ruprecht"
Actually the gifts received are not Christmas presents. It's something separated. Also the gifts are given by various different persons, not only "Knecht Ruprecht" but also by "Nikolaus" or "Pelzmärtel" (actually seems to be a different name for "Knecht Ruprecht", but is not handled that way).
Maybe instead one could just link to some 6.December article instead. Destranix ( talk) 14:37, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
There is an image captioned "seven traditional Christmas Eve dishes 2014". I have lived in the United States for my whole life and never seen most of those seven traditional Christmas Eve dishes. The food looks delicious, but can someone re-caption the image to have the nationality or ethnic background included?
"Seven traditional Christmas Eve dishes of [Insert Name of Ethnic Group Here]"
Also, the text for the year "2014" should be omitted for this particular photograph since a food item is traditional only if there exists a time before the advent of electronic computer systems at which that time was consumed. 50.205.174.222 ( talk) 20:07, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
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Is Christmas Eve' the entire day before Christmas Day, or just the evening before?
Eve is short for evening, Christmas eve is NOT the day before Christmas, merely the evening before. The article needs to be revised. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.105.198.172 ( talk) 02:19, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
An interpretation of "The day of christmas Eve'" could just mean the day in which Christmas Eve' (providing that Christamas Eve' is just the evening) falls on. As in one could say "the day of analogue switch-over", this doesn't mean that the enitre day is called 'analogue switch-over', it means that this is a day in which a channel three region's analogue transmitter closes consumer transmisions, so I'm thinking that "The day of Christmas Eve'" is just refering to the day in which Chrismtas Eve' falls upon.
Though I'm also thinking Christmas Eve' is the entire day.
Does anyone know? Which one is it? Rob Del Monte 02:36, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
Given that 'eve' means evening, and that other articles on wikipedia reference Christmas Eve as the night before Christmas, I have changed the front page of this article to reflect this. Thanks. -Mark —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.191.246.3 ( talk) 19:18, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
I do not have access to the OED but the dictionaries that I have found usually list 'Christmas Eve' as having 'evening' as the first definition ( http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Christmas+Eve). It is clearly a topic which cannot be settled, but given that 'eve' logically follows a shortening of 'evening' , it doesn't seem logical to assume that 'Christmas Eve' is a whole day. Please revert back to evening only. Thanks. -Mark — Preceding unsigned comment added by Markpimentel ( talk • contribs) 13:40, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
In my country it's a whole day when the name is identical to English. The main part of the day is evening dinner so name is crated from evening event. It's like American Black Friday which sometimes starts at Thanksgiving day or lasts to the end of weekend. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.28.52.120 ( talk) 17:54, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
Now it incorrectly states "the evening or entire day". Walter Görlitz ( talk) 04:12, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
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The editor has insulted my nationality and my hasty typing, https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Christmas_Eve&type=revision&diff=863349834&oldid=863349627 Any takers on the changes? Walter Görlitz ( talk) 06:43, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
Nochebuena is just the Spanish word for Christmas Eve. Therefore merging Nochebuena into this page should be obvious and uncontroversial. -- Jotamar ( talk) 22:49, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
I have completed the inclusion in this page of most of the old Nochebuena article. I've left out the section In popular culture, which is of very little relevance, it referred mostly to the use of the word nochebuena in English language media. I've also left out the really poor section about Spain. -- Jotamar ( talk) 09:20, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
"In Germany, the gifts are also brought on 6 December by "the Nikolaus" with his helper Knecht Ruprecht"
Actually the gifts received are not Christmas presents. It's something separated. Also the gifts are given by various different persons, not only "Knecht Ruprecht" but also by "Nikolaus" or "Pelzmärtel" (actually seems to be a different name for "Knecht Ruprecht", but is not handled that way).
Maybe instead one could just link to some 6.December article instead. Destranix ( talk) 14:37, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
There is an image captioned "seven traditional Christmas Eve dishes 2014". I have lived in the United States for my whole life and never seen most of those seven traditional Christmas Eve dishes. The food looks delicious, but can someone re-caption the image to have the nationality or ethnic background included?
"Seven traditional Christmas Eve dishes of [Insert Name of Ethnic Group Here]"
Also, the text for the year "2014" should be omitted for this particular photograph since a food item is traditional only if there exists a time before the advent of electronic computer systems at which that time was consumed. 50.205.174.222 ( talk) 20:07, 16 December 2023 (UTC)