Christmas Eve

noun

: the day before Christmas : December 24

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The two teens' bodies being discovered came on the heels of a similar incident on Christmas Eve last year, when a body was found in the wheel well of a United Airlines flight to Hawaii. Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025 The dénouement came on Christmas Eve, in 1920, when the increasingly isolated D’Annunzio declared war on his native Italy. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2025 Think of it as opening a subpar gift on Christmas Eve that may or may not be at all indicative of all that’s left to see. Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2025 The rabbi was sitting in the back of his church, wearing his yarmulke, during Sherman’s first Christmas Eve service about 20 years ago, enjoying the music. Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Christmas Eve

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“Christmas Eve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Christmas%20Eve. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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