How to Use Christmas Eve in a Sentence

Christmas Eve

noun
  • In the film, a man goes on Christmas Eve killing spree to avenge his son’s death.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Some might call this outfit more naughty than nice for Christmas Eve.
    Leah Marilla Thomas, Glamour, 26 Dec. 2023
  • For Christmas, the cheapest day to travel is on Christmas Eve.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Last year, a 38-year-old man shot and injured his 22-year-old neighbor in a Christmas Eve dispute.
    Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The rhinoceros calf, born on Christmas Eve, will be named through a Sweet 16 bracket, the zoo said.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Since the film takes place after dark on Christmas Eve, most shoots ran late into the night, sometimes in the rain and sometimes in the freezing cold.
    Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The quarter-million mile flight reached the moon on Christmas Eve 1968, and controllers in Houston wanted to know what the moon looked like up close.
    Russell Lewis, NPR, 7 June 2024
  • Soon, Eileen gets invited over to her new friend’s place for a Christmas Eve dinner.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2023
  • There’s a snow-globe-esque winter marked by the Christmas Eve Farolito walk and the salient perfume of cedarwood.
    Alexandra Malmed, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2023
  • On Christmas Eve 1968, the astronauts took pictures of this stunning view of Earth.
    Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2024
  • Give them as party favors, bring some by to the neighbors, or leave them out for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve.
    Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The online world of goop will be available in person until Christmas Eve.
    Maria Tettamanti, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The feature is available to patron members now, and will roll out to all members on Christmas Eve.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2023
  • There’s also a snow machine, for when weather permits, and hot cocoa and cookies in the evening on Dec. 17 and Christmas Eve.
    Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • But the following day was Christmas Eve, so despite his fatigue, Mack pressed on.
    Paul Glenshaw, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2024
  • Ruby, in claiming her coffee order, detailed the origin of her first name — the road on which she’d been left at a church on Christmas Eve 2004.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 25 June 2024
  • As revealed in the Christmas special, Ruby was born on Christmas Eve in 2004, and her birth mother left her abandoned on a church doorstep.
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2024
  • On a freezing-cold Christmas Eve, Furlong is faced with a choice that pits his conscience against his family, his church, and the whole village.
    Pamela Newton, The Atlantic, 7 July 2024
  • Those with 12 products can start at the beginning of the month and end mid-December or start on December 13 to wrap up on Christmas Eve.
    Addie Morton, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2023
  • And so Tom spent a lovely Christmas Eve and Day surrounded by his family.
    Nell Scovell, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Yet something seems amiss: Carlos never shows up to spend Christmas Eve with Luisa, and furthermore forgets to give her a present.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 1 July 2024
  • The art museum is closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas and closes at 3 p.m. on Christmas Eve.
    Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2024
  • Zoo staff welcomed an adorable baby rhino on Christmas Eve.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Anders famously read from the Book of Genesis on a live Christmas Eve broadcast from space.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024
  • This year our son came home from a Christmas Eve visit with them carrying a large box from a high-end fruit company – a gift to us from her parents.
    Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2024
  • This year our son came home from a Christmas Eve visit with them carrying a large box from a high-end fruit company — a gift to us from her parents.
    Amy Dickinson, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Billy called me two days before Christmas Eve, so three days before Christmas.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Since the county opened additional sites on Christmas Eve, there has been an average of 40 people a night at each site.
    Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2024
  • My British husband must have the traditional tartlet sized pies on Christmas Eve.
    Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Since then, millions of households now bring out their elf from Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve for a yearly dose of yuletide shenanigans.
    Apryl Duncan, Parents, 29 July 2024

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