At a Glance
December 24
Observances & Celebrations
Commemorative holidays, national days, religious feasts, and international traditions observed on this date.
National observance
Independence Day (Libya)
Religious observance
Feast of Adam and Eve
Religious observance
Feast of Adela and Irmina
Religious observance
Feast of December 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Religious observance
Feast of Paola Elisabetta Cerioli
Religious observance
Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Aðfangadagskvöld, the day when the 13th and the last Yule Lad arrives to towns. (Iceland)
Iceland
Religious observance
Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Feast of the Seven Fishes (Italian Americans)
Italy
Religious observance
Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Juleaften (Denmark)/Julaften (Norway)/Julafton (Sweden)
Sweden
Religious observance
Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Kūčios (Lithuania)
Lithuania
Religious observance
Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Nittel Nacht (certain Orthodox Jewish denominations)
Religious observance
Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Nochebuena (Spain and Spanish-speaking countries)
Spain
Religious observance
Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Quviasukvik, the Inuit new year (Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Russia)
Religious observance
Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: The Declaration of Christmas Peace (Old Great Square of Turku, Finland's official Christmas City)
Religious observance
Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Wigilia (Poland)
Poland
Observance
Day of Military Honour – Siege of Ismail (Russia)
Russia