| Nem said: Its the 25th in europe. As i told you, the 24th is the christmas eve. Its where you have a nice dinner and open the presents at midnight when the 25th actually starts. And yes i live in europe and its like that in eastern europe at least. Its very simple, you have christmas eve dinner in anticipation of the christmas day when you open the presents. The 25th is christmas day, wich you celebrate normally. The second day of christmas, the 26th is the only one that is a bit over the top and doesnt make much sense. But, it seems its still part of the celebration. Christmas day is the 25th. One way or another everyone celebrates that day. |
Well I have no idea to be honest, but when I read about it, it seems like in Central and Northern Europe they mainly celebrates it on the 24th of December. It hardly says anything about the 25th, and if it does it still states that the main celebration is on the 24th. In Eastern Europe I can not argue with you because you live there and knows it better than me.
But why would not this make me confused of the date? Just look at the answers in the poll and comments. And why is it so obvious for you that the main celebration in the whole world is on the 25th? When it's clearly not.
Yes, the Christmas eve is on the 24th and Christmas day is on the 25th and boxing day(?) is on the 26th. But the main celebration day of Christmas differs a lot from country to country, and some even celebrates it on several days. And as they question says, it's when you celebrate christmas, not at which date the 'christmas day' is at.
In Hong Kong it's on the 25th and in mainland China on the 24th for example. I had no idea that in HK they celebrated it on the 25th before I read about it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_worldwide
In mainland China we do not celebrate the 25th at all, just a minority of Christians. So for me the 25th of december has nothing do to with christmas at all.
But as you say, most people seem to celebrate both of those days, in one way or another.
