Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve is an optional holiday that is celebrated every year on December 24. This year the weekday is a Tuesday. The fact that this is an optional holiday only means that not everyone celebrates it and that it is not a public holiday in United States of America.
Christmas Eve in other countries
This holiday is celebrated in several countries. 38 countries in our dataset around the world are celebrating or observing this day.
In the map below, you can see where the day is celebrated or marked. You can find the date by tapping the different colors on the map. You can also see if the day is a public holiday, an observed day, or a day only celebrated by parts of the country's population.
Note that the date of this holiday varies between countries even though the day celebrates the same thing.
This table gives a more detailed overview of when and where this holiday is celebrated or observed. Click on the country for more information.
| Flag | Country | Holiday type | Date this year |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Venezuela | Public holiday | December 24, 2024 |
 | Guam | Optional holiday - majority of people take the day off | December 24, 2024 |
 | Slovakia | Public holiday | December 24, 2024 |
 | Hungary | Optional holiday - majority of people take the day off | December 24, 2024 |
 | Denmark | Observance day | December 24, 2024 |
 | Brazil | Optional holiday - majority of people take the day off | December 24, 2024 |
 | Germany | Bank holiday | December 24, 2024 |
 | United States of America | Optional holiday - majority of people take the day off | December 24, 2024 |
 | Austria | Bank holiday | December 24, 2024 |
 | Argentina | Optional holiday - majority of people take the day off | December 24, 2024 |
 | Montenegro | Public holiday | January 6, 2024 |
 | Andorra | Bank holiday | December 24, 2024 |
 | Norway | Bank holiday | December 24, 2024 |
 | Portugal | Observance day | December 24, 2024 |
 | Puerto Rico | Optional holiday - majority of people take the day off | December 24, 2024 |
 | Greenland | Public holiday | December 24, 2024 |
 | American Samoa | Optional holiday - majority of people take the day off | December 24, 2024 |
 | Switzerland | Public holiday | December 24, 2024 |
 | Nicaragua | Observance day | December 24, 2024 |
 | Iceland | Public holiday | December 24, 2024 |
 | Australia | Public holiday | December 24, 2024 |
 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Bank holiday | December 24, 2024 |
 | Malaysia | Public holiday | December 24, 2024 |
 | Estonia | Public holiday | December 24, 2024 |
 | Guatemala | Public holiday | December 24, 2024 |
 | Bulgaria | Public holiday | December 24, 2024 |
 | Lithuania | Public holiday | December 24, 2024 |
 | Liechtenstein | Bank holiday | December 24, 2024 |
 | Åland Islands | Bank holiday | December 24, 2024 |
 | Albania | Bank holiday | December 24, 2024 |
 | Sweden | Bank holiday | December 24, 2024 |
 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | Optional holiday - majority of people take the day off | December 24, 2024 |
 | Uruguay | Observance day | December 24, 2024 |
 | Latvia | Public holiday | December 24, 2024 |
 | Philippines | Optional holiday - majority of people take the day off | December 24, 2024 |
 | Finland | Bank holiday | December 24, 2024 |
 | Czech Republic | Public holiday | December 24, 2024 |
 | Faroe Islands | Public holiday | December 24, 2024 |