Share happiness among relatives and friends peacefully.
It can be on either or both. I would suggest gathering on Christmas eve with distant relatives just in case of a storm or something you can reschedule to Christmas, or you can have one day for distant relatives and another for immediate family.
In the movie Christmas Vacation, Clark Griswold tries to host the perfect family Christmas gathering.
Gathering of family and friends without religious connotation.
A big family gathering roast turkey dinner present giving and general togetherness
The business party in "A Christmas Carol" is celebrating Christmas Eve. It is a festive gathering where colleagues come together to eat, drink, and enjoy each other's company in the spirit of the holiday season.
Hey I'm from Malta and we usually celebrate Christmas by decorating our homes, doing some friendly competitions, gathering with family and friends for dinner and also we have the midnight mass.
we three kings of orient
It means that on the day after Christmas, Wenceslas look out from his castle and saw a poor man gathering firewood.
Maybe because someone had tried a joke on them!
To gather I gather You gather he gathers we gather you (pl) gather they gather I am gathering You are gathering he is gathering we are gathering you (pl) are gathering they are gathering
The workers are gathering the harvest. She is gathering her wits about her.
Christmas is a time of festivity in the family or the community celebrating and having Christmas dinner together. Turkey is a big fowl and can be served to many people unlike a smaller bird like a duck or chicken.Similarly pork meat is tender and from a medium sized animal suitable for a large gathering.