The feast on the 24th of December is known as the Vigil of Christmas, a first class feast, in the Extraordinary Form of the Mass. In the Ordinary Form it is just an Advent Weekday with a Proper for the Vigil. As of 4 pm, you may celebrate Vigil of the Nativity of the Lord - the First Mass of Christmas is properly celebrated at Midnight. In addition to the Mass at Midnight, there are separate Masses for the Vigil, the Mass at Dawn, and the Mass during Christmas Day.
le réveillon
Usually Christmas dinner is a huge feast eaten on Christmas Day evening. However, some families or groups may elect to have the dinner on Christmas Eve.
The name of the traditional midnight Christmas Eve feast in France is le réveillon.
With Christmas day being a huge feast day, some good Christmas Eve recipes would include finger foods and snacks. Some examples of recipes would be meatballs in sauce, cheese balls with crackers and spicy-sweet snack mix.
Christmas Eve
I would divide it into both: have a feast on both days, and everyone opens one gift on Christmas eve, while they open all of the other gifts on Christmas day, for instance.
Turkey Regular stuff that we eat in america but they allso eat this stuff called Christmas Pudding
The French celebrate Christmas during Winter. For Christmas they have the Christmas Eve Feast. The French enjoy their Christmas every year. Everybody look forward to Christmas.
Christmas eve.
Christmas Eve is called "La Noche Buena".
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They planned a great feast in honor of the occasion, inviting highly placed persons from many states.