{"id":20916,"date":"2024-11-27T05:04:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T05:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=20916"},"modified":"2026-10-26T13:01:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T13:01:33","slug":"history-origin-christmas-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/history-origin-christmas-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"Nochebuena: La noche santa que da comienzo a la Navidad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Christmas Eve is the night before Christmas, and the night the feast begins. It falls on 24 December, and because Christians count a great feast from the evening before, the Church opens Christmas at nightfall with a vigil. Through that night believers watch and pray for the coming of Christ. The first Christmas came at night too. Luke tells us that there were &quot;shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night,&quot; when &quot;the glory of the\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas Eve is 24 December, the night the Church begins Christmas with a vigil. Why it is called eve, and how churches and families keep the holy night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[210],"series":[209],"class_list":["post-20916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","tag-christmas-series","series-christmas"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20947,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/midnight-mass-catholics\/","url_meta":{"origin":20916,"position":0},"title":"What Is Midnight Mass? 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