Various other traditions and customs are also attached with the celebration of Christmas Eve like the cleaning and decoration of houses, preparing Christmas Eve recipes, arranging Christmas Eve dinner and giving Christmas presents. A grand dinner is being arranged on the Eve of Christmas which includes cooking of special Christmas recipes. Ham and Turkey are the chief dishes, roasted goose being a tradition delicacy in Germany. The food items for Christmas Eve dinner vary from region to region and country to country. For adding more fun and excitement to the Christmas celebrations, wines are other drinks are made to accompany the delicious Christmas Eve dinners. Firecrackers, whistles and bells also add spirit to the joy of Christmas. People, especially children enjoy sharing of Christmas gifts and they eagerly wait for Santa Claus to bring gifts and fill up the Christmas bags and stockings with Christmas presents, which were earlier hung by them.
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Christmas Eve marks the advent of the festive occasion of Christmas which is celebrated all over the world with much joy and festivity. Christmas Eve brings in the fun-filled spirit and festive mood of being involved in the celebrations of Christmas. Celebrated on the 24th of December, previous to the Christmas Day, Christmas Eve is the liturgical beginning of the Christmas season which starts with the telling of the Mass of Vigil and ends with the Baptism of the Lord, commemorating baptism of Jesus Christ. Christian Churches all over the world celebrate Midnight Mass with the decoration of 
