They do the same things Americans do!!!
In 2011 most did.
On the day after Christmas Eve, Ireland celebrates Christmas Day.
The eve, is the day before May day Same as Christmas eve is the day before Christmas day.
Christmas eve and Christmas day
Christmas Eve. 1777
Christmas eve is not a holiday on Christmas is a holiday so Christmas Eve is the day before Christmas you can't celebrate Christmas eve its not a holiday
Eve means "before" and naturally Christmas Eve is the day before Christmas.
If you're a little kid, you open them as soon as your mom and dad get up and join you. If you're older, you usually wait until after breakfast or even lunch, whenever everyone is gathered together.
Because eve means before and Christmas is the next day so Christams eve means the day before Christmas.
On the Wallaby's original answer:Germans do not restrict their Christmas celebrations to the 24th of December. Christmas Day is also important. The German tradition of celebrating Christmas on Christmas Eve comes from the old belief that Christ was born in the evening, rather than on Christmas morning. Germans and, in other countries, Lutherans with German ancestry, open their Christmas presents on Christmas Eve, and the Christmas Eve service is a celebration of the Christ-child which, to many people, is more significant than Christmas morning services.
Any day with "Eve" in it means "The evening before the day of the event". Therefore, it's not technically Christmas Eve until the evening of December 24, the evening before Christmas Day (Dec. 25).
xmas eve!