Christmas Eve Norway "Julenissen" and Sweden "Jultomten", personally meets children and gives presents in the evening of Christmas Eve. In Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Denmark, Estonia, the Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Quebec, Romania, Uruguay, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and the Czech Republic, Christmas presents are opened mostly on the evening of the 24th – following German tradition, this is also the practice among the British Royal Family since it was introduced by Queen Victoria and Albert, Prince Consort – while in Italy, the United States, the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, English
Christmas gift (exclamation) also in southern Pennsylvania, Ohio Valley, West Virginia, and later in northeastern Texas as a simple greeting and recognizing the birth of Christ as a gift. A variant of the tradition is "Christmas Eve gift". The tradition is similar to the "Christmas gift" tradition, but occurs on Christmas Eve. The person being told "Christmas Eve gift!" is expected to present the person saying it to them with a small present, traditionally candy or nuts. The Dictionary of American Regional English traces the first written uses of this version to 1954. Christmas gift (exclamation) "Christmas gift" is an exclamation traced back