Little Know Fact:
In 47 countries around the world the night before Christmas is known as “Christmas Eve.” It is believe this tradition was started long ago in The Garden of Eden when Eve decided to dress up and donned a fig leaf. Adam, finding the fig leaf quite attractive called this version of his eternal soulmate “Christmas Eve” to differentiate her from the other Eve that goes around in her birthday suit. As the world populated and grew beyond the Garden, and adding new holidays became all the rage when ye olde retailers discovered that frequent holidays meant increased business, the day before any holiday became known as that holiday’s eve. It is unclear at what point the tradition of wearing nothing but a fig faded everywhere except at “Plato’s Retreat’ bathhouse on the lower east side of Manhattan where even the fig leaf is optional.
And for those of you enjoying a less traditional Christmas Eve, fully clothed and surrounded by friends and family, “Happy Christmas to all and to all a good night!”