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Where to watch church services on Christmas Eve 2024

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Where to watch church services on Christmas Eve 2024

For many, attending church on Christmas Eve is a sacred tradition to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. And in 2024, you can be transported to Vatican City to watch a beautiful Christmas Eve Mass with Pope Francis on NBC.

Read on to learn everything you need to know to watch Christmas Eve services on TV in 2024.

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Where can you watch Christmas Eve services on TV in 2024?

NBC News will broadcast a special midnight mass from St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome on Christmas Eve. You can watch the services led by Pope Francis on Tuesday, December 24th from 11:30 p.m. ET to 1 a.m. ET on NBC.

While you must reserve tickets up to six months in advance to attend the Pope’s Christmas Eve Mass in person, you can watch the services from the comfort of your own home and avoid crowds.

There will also be an English voiceover translation; In 2023, Father Manuel Dorantes of St. Mary of the Lake-Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Chicago provided the English commentary for viewers at home.

Throughout the Mass you will hear music from the Sistine Chapel Choir, which traditionally begins the service with “Noel”.

In addition to the mass itself, you can also see the Vatican’s magnificent Christmas tree in front of St. Peter’s Basilica. Like the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, the evergreen tree on display in St. Peter’s Square is decorated with thousands of LED lights as well as ornaments and other decorations. The tree has been a tradition since 1982, started by Pope John Paul II, “as a symbolic sign of ‘Christ is evergreen,'” according to the Vatican.

It’s a wonderful life airs on NBC on Christmas Eve

You can watch before Christmas Eve mass It’s a wonderful life on Tuesday, December 24, at 8 p.m. ET on NBC. The film, starring Jimmy Stewart, ends at 11:00 p.m., just before midnight services begin at 11:30 p.m. ET.

Published in 1946 and directed by Frank Capra, It’s a wonderful life tells the story of a guardian angel sent from heaven to help George Bailey, a frustrated businessman, realize what life would have been like if he had never existed.

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The classic Christmas film program continues on Christmas Day. You can watch Jim Carrey’s 2000 version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas on Wednesday, December 25 at 8:30 p.m. ET on NBC. You can also stream the original 1966 TV movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and animated in 2018 The Grinch on Peacock anytime.

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