Protestant churches align holiday celebrations with regular Wednesday night schedules, offering more candlelight services than usual across Birmingham.

First Lutheran Church will celebrate the season with its traditional Candlelight Christmas Eve services today. The early service is at 5:30 p.m. with special music beginning at 5:15 p.m. The late ...

— Christmas Eve candlelight 7 p.m. Dec. 24 at Twenty-eighth Street Church of the Brethren, 28th Street and Union Avenue. The service includes congregational singing and pew communion. The service ends ...

Christmas Eve falls on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025, this year. This holiday is centered around celebrating the birth of Jesus. Many people choose to attend religious services at midnight, or close to it, ...