10 Places Holding Christmas Eve or Day Services

Among the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, shopping for gifts, baking cookies, attending parties, its sometimes forgotten that Christmas is a religious and spiritual holiday.

If you are feeling moved, visit one of our 10 churches in or near Hauppauge holding Christmas Eve or Christmas Day services.

Just added: Hauppauge United Methodist Church, created by the founding families of Hauppauge including the Blydenburghs, Smiths and Wheelers, will be holding a candlelight Christmas Eve service at 7 p.m.

*  on Townline Road will hold a family service at 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve, followed by an 11 p.m. Candlelight service that traditionally focuses on reading of the lessons and carols.

* Visit _ who is hosting a variety of services and time sure to fit your schedule. Christmas Eve Masses will be held at 3:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m. , 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. The parish will also host Christmas Day Masses at 9 a.m. , 10:45 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. 

* Celebrate Christmas Eve at the nearby  in Smithtown. Services are scheduled for 5 p.m. and 10 p.m.  A single Christmas Day service is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Dec. 25.

*  will be holding two worship services on Christmas Eve: a Christmas Eve service at 7 p.m. on Dec. 24, followed by a Candlelight service at 11 p.m. A traditional Christmas Day service will be held at 10 a.m. on Dec. 25.

* Head to  in Smithtown for a variety of services, both family and liturgical in religious celebration of the holiday. Christmas Eve Masses are scheduled for Dec. 24: 9 a.m., 3:30 p.m. both family and liturgy, 5 p.m. family and liturgy, 8 pm. and midnight. Christmas Day Masses will be held at 7:30 am., 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., noon and 1:15 p.m. 

*  will be holding Christmas Eve family services at 5 p.m. on Dec. 24, followed by services at 9 p.m. and 11 p.m.  Communion will be give at the 9 p.m and 11 p.m. services.

* In Smithtown,  will host family services at 4  p.m. on Dec. 24, followed by Christmas carols at 8 p.m. and a Christmas Mass at 10 p.m. On Christmas Day, "The Nativity Of Our Lord" service will be held at 10 am.

* Join  in Commack for Christmas Eve services at 4 p.m., 6 p.m and a midnight mass. On Christmas Day, services will be held at 8 a.m, 10 a.m., noon and a 12:30 p.m. family service. 

*  holds two candlelight services, one at 5:30 p.m. in the 1756 chapel, then at 11 p.m. in the main church.

 * St. Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Church in Greenlawn offers both Christmas Eve and Christmas services, as well as traditional Sunday services on Dec. 26.