With the long-running Christmas hit "Kevin - Alone at Home", the private broadcaster Sat.1 won the ratings on Christmas Eve from 8:15 p.m. 2.67 million people watched the more than 30-year-old comedy. The market share was 14.5 percent.

In the ARD, the Christmas comedy "When the fifth light is burning" reached 2.51 million and a market share of 13.8 percent. The ZDF show "Christmas Eve with Carmen Nebel" had to be content with 1.70 million (9.2 percent). Kabel Eins also exceeded the one million viewer mark with "The Name of the Rose". 1.06 million (5.8 percent) switched on the historical thriller.

Vox reached 0.91 million (4.9 percent) with the fantasy comedy “ Eine en Zauberliche Nanny” and RTL with the animated film “Der Grinch” 0.80 million (4.4 percent). 0.72 million (3.9 percent) watched the thriller "Die Hard 3 - Now more than ever" on RTLzwei and 0.48 million (2.6 percent) watched the action film "Iron Man 3" on ProSieben.