Christmas 2026: How Many Days Until Friday, Dec. 25, Plus a Live Countdown and Printable Calendar

Christmas Day 2026 is Friday, Dec. 25, and from Saturday, Oct. 24 that is 62 days away. Christmas falls on the same date every year, so there is no weekday to look up twice: Christmas Eve is Thursday, Dec. 24, and the day after Christmas is Saturday, Dec. 26. The clock below counts down to midnight on Dec. 25 in your own time zone.

Christmas 2026 countdown clock

The clock needs JavaScript. Without it, use the table lower down. The first option counts to midnight on your own device; the Eastern Time options count from a fixed instant, so they show the same moment wherever you are. On Dec. 25, 2026, clocks are on standard time, so Eastern Time is five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

What day is Christmas 2026?

Christmas Day 2026 is a Friday. Because Dec. 25 lands at the end of the week, most stores close early on Christmas Eve, Thursday, Dec. 24, and reopen on Saturday, Dec. 26. Christmas Day is a federal holiday by law, according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), so federal offices, banks, post offices and the stock market are closed. Christmas Eve is not a federal holiday. For closing times and what stays open, see our Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 2026 store hours.

How many days until Christmas 2026?

From Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, it is 62 days to Friday, Dec. 25 by the calendar. The live clock above gives the exact figure down to the second. The table below marks the holidays and deadlines in December and counts the days to each.

Date	Day	What happens	Days from Oct. 24
Dec. 1	Tuesday	Advent calendars open door 1	38
Dec. 4	Friday	Hanukkah begins at sundown	41
Dec. 6	Sunday	Second Sunday of Advent	43
Dec. 7	Monday	Medicare open enrollment ends	44
Dec. 9	Wednesday	USPS international mail send-by date	46
Dec. 12	Saturday	Hanukkah ends at nightfall	49
Dec. 15	Tuesday	Affordable Care Act deadline for Jan. 1 coverage	52
Dec. 17	Thursday	USPS Ground Advantage and First-Class Mail send-by	54
Dec. 18	Friday	USPS Priority Mail send-by	55
Dec. 19	Saturday	USPS Priority Mail Express send-by	56
Dec. 24	Thursday	Christmas Eve	61
Dec. 25	Friday	Christmas Day (federal holiday)	62
Dec. 26	Saturday	Stores reopen; returns week	63

To count from a different day, take the days left in the current month and add the date in December. From Oct. 24 there are seven days left in October, so Dec. 25 is 7 + 30 + 25 = 62 days away.

December 2026 calendar with holidays

December 2026 holds more than one holiday. Hanukkah begins at sundown on Friday, Dec. 4 and ends at nightfall on Saturday, Dec. 12, according to Chabad.org and Hebcal; the eight candle-lighting nights run from Dec. 4 through Dec. 11. Our Hanukkah 2026 guide lists candle-lighting times. The Christian season of Advent is already under way: most advent calendars open door 1 on Tuesday, Dec. 1, and run to Christmas Eve, as our advent calendar 2026 guide explains.

Dec. 2026 date	Day	Holiday or event
Dec. 1	Tuesday	Advent calendars open door 1
Dec. 4 to 12	Friday to Saturday	Hanukkah (sundown Dec. 4 to nightfall Dec. 12)
Dec. 24	Thursday	Christmas Eve
Dec. 25	Friday	Christmas Day (federal holiday)
Dec. 26	Saturday	Day after Christmas

Christmas shipping deadlines for 2026

If you are mailing gifts, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) recommends send-by dates for delivery before Dec. 25 in the lower 48 states. The agency announced them on Sept. 22, and it calls them recommendations, not guarantees.

Service	Recommended send-by date
USPS Ground Advantage and First-Class Mail	Thursday, Dec. 17
Priority Mail	Friday, Dec. 18
Priority Mail Express	Saturday, Dec. 19
First-Class Package International and Priority Mail International	Wednesday, Dec. 9

Our USPS holiday shipping deadlines story has the military and international tables and the service-commitment tool for Alaska, Hawaii and the territories.

December deadlines beyond gifts

Two health-coverage deadlines fall in the same month. Medicare open enrollment ends Monday, Dec. 7, according to Medicare.gov. For Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace plans on HealthCare.gov, choosing a plan by Tuesday, Dec. 15 starts coverage on Jan. 1, 2027; plans picked later start Feb. 1.

Deadline	Date	Day
Medicare open enrollment ends	Dec. 7	Monday
ACA deadline for Jan. 1 coverage	Dec. 15	Tuesday

New Year’s Day 2027

The next federal holiday after Christmas is New Year’s Day, which falls on Friday, Jan. 1, 2027, according to OPM. The countdown clock above has an option for it. From Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, that is 69 days away.

Free printable December 2026 calendar

The printable puts Christmas, Hanukkah, Advent and every mailing and enrollment deadline on one US Letter page, with an ink-saver version for a home printer. It is a static sheet, so check the clock above if a date changes, and it uses no third-party art. For a plain month layout, the December 2026 printable calendar has several designs, and the printable yearly calendar shows all of 2026 on one page. The date in other years is on when is Christmas Day.