Weekends Until Christmas 2026: 7 Full Weekends, Nov. 7 to Dec. 20, With Mail Deadlines

There are 7 full weekends before Christmas Day, which falls on Friday, Dec. 25, 2026: Saturday, Nov. 7 and Sunday, Nov. 8 through Saturday, Dec. 19 and Sunday, Dec. 20. The weekend of Oct. 31 to Nov. 1 is not counted, and neither is Thursday, Dec. 24 to Sunday, Dec. 27, which is a partial weekend. The table below lists what falls on each weekend, using the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) send-by dates and the dates in our other 2026 stories. For the day count instead, see our Christmas 2026 countdown.

How many weekends are left until Christmas 2026?

Count the Saturday-and-Sunday pairs that start after today, Saturday, Oct. 31, and end before Christmas Day. That gives seven: Nov. 7-8, Nov. 14-15, Nov. 21-22, Nov. 28-29, Dec. 5-6, Dec. 12-13 and Dec. 19-20. Counted by Saturdays alone, the same seven dates apply, from Nov. 7 to Dec. 19. If you count today’s Saturday, the total is eight Saturdays.

The weekend after Christmas is not in the count. Christmas Day is a Friday, so the Dec. 24-27 stretch is a four-day block with Christmas Eve on Thursday, Dec. 24 and Christmas Day on Friday, Dec. 25. Christmas Day is a federal holiday, according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. To check the date in other years, see when is Christmas Day.

Weekend-by-weekend table to Christmas 2026

Weekend	What is due before it	What falls on it
Oct. 31 - Nov. 1 (not counted)	Nothing in our sources	Wed., Nov. 4 follows: USPS military Ground Advantage send-by date
1: Nov. 7-8	Military Ground Advantage send-by passed on Nov. 4	No dated item in our sources; Veterans Day is Wed., Nov. 11 and post offices are closed
2: Nov. 14-15	Nothing in our sources	No dated item in our sources
3: Nov. 21-22	Nothing in our sources	Thanksgiving is Thu., Nov. 26, with post offices closed
4: Nov. 28-29	Thanksgiving (Nov. 26) and Black Friday (Fri., Nov. 27)	Small Business Saturday (Sat., Nov. 28); first Sunday of Advent (Nov. 29); Cyber Monday is Mon., Nov. 30
5: Dec. 5-6	Hanukkah begins at sundown Fri., Dec. 4	Hanukkah continues; second Sunday of Advent (Dec. 6); USPS international First-Class Package and Priority Mail send-by is Wed., Dec. 9
6: Dec. 12-13	USPS international, and military First-Class and Priority Mail, send-by (Wed., Dec. 9)	Hanukkah ends at nightfall Sat., Dec. 12; Gaudete Sunday, the third Sunday of Advent (Dec. 13); Green Monday is Mon., Dec. 14
7: Dec. 19-20	USPS Ground Advantage and First-Class Mail (Thu., Dec. 17) and Priority Mail (Fri., Dec. 18)	USPS Priority Mail Express send-by and Super Saturday (Sat., Dec. 19); fourth Sunday of Advent (Dec. 20); winter solstice is Mon., Dec. 21
Partial: Dec. 24-27	USPS Priority Mail Express (Sat., Dec. 19)	Christmas Eve (Thu., Dec. 24); Christmas Day (Fri., Dec. 25)

The USPS dates are for delivery in the lower 48 states by Dec. 25, and the agency calls them recommendations, not guarantees. The Advent dates come from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and the Hanukkah dates from Chabad.org. Retailers have not announced 2026 sale dates in the sources we used, so none are listed.

Which weekend is the last to ship by USPS?

The USPS recommends mailing USPS Ground Advantage and First-Class Mail by Thursday, Dec. 17, Priority Mail by Friday, Dec. 18 and Priority Mail Express by Saturday, Dec. 19. Both the Ground Advantage and Priority Mail dates fall in the week after Dec. 12-13, so that is the last full weekend before them. Priority Mail Express is the only one of the three whose recommended date lands on a weekend, Saturday, Dec. 19.

Service (lower 48 states)	USPS send-by date	Last full weekend before it
Ground Advantage and First-Class Mail	Thu., Dec. 17	Dec. 12-13
Priority Mail	Fri., Dec. 18	Dec. 12-13
Priority Mail Express	Sat., Dec. 19	Dec. 12-13 (the date itself is on weekend 7)

Mail to a military address has earlier dates: Ground Advantage by Wednesday, Nov. 4 and First-Class Mail and Priority Mail by Wednesday, Dec. 9, for the AE ZIP Code groups USPS lists. Our USPS holiday shipping deadlines story has the international and military tables. Post office hours on a given weekend are set locally, so check your branch.

What happens on the Thanksgiving and Small Business Saturday weekends?

Thanksgiving is Thursday, Nov. 26, and Black Friday is the next day, Friday, Nov. 27. Small Business Saturday follows on Saturday, Nov. 28. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) lists the day, and Cyber Monday is Monday, Nov. 30. Our Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday story has the details.

What falls on the last Saturday before Christmas?

Saturday, Dec. 19 is the last Saturday before Christmas Day. It is Super Saturday, a retail term; in 2025 the National Retail Federation (NRF) estimated that 158.9 million U.S. consumers planned to shop on it, and it has not released a 2026 estimate. It is also the USPS Priority Mail Express send-by date. The next day is the fourth Sunday of Advent, and Monday, Dec. 21 is the winter solstice, at 3:50 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory.

Print the weekends planner

The planner puts the seven weekends, the partial Dec. 24-27 weekend and Christmas Day on one US Letter page, with an ink-saver version for a home printer. Pair it with the November 2026 printable calendar and the December 2026 printable calendar, or print a weekly calendar for the weeks you want to plan in more detail.