Christmas Day · federal holiday
How many days until Christmas?
Checked October 8, 2026 · first publish
79 days
Fri, Dec 25, 2026
There are 79 days until Christmas Day, Fri, Dec 25, 2026. That is 11 weeks and 2 days, or 53 business days if you skip weekends and federal holidays. Christmas Eve comes one day sooner.
11 weeks and 2 days · 11 weekends · 79 sleeps · 53 business days
| Year | Date | Day off (OPM observed) | Days away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Fri, Dec 25, 2026 | Same day | 79 |
| 2027 | Sat, Dec 25, 2027 | Fri, Dec 24, 2027 | 444 |
| 2028 | Mon, Dec 25, 2028 | Same day | 810 |
| 2029 | Tue, Dec 25, 2029 | Same day | 1175 |
| 2030 | Wed, Dec 25, 2030 | Same day | 1540 |
Observed dates follow the OPM rule: a Saturday holiday is observed on Friday, a Sunday holiday on Monday. Federal Reserve Banks stay open on the Friday before a Saturday holiday.
What day of the week is Christmas 2026?
Christmas Day 2026 is a Friday. That gives most workers a three-day weekend, Fri, Dec 25 through Sun, Dec 27. New Year's Day 2027 is also a Friday, so the two holidays sit exactly one week apart. Christmas Eve, Thu, Dec 24, 2026, is a regular federal workday.
Why does the observed date matter?
Christmas is one of the 11 federal holidays named in 5 U.S.C. 6103. When December 25 lands on a weekend, OPM moves the day off for federal staff: Saturday to the Friday before, Sunday to the Monday after. Banks do not copy that rule. The Federal Reserve's schedule says its banks stay open on the Friday before a Saturday holiday.
That split matters in 2027. Christmas 2027 is a Saturday, so federal offices close on Fri, Dec 24, 2027, while Federal Reserve Banks open that day. If you are counting toward a payment, a filing or a delivery, check which calendar the other side uses. The year table above lists both the calendar date and the observed date.
How many working days are left before Christmas?
The business-day figure skips Saturdays, Sundays and every federal holiday between today and December 25. In the run-up to Christmas 2026 that means Veterans Day (Wed, Nov 11) and Thanksgiving (Thu, Nov 26) drop out, if they are still ahead of you. Black Friday, Fri, Nov 27, is not a federal holiday, so the count keeps it.
When do the shipping deadlines appear?
We do not have them yet, and we will not guess. The carriers publish holiday cut-off dates each season, and the right date depends on the weekday Christmas falls on. Until they post 2026 dates, count backward from Christmas with the business-days calculator and leave a margin.
Questions people ask
- How many days until Christmas Eve?
- Christmas Eve is December 24, so its count is always one less than the Christmas count above. In 2026 Christmas Eve is Thu, Dec 24. It is not one of the 11 federal holidays, so it is a normal federal workday unless a separate order closes offices.
- How many sleeps until Christmas?
- Sleeps are nights, and there is one night before each new day. So the number of sleeps until Christmas morning equals the number of days in the counter, 79. The live counter switches at your local midnight.
- What day of the week is Christmas 2027?
- Christmas 2027 is a Saturday. Under the OPM rule the federal day off moves to Fri, Dec 24, 2027. Federal Reserve Banks follow a different rule and are open that Friday, so bank and federal schedules differ that week.
- How many weeks until Christmas?
- Right now it is 11 weeks and 2 days until Christmas Day, Fri, Dec 25, 2026. Divide the day count by seven: the whole number is full weeks, and the remainder is extra days. The weekends line under the counter shows how many Saturdays are left.
Sources
- OPM: Federal Holidays — opm.gov
- 5 U.S.C. 6103 (Cornell LII) — law.cornell.edu
- Federal Reserve Financial Services: Holiday Schedules — frbservices.org
- Google Calendar: US Holidays (public iCal) — calendar.google.com
General date information from official calendars (OPM, USNO). It is not legal, tax or immigration advice; check the agency named on the page for your own deadline.