CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN
See exactly how long until Christmas in your local time.
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See exactly how many days, hours, minutes, and seconds are left until Christmas with a live countdown.
These calendar counts include today and stop before Christmas Day. Weekdays mean Monday through Friday; weekend days mean Saturday and Sunday, rather than whole weekends. Public holidays are not subtracted, so weekdays are not necessarily working days. Weeks divide the calendar-day total into complete seven-day blocks and leftover days. Use weekdays for errands and delivery planning, and weekend days for gatherings or decorating.
Days until Christmas Eve: 57. Christmas Eve is Thursday, December 24, 2026.
If you celebrate on Christmas Eve, finish shopping and travel arrangements ahead of December 24; the main timer still targets the start of December 25.
Advent starts this year on Sunday, November 29, 2026.
In the Western Christian calendar, Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas. Its start moves between November 27 and December 3. This differs from many commercial Advent calendars, which begin on December 1. Church traditions can differ, so check your congregation’s calendar when planning services.
| Year | December 25 |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Friday |
| 2027 | Saturday |
| 2028 | Monday |
| 2029 | Tuesday |
| 2030 | Wednesday |
The table starts with the upcoming Christmas and covers five consecutive years. December 25 stays fixed, but its weekday shifts as ordinary and leap years pass. A Friday or Monday Christmas can help with long-weekend planning, although actual time off depends on your employer and local holiday rules.
Prefer a simple live timer? See the Christmas countdown.
After the page opens, the counts follow your device’s local calendar and update automatically. The initial page-source figures use UTC as a reference, so a nearby date boundary can cause a small adjustment when your local time loads.
No. For celebrations on December 25, each time zone reaches midnight separately. Christmas can already have begun in one country while another is still on Christmas Eve. Some Christian traditions also observe Christmas on a different civil-calendar date.
Sites may count complete 24-hour periods, round partial days upward, include or exclude today, or use a fixed time zone. These planning figures count calendar dates; the timer above shows complete days plus hours, minutes, and seconds.
See exactly how many days, hours, minutes, and seconds are left until Christmas with a live countdown.