13 weekends until Christmas Day
There are 13 weekends between now and Christmas Day on Friday, December 25, 2026. The first is September 26 and the last is December 19, giving 26 weekend days out of the 93 days ahead.
How many weekends until Christmas Day?
13. Weekends are counted differently from days or weeks, so the rule matters. A weekend counts as remaining when its Saturday falls after today and on or before December 25. Saturday anchors the count because a weekend already under way cannot be planned around: if today is a Sunday, this weekend is half gone and does not count. Anchoring on a single weekday also stops a weekend that straddles the end of the span being counted twice.
By that rule the answer is 13 weekends. They run from September 26 through to December 19. Counting weekend days instead gives a different figure, 26, made up of 13 Saturdays and 13 Sundays. The two are balanced here, so every remaining Saturday has its Sunday.
What is left of the working week?
Strip the 26 weekend days out of the 93 days ahead and 67 working days remain, which is 13.4 working weeks. For anything that has to happen in office hours that is the figure that counts, not the raw day total. Public holidays are not removed here; the business days calculator takes them out of a specific range.
Does Christmas Day make a long weekend?
Christmas Day 2026 falls on a Friday. A Friday joins on to the weekend beside it, so taking the day off gives three consecutive days: December 25 through December 27.
Weekends until Christmas Day in coming years
| Year | Date | Weekday | Weekends from today |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | December 25 | Friday | 13 |
| 2027 | December 25 | Saturday | 66 |
| 2028 | December 25 | Monday | 118 |
| 2029 | December 25 | Tuesday | 170 |
| 2030 | December 25 | Wednesday | 222 |
Each row applies the same Saturday rule to a later occurrence, so the figures are comparable year to year.
Questions
- How many weekends until Christmas Day?
- 13 weekends, counting every Saturday after today and on or before December 25, 2026.
- What counts as a weekend here?
- A Saturday that has not yet passed. A weekend already under way, which is the case on a Sunday, is not counted.
- How many weekend days are left?
- 26, being 13 Saturdays and 13 Sundays.
- How many weeks is that?
- 13.3 weeks. See weeks until Christmas Day.
Christmas Day in other units
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