December 25, 2026 falls on a Friday
December 25, 2026 is a Friday. It is 92 days from today, September 24, 2026. The date is day 359 of 365 in 2026, it sits in ISO week 52, and it is the 25th of a 31-day month with 6 days after it. December 25 is also Christmas Day, a federal holiday.
What day of the week is December 25?
In 2026 it is a Friday. The weekday is not a property of the date itself, it is a property of the date in a given year, so the honest answer always names the year. A common year is 365 days, which is 52 weeks plus one spare day, so a fixed date moves forward one weekday from one year to the next. A leap year inserts a second spare day, so the step is two whenever 29 February falls inside the gap. That is why December 25 works its way around the week rather than repeating on a tidy schedule.
December 25 in the next few years
| Year | Weekday | Day of year | ISO week | Leap year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Friday | 359 | 52 | no |
| 2027 | Saturday | 359 | 51 | no |
| 2028 | Monday | 360 | 52 | yes |
| 2029 | Tuesday | 359 | 52 | no |
| 2030 | Wednesday | 359 | 52 | no |
| 2031 | Thursday | 359 | 52 | no |
| 2032 | Saturday | 360 | 52 | yes |
| 2033 | Sunday | 359 | 51 | no |
Between 2026 and 2027 the weekday moves from Friday to Saturday, a step of 1. The day-of-year column also moves: December 25 is day 359 in a common year and day 360 in a leap year, because it sits after 29 February.
How often does December 25 fall at a weekend?
Counting the 28 occurrences from 2026 to 2053, December 25 lands on a Saturday 4 times and on a Sunday 4 times, so 8 of those 28 years put it at a weekend. Over a full 28-year stretch the Gregorian calendar repeats itself, and a fixed date visits each weekday four times, so the long-run answer is two weekend years in every seven.
Where December 25 sits in the calendar
December 25 is the 25th day of December, a month of 31 days in 2026, leaving 6 days of the month after it. Measured from 1 January it is 358 days into the year, and 6 days remain to 31 December, which puts it 98.4% of the way through 2026. In December 2026 the other Fridays are the 4th, 11th, 18th, because weekdays repeat every seven days inside a month just as they do across one.
What else happens around December 25?
| Date | Occasion | Type | Days from December 25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 21 | December solstice | astronomical | 4 before |
| December 24 | Christmas Eve | observance | 1 before |
| December 25 | Christmas Day | federal holiday | same day |
What day was December 25 in a past year?
The table above looks forward. Going back, December 25 fell on a different weekday in each earlier year, and each of those has its own page.
How far away is December 25?
The next December 25 is Friday, December 25, 2026, 92 days from today. That is 13 whole weeks and 1 day, or 13.1 weeks written as a decimal. To count towards it second by second, use the date calculator.
Questions
- What day of the week is December 25, 2026?
- A Friday. It is day 359 of 365 and falls in ISO week 52.
- What day of the week is December 25 next year?
- In 2027 it is a Saturday.
- What number day of the year is December 25?
- Day 359 in a common year and day 360 in a leap year. See day 359 for more.
- Which week of the year is December 25 in?
- ISO week 52 in 2026. The week 52 page lists every date in it.
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