When is Christmas Day?
Christmas Day is 25 December every year. The timer counts to midnight at the start of the next 25 December in your local time.
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Christmas Day is 25 December every year. The timer counts to midnight at the start of the next 25 December in your local time.
Quick, clear answers
Christmas date and countdown
Calendar days and live time
The Christmas page shows the calendar-day gap as well as a live countdown to midnight at the start of the date.
It follows your local time
Everything is calculated in your browser using your device date and time zone. No personal date is sent to the server.
Christmas Eve is a separate date
In the UK, Christmas Eve is 24 December and Christmas Day is 25 December. A separate Christmas Eve countdown is available.
History and UK traditions
Christmas facts and British traditions
Crackers, stockings and Christmas pudding make the UK festive season distinctive.
Christmas crackers are a Victorian invention
London confectioner Tom Smith popularised the pull-apart cracker in the nineteenth century; jokes, paper crowns and small gifts remain a Christmas dinner fixture.
Stockings have a long gift-giving tradition
Children traditionally hang stockings on Christmas Eve for Father Christmas to fill overnight.
Christmas pudding is often made ahead
Families traditionally stir the rich fruit pudding weeks before Christmas, with “Stir-up Sunday” associated with the final Sunday before Advent.
The Christmas broadcast is a national ritual
The monarch’s Christmas message has become part of Christmas Day for many households across the UK and Commonwealth.
Plan without the rush
Planning for Christmas
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A month or more ahead
Set a realistic budget and note the bookings or purchases needed for Christmas.
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A couple of weeks ahead
Confirm travel, deliveries and plans with the people involved.
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In the final days
Keep only essential tasks and leave room to enjoy the occasion.
Frequently asked
Christmas: questions and answers
The calendar-day figure is commonly used as “sleeps”. If Christmas is tomorrow, the page shows one day remaining.
This page counts to Christmas Day, 25 December. Use the Christmas Eve page for 24 December.
Yes. Christmas Day is always 25 December, although the day of the week changes.
It uses the local time zone configured on your device and shows it alongside the result.
Yes. The next valid date is calculated automatically, so the same page continues to work in future years.
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