Days Until Christmas Countdown

How to use this calculator

Enter your values. The result updates as you type; press Calculate to confirm and jump to the result on mobile. Use Share to send the calculator with your result.

How the countdown works

The calculator counts whole calendar days from today (in your device’s time zone) to December 25. Today isn’t counted, so on December 24 it shows 1 day, and on Christmas Day it shows that Christmas is here. The live clock counts down to midnight at the start of Christmas Day.

“Sleeps” is the same as days: the number of nights left before Christmas morning, a favorite way to count with children.

Christmas dates for the next few years

Planning around Christmas

• Shipping: many carriers publish holiday shipping cut-off dates in early to mid December. Check your carrier’s page.
• Advent: Advent calendars usually run December 1–24, so 24 days before Christmas Eve.
• Time off: use the Days Between Dates calculator to count business days for leave requests.

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31 Oct 2026

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