How Many Days Until Christmas?
Your live countdown to Christmas Day — updating every second.
Christmas Day 2026 falls on Friday 25 December. The live countdown above shows exactly how many days, hours, minutes and seconds are left until the big morning — it ticks down as you watch and rolls over to the next Christmas automatically, so this page is always current. Prefer to count down a different way? Pick your unit below.
Count down your way
Live counts to Christmas 2026. Tap any card for the full date-by-date breakdown.
Why count Wednesdays for “weeks”? Each remaining Wednesday marks one more full week on the calendar between now and Christmas — it’s the tidiest weekly milestone, and the dedicated page lists every week-commencing Monday so you can plan around it.
Planning the big day
Counting down is the fun part — here’s how to make the most of the time you have left. These are full planning guides, not countdowns.
Christmas countdown FAQs
How many days until Christmas 2026?
The live timer at the top of this page counts down the exact days, hours, minutes and seconds remaining until Christmas Day 2026.
When is Christmas Day 2026?
Christmas Day 2026 is on Friday 25 December 2026. Boxing Day falls on Saturday 26 December.
How many weeks until Christmas?
The live count is in the “Weeks” card above. See our weeks until Christmas page for the full week-by-week breakdown with every week-commencing date.
How many weekends until Christmas?
The “Weekends” card above shows how many Saturdays are left — handy if you do your shopping and prep at weekends. Our weekends until Christmas page lists every one.
Does this countdown update by itself?
Yes. The timer reads your device’s clock and counts down live, and every figure on this page recalculates automatically each year — so once this Christmas has passed, the countdown simply rolls on to the next one.
Getting ready for Christmas?
While the countdown ticks along, the smart money is on getting ahead in the kitchen. When you are ready to start, try our step-by-step guide to cooking and glazing a Christmas ham, bake a traditional stollen, and get the braised red cabbage made early — it freezes beautifully. For the teatime table there is the much-loved Tunis cake and a proper Christmas pudding; and if you are gifting ahead, our reusable advent calendar guide and personalised Christmas gift ideas are the place to begin.