Christmas Holidays 2023 by Day

Christmas Day celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC. December 25th will be a public holiday in most countries around the world. If 25 December falls on a weekend, then a nearby week day may be taken as a holiday in lieu.

Friday December 22nd 2023

CountryNameRemarks
 USA Christmas Holiday Several states

Sunday December 24th 2023

CountryNameRemarks
 Australia Christmas Eve Some states
 Bulgaria Christmas Eve
 Czech Republic Christmas Eve
 Denmark Christmas Eve Day Widely observed
 El Salvador Christmas Eve
 Estonia Christmas Eve
 Faroe Islands Christmas Eve Juleaftensdag
 Finland Christmas Eve
 Greenland Christmas Eve
 Guatemala Christmas Eve Afternoon only
 Iceland Christmas Eve Afternoon Only
 India Christmas Eve
 Latvia Christmas Eve
 Liechtenstein Christmas Eve Bank Holiday
 Lithuania Christmas Eve
 Luxembourg Christmas Eve Banks closed in afternoon
 Macau Christmas Eve
 Malaysia Christmas Eve Sabah
 Norway Christmas Eve De facto holiday
 Puerto Rico Christmas Eve Afternoon only
 San Marino Christmas Eve Bank Holiday
 Slovakia Christmas Eve
 South Sudan Christmas Holiday
 Sweden Christmas Eve De facto holiday
 Switzerland Christmas Eve Glarus
 Venezuela Christmas Eve

Monday December 25th 2023

CountryNameRemarks
 Albania Christmas Day
 American Samoa Christmas Day
 Andorra Christmas Day
 Angola Christmas Day and Family Day
 Anguilla Christmas Day
 Antigua and Barbuda Christmas Day
 Argentina Christmas Day
 Aruba Christmas Day
 Australia Christmas Day
 Austria Christmas Day
 Bahamas Christmas Day
 Bangladesh Christmas Day
 Barbados Christmas Day
 Belarus Christmas Day (Catholic)
 Belgium Christmas Day
 Belize Christmas Day
 Benin Christmas Day
 Bermuda Christmas Day
 Bolivia Christmas Day
 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Christmas Day
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Christmas (Catholic) Federation of B&H
 Botswana Christmas Day
 Brazil Christmas Day
 British Virgin Islands Christmas Day
 Brunei Christmas Day
 Bulgaria Christmas Day
 Burkina Faso Christmas Day
 Burundi Christmas Day
 Cameroon Christmas Day
 Canada Christmas Day
 Cape Verde Christmas Day
 Cayman Islands Christmas Day
 Central African Republic Christmas Day
 Chad Christmas Day
 Chile Christmas Day
 Colombia Christmas Day
 Congo Christmas Day
 Cook Islands Christmas Day
 Costa Rica Christmas Mandatory Paid Vacation
 Croatia Christmas Day
 Cuba Christmas Day
 Curaçao Christmas Day
 Cyprus Christmas Day
 Czech Republic Christmas Day First Christmas Holiday
 DR Congo Christmas Day
 Denmark Christmas Day
 Djibouti Christmas Day
 Dominica Christmas Day
 Dominican Republic Christmas Day
 East Timor Christmas Day
 Ecuador Christmas Day
 El Salvador Christmas Day
 Equatorial Guinea Christmas Day
 Eritrea Christmas Day
 Estonia Christmas Day
 Eswatini Christmas Day
 Falkland Islands Christmas Day
 Faroe Islands Christmas Day First Day of Christmas
 Fiji Christmas Day
 Finland Christmas Day
 France Christmas Day
 French Guiana Christmas Day
 French Polynesia Christmas Day
 Gabon Christmas Day
 Gambia Christmas Day
 Germany Christmas Day
 Ghana Christmas Day
 Gibraltar Christmas Day
 Greece Christmas Day
 Greenland Christmas Day First Day of Christmas
 Grenada Christmas Day
 Guadeloupe Christmas Day
 Guam Christmas Day
 Guatemala Christmas Day
 Guernsey Christmas Day
 Guinea Christmas Day
 Guinea-Bissau Christmas Day
 Guyana Christmas Day
 Haiti Christmas Day
 Honduras Christmas Day
 Hong Kong Christmas Day
 Hungary Christmas Day
 Iceland Christmas Day Flag Day
 India Christmas Day Observed in all states
 Indonesia Christmas Day
 Iraq Christmas
 Ireland Christmas Day
 Isle of Man Christmas Day
 Italy Christmas Day
 Ivory Coast Christmas Day
 Jamaica Christmas Day
 Jersey Christmas Day
 Jordan Christmas Day Religious Holiday
 Kenya Christmas Day
 Kiribati Christmas Day
 Kosovo Catholic Christmas
 Latvia Christmas Day
 Lebanon Christmas Day
 Lesotho Christmas Day
 Liberia Christmas Day
 Liechtenstein Christmas Day
 Lithuania Christmas Day
 Luxembourg Christmas Day
 Macau Christmas Day
 Madagascar Christmas Day
 Malawi Christmas Day
 Malaysia Christmas Day
 Mali Christmas Day
 Malta Christmas Day
 Martinique Christmas Day
 Mauritius Christmas Day
 Mexico Christmas Day Celebrated as secular winter holiday
 Moldova Christmas Day
 Monaco Christmas Day
 Montserrat Christmas Day
 Mozambique Family Day Christmas
 Myanmar Christmas Day
 Namibia Christmas Day
 Nepal Christmas Day
 Netherlands Christmas Day
 New Caledonia Christmas Day
 New Zealand Christmas Day
 Nicaragua Christmas Day
 Niger Christmas Day
 Nigeria Christmas Day
 Norway Christmas Day
 Palestine Christmas Day Except Gaza
 Panama Christmas Day
 Papua New Guinea Christmas Day
 Paraguay Christmas Day
 Peru Christmas Day
 Philippines Christmas Day Regular holiday
 Poland Christmas Day
 Portugal Christmas Day
 Puerto Rico Christmas Day
 Romania Christmas Day
 Rwanda Christmas Day
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Christmas Day
 Saint Lucia Christmas Day
 Saint Martin Christmas Day
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Christmas Day
 Samoa Christmas Day
 San Marino Christmas Day
 Senegal Christmas Day
 Seychelles Christmas Day
 Sierra Leone Christmas Day
 Singapore Christmas Day
 Sint Maarten Christmas Day
 Slovakia Christmas Day First Christmas Holiday
 Slovenia Christmas Day Work-free day
 Solomon Islands Christmas Day
 Somalia Christmas Day
 South Africa Christmas Day
 South Korea Christmas Day
 South Sudan Christmas Day
 Spain Christmas Day
 Sri Lanka Christmas Day
 Sudan Christmas Day
 Suriname Christmas Day
 Sweden Christmas Day
 Switzerland Christmas Day
 Syria Christmas
 São Tomé and Príncipe Christmas Day
 Tanzania Christmas Day
 Togo Christmas Day
 Tonga Christmas Day
 Trinidad and Tobago Christmas Day
 Turks and Caicos Islands Christmas Day
 Tuvalu Christmas Day
 US Virgin Islands Christmas Day
 USA Christmas Day
 Uganda Christmas Day
 Ukraine Christmas Day From 2017
 United Kingdom Christmas Day
 Uruguay Day of the Family Christmas
 Vanuatu Christmas Day
 Vatican City Christmas Day
 Venezuela Christmas Day Navidad
 Wallis and Futuna Christmas Day
 Zambia Christmas Day
 Zimbabwe Christmas Day

Tuesday December 26th 2023

CountryNameRemarks
 Andorra St. Stephen's Day
 Anguilla Boxing Day
 Antigua and Barbuda Boxing Day
 Aruba Boxing Day
 Australia Boxing Day Except South Australia
 Austria St. Stephen's Day
 Bahamas Boxing Day
 Barbados Boxing Day
 Belize Boxing Day
 Bermuda Boxing Day
 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Boxing Day
 Botswana Boxing Day
 British Virgin Islands Boxing Day
 Bulgaria Second Day of Christmas
 Canada Boxing Day
 Cayman Islands Boxing Day
 Cook Islands Boxing Day
 Croatia St. Stephen's Day
 Curaçao Day after Christmas
 Cyprus Boxing Day
 Czech Republic St. Stephen's Day Second Christmas Holiday
 Denmark Second Day of Christmas
 Dominica Boxing Day
 Estonia Boxing Day
 Eswatini Day of Goodwill
 Falkland Islands Boxing Day
 Faroe Islands Second Day of Christmas
 Fiji Boxing Day
 Finland Second Day of Christmas
 France St. Stephen's Day Alsace and Moselle
 Germany St. Stephen's Day Second day of Christmas
 Ghana Boxing Day
 Gibraltar Boxing Day
 Greenland Second Day of Christmas
 Grenada Boxing Day
 Guernsey Boxing Day
 Guyana Boxing Day
 Hong Kong The first weekday after Christmas Day Family Day
 Hungary Second Day of Christmas
 Iceland Second Day of Christmas
 India Christmas Holiday
 Indonesia Christmas Holiday Collective Leave Day
 International Christmas Holiday
 Ireland St. Stephen's Day
 Isle of Man Boxing Day
 Italy St. Stephen's Day
 Jamaica Boxing Day
 Jersey Boxing Day
 Kenya Boxing Day
 Kiribati Boxing Day
 Latvia Second day of Christmas
 Liechtenstein St. Stephen's Day Second day of Christmas
 Lithuania Second day of Christmas
 Luxembourg St. Stephen's Day
 Macau Christmas Eve Government only
 Malawi Boxing Day
 Montserrat Boxing Day
 Namibia Day of Goodwill
 Netherlands St. Stephen's Day
 New Zealand Boxing Day
 Nigeria Boxing Day Day of Goodwill
 Norway Second Day of Christmas
 Pakistan Day after Christmas Observed by Christians only
 Papua New Guinea Boxing Day
 Philippines Public Holiday Special non-working day
 Poland St. Stephen's Day
 Portugal Christmas Holiday Madeira
 Romania Second day of Christmas
 Rwanda Boxing Day
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Boxing Day
 Saint Lucia Boxing Day
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Boxing Day
 Samoa Boxing Day
 San Marino St. Stephen's Day
 Sierra Leone Christmas Holiday
 Sint Maarten St. Stephen's Day
 Slovakia St. Stephen's Day Second Christmas Holiday
 Solomon Islands National Day of Thanksgiving
 South Africa Day of Goodwill Boxing Day prior to 1994
 South Sudan Christmas Holiday
 Spain St. Stephen's Day Catalonia
 Suriname Day after Christmas
 Sweden Second Day of Christmas
 Switzerland St. Stephen's Day Most Cantons
 Tanzania Boxing Day
 Tonga Boxing Day
 Trinidad and Tobago Boxing Day
 Turks and Caicos Islands Boxing Day
 Tuvalu Boxing Day
 US Virgin Islands Christmas Second Day
 USA Day after Christmas Several states
 Uganda Boxing Day
 United Kingdom Boxing Day
 Vanuatu Family Day
 Vatican City St. Stephen's Day
 Zimbabwe Boxing Day

Wednesday December 27th 2023

CountryNameRemarks
 Bulgaria Third Day of Christmas An additional holiday as Christmas Eve falls on a Sunday in 2023
 Falkland Islands Christmas Holiday
 India Christmas Holiday
 Nigeria Christmas Holiday Niger state. Civil Servants
 USA Christmas Holiday North Carolina

Thursday December 28th 2023

CountryNameRemarks
 Falkland Islands Christmas Holiday Government
 Nigeria Christmas Holiday Niger state. Civil Servants

Friday December 29th 2023

CountryNameRemarks
 Falkland Islands Christmas Holiday Government
 Nigeria Christmas Holiday Niger state. Civil Servants

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