Holidays in December 2026

December 26th, 2026

National Whiners Day
Boxing Day, except when December 26 is a Sunday. If it is a Sunday, Boxing Day is transferred to December 27 by Royal Proclamation. (Commonwealth of Nations), and its related observances: Day of Good Will (South Africa and Namibia)
Independence and Unity Day (Slovenia)
Mauro Hamza Day (Houston, Texas)
Mummer's Day (Padstow, Cornwall)
The first day of Junkanoo street parade, the second day is on the New Year's Day (The Bahamas)
The second day of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity) Second day of Christmas (Public holiday in the Netherlands, Poland and Slovakia)
Wren Day (Ireland and the Isle of Man)
Holidays on December 26th, 2026 »

December 30th, 2026

National Resolution Planning Day
Festival of Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Rizal Day (Philippines)
Holidays on December 30th, 2026 »

December 25th, 2026

A'phabet Day
Tulsi Pujan Diwas (India)
Good Governance Day (India)
Quaid-e-Azam's Day (Pakistan)
Takanakuy (Chumbivilcas Province, Peru)
Holidays on December 25th, 2026 »

December 22nd, 2026

Mathematics Day
Dongzhi Festival
National Mathematics Day (India)
Holidays on December 22nd, 2026 »

December 20th, 2026

Dot Your I's Day
Abolition of Slavery Day, also known as Fête des Cafres (Réunion, French Guiana)
Bo Aung Kyaw Day (Myanmar)
Earliest date for Winter solstice's eve (Northern Hemisphere), and its related observances: Yaldā (Iran)
International Human Solidarity Day (International)
Macau Special Administrative Region Establishment Day (Macau)
Holidays on December 20th, 2026 »

December 16th, 2026

Chocolate Covered Anything Day
Day of Reconciliation, formerly celebrated as Day of the Vow by the Afrikaners (South Africa)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kazakhstan from the Soviet Union in 1991.
The beginning of the nine-day celebration beginning December 16 and ending December 24, celebrating the trials which Mary and Joseph endured before finding a place to stay where Jesus could be born (Hispanidad): The first day of Las Posadas...
Victory Day observances, celebration of the Indo-Bangla allied victory over Pakistan armed forces and the Liberation of Bangladesh. (Bangladesh and India)
Holidays on December 16th, 2026 »

December 17th, 2026

Maple Syrup Day
Accession Day (Bahrain)
International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
Kurdish Flag Day (Global Kurdish population)
Pan American Aviation Day (United States)
Wright Brothers Day, a United States federal observance by Presidential proclamation
Holidays on December 17th, 2026 »

December 1st, 2026

Freedom and Democracy Day (Chad)
Great Union Day, celebrates the union of Transylvania with Romania in 1918 (Romania)
Military Abolition Day (Costa Rica)
National Day (Myanmar)
Restoration of Independence Day (Portugal)
Self-governance Day or Fullveldisdagurinn (Iceland)
World AIDS Day, and its related observances: Day Without Art
Holidays on December 1st, 2026 »

December 2nd, 2026

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (United Nations)
Lao National Day
National Day (United Arab Emirates)
Holidays on December 2nd, 2026 »

December 3rd, 2026

International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Holidays on December 3rd, 2026 »

December 4th, 2026

Navy Day (India)
Holidays on December 4th, 2026 »

December 5th, 2026

International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
Klozum (Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands)
Saint Nicholas' Eve (Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Hungary, Romania, Germany, Poland and the UK) Krampusnacht (Austria)
World Soil Day
Holidays on December 5th, 2026 »

December 6th, 2026

Day of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of Azerbaijan
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Finland from Russia in 1917.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Canada)
Holidays on December 6th, 2026 »

December 7th, 2026

Armed Forces Flag Day (India)
Eve of the Immaculate Conception-related observances: Day of the Little Candles, begins after sunset (Colombia)
International Civil Aviation Day
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (United States)
Holidays on December 7th, 2026 »

December 8th, 2026

Battle Day (Falkland Islands)
Bodhi Day (Japan)
CARICOM–Cuba Day (Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba)
Constitution Day (Uzbekistan)
Day of Finnish Music (Finland)
Hari-Kuyō (Kansai region, Japan)
Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Day (Ethiopia)
Holidays on December 8th, 2026 »

December 9th, 2026

Anna's Day, marks the day to start the preparation process of the lutefisk to be consumed on Christmas Eve, as well as a Swedish name day, celebrating all people named Anna. (Sweden and Finland)
International Anti-Corruption Day (United Nations)
National Heroes Day, formerly V.C. Bird Day. (Antigua and Barbuda)
Holidays on December 9th, 2026 »

December 11th, 2026

Indiana Day (United States)
National Tango Day (Argentina)
Pampanga Day (Pampanga province, Philippines)
Holidays on December 11th, 2026 »

December 12th, 2026

Day of Neutrality (Turkmenistan)
Holidays on December 12th, 2026 »

December 13th, 2026

Acadian Remembrance Day (Acadians)
Nanking Massacre Memorial Day (China)
Republic Day (Malta)
Saint Lucia Day (mainly in Scandinavia)
Holidays on December 13th, 2026 »

December 14th, 2026

Alabama Day (Alabama)
Forty-seven Ronin Remembrance Day (Sengaku-ji, Tokyo)
Martyred Intellectuals Day (Bangladesh)
Monkey Day
Holidays on December 14th, 2026 »

December 15th, 2026

Bill of Rights Day (United States) 2nd Amendment Day (South Carolina)
Homecoming Day (Alderney)
Kingdom Day (Netherlands), moves to December 16 if the 15th is on a Sunday
Zamenhof Day (International Esperanto Community)
Holidays on December 15th, 2026 »

December 18th, 2026

International Migrants Day
National Day (Qatar)
Republic Day (Niger)
UN Arabic Language Day (United Nations)
Holidays on December 18th, 2026 »

December 19th, 2026

Goa Liberation Day (Goa, India)
Holidays on December 19th, 2026 »

December 21st, 2026

Forefathers' Day (Plymouth, Massachusetts)
The first day of Pancha Ganapati, celebrated until December 25 (Saiva Siddhanta Church)
Gravy Day (Australia), celebrated in honour of the song "How to Make Gravy" by Paul Kelly
Holidays on December 21st, 2026 »

December 23rd, 2026

Festivus, a secular holiday made popular by the sitcom Seinfeld
HumanLight (Secular humanism in United States)
Kisan Diwas (Uttar Pradesh, India)
Night of the Radishes (Oaxaca City, Mexico)
Tibb's Eve (Newfoundland and Labrador)
Tom Bawcock's Eve (Mousehole, Cornwall)
Holidays on December 23rd, 2026 »

December 24th, 2026

Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Aðfangadagskvöld, the day when the 13th and the last Yule Lad arrives to towns. (Iceland)
Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Feast of the Seven Fishes (Italian Americans)
Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Juleaften (Denmark)/Julaften (Norway)/Julafton (Sweden)
Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Nittel Nacht (certain Orthodox Jewish denominations)
Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Nochebuena (Spain and Spanish-speaking countries)
Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: The Declaration of Christmas Peace (Old Great Square of Turku, Finland's official Christmas City)
Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Wigilia (Poland)
Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Quviasukvik, the Inuit new year (Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Russia)
Holidays on December 24th, 2026 »

December 27th, 2026

Emergency Rescuer's Day (Russia)
St. Stephen's Day (Eastern Orthodox Church; a public holiday in Romania)
Holidays on December 27th, 2026 »

December 28th, 2026

Proclamation Day (South Australia), celebration started on the day following Christmas (South Australia)
Holidays on December 28th, 2026 »

December 29th, 2026

Constitution Day (Ireland)
Independence Day (Mongolia)
Holidays on December 29th, 2026 »

December 31st, 2026

International Solidarity Day of Azerbaijanis (Azerbaijan)
New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observances: First Night (United States)
New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observances: Ōmisoka (Japan)
The sixth and penultimate day of Kwanzaa (United States)
Holidays on December 31st, 2026 »

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