Christmas Countdown

A live countdown to Christmas Day in your time zone.

About this tool

How many sleeps until Christmas? The Christmas Countdown answers with live days, hours, minutes and seconds ticking toward the big day, and it updates automatically every year, so the page is always ready without any setup. Put it on a classroom wall for excited children, share it with family group chats, or keep it open on a tablet in the kitchen during the festive rush. The display is big, bright and cheerful, with a fullscreen mode for TVs and projectors. Because it is calculated from your device clock, the numbers stay correct even after your computer sleeps or the tab sits in the background. Planning other celebrations? Explore the rest of the Countdowns category for New Year, Thanksgiving and Halloween, and create a shareable personal countdown for a birthday or wedding. Need to know exactly how many days remain between two specific dates for holiday shopping or travel? The Time Duration Calculator gives the exact difference. Cooking the Christmas dinner? Keep the turkey on schedule with the Kitchen Timer. For a general-purpose alarm, the Countdown Timer handles any duration with large digits.

Frequently asked questions

When is Christmas?

Christmas Day is on 25 December every year. Many Orthodox churches celebrate on 7 January, which is 25 December in the Julian calendar.

How many sleeps until Christmas?

Sleeps are the number of nights left, which equals the days-until number shown at the top of this page. On Christmas Eve, it is one sleep.

Is the countdown to Christmas Eve or Christmas Day?

It counts to midnight at the start of Christmas Day, 25 December, in your local time.