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Christmas Holidays 2020 by Day

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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.

Thursday December 24th 2020
Country	Name	Remarks
Argentina	Christmas Eve	Bank Holiday
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
Hungary	Christmas Holiday	Bridge holiday. Compensated by Saturday 12 December
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
Peru	Christmas Eve	Public sector
Philippines	Christmas Eve	Additional Special Non-Working Day
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
USA	Christmas Eve	Several states
Venezuela	Christmas Eve
Friday December 25th 2020
Country	Name	Remarks
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
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	Navidad
Congo	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
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
Pakistan	Christmas Day	Observed by Christians only
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 Barthélemy	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
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
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
Saturday December 26th 2020
Country	Name	Remarks
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
Barbados	Boxing Day
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	Boxing Day
Botswana	Boxing Day
Brunei	Christmas Day	Hari Natal
Canada	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
Faroe Islands	Second Day of Christmas
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
Greenland	Second Day of Christmas
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
Ireland	St. Stephen's Day
Italy	St. Stephen's Day
Jamaica	Boxing Day
Kenya	Boxing Day
Latvia	Second day of Christmas
Lesotho	Boxing Day
Liechtenstein	St. Stephen's Day	Second day of Christmas
Lithuania	Second day of Christmas
Luxembourg	St. Stephen's Day	Saint-Etienne
Malawi	Boxing Day
Namibia	Family Day
Netherlands	St. Stephen's Day
New Zealand	Boxing Day
Norway	Second Day of Christmas
Pakistan	Day after Christmas	Observed by Christians only
Poland	St. Stephen's Day
Portugal	Christmas Holiday	Madeira
Romania	Second day of Christmas
Rwanda	Boxing Day
Saint Lucia	Boxing Day
Samoa	Boxing Day
San Marino	St. Stephen's Day
Sierra Leone	Boxing Day
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	Christmas Holiday
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
US Virgin Islands	Christmas Second Day
USA	Day after Christmas	Several states
Uganda	Boxing Day
Vanuatu	Family Day
Vatican City	St. Stephen's Day
Zimbabwe	Boxing Day
Sunday December 27th 2020
Country	Name	Remarks
India	Christmas Festival
Monday December 28th 2020
Country	Name	Remarks
Anguilla	Boxing Day
Australia	Boxing Day	Except South Australia
Bahamas	Boxing Day
Belize	Boxing Day	in lieu of Saturday December 26th
Bermuda	Boxing Day
Botswana	Boxing Day
British Virgin Islands	Boxing Day
Bulgaria	Second Day of Christmas
Canada	Boxing Day
Cayman Islands	Boxing Day
Fiji	Boxing Day
Ghana	Boxing Day
Gibraltar	Boxing Day
Grenada	Boxing Day
Guernsey	Boxing Day
Ireland	St. Stephen's Day	Not a legal public holiday, but widely observed
Isle of Man	Boxing Day
Jersey	Boxing Day
Kiribati	Boxing Day
Montserrat	Boxing Day
New Zealand	Boxing Day
Nigeria	Boxing Day	Day of Goodwill
Papua New Guinea	Boxing Day
Rwanda	Boxing Day
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Boxing Day
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Boxing Day
USA	Day after Christmas	North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas
United Kingdom	Boxing Day

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