When is Christmas Day 2024? How many shopping days do you have?

It will soon be caroling, sleigh rides and Mariah Carey seasonsince Christmas is a little more than a month away.

Here’s how to count down the months, weeks, days, minutes and even seconds until Christmas Day 2024.

How many days until Christmas?

Christmas Day is Wednesday, December 25, and from Monday, November 18, there are exactly 36 days until Christmas — or just five shopping weekends, including the upcoming Black Friday-Cyber ​​Monday blitz.

Santa Claus played with a doll for Mrs. Claus during the celebration of Christmas in July at Kentucky Kingdom. 25 July 2024

Santa Claus played with a doll for Mrs. Claus during the celebration of Christmas in July at Kentucky Kingdom. 25 July 2024

How to count down the days until Christmas 2024

Now that you know how many days there are between now and Christmas, you can count down the days to your advantage.

If so, there are several online options to help you count down the days.

Internet-based calendar and date tracker Time and date has an online Christmas countdown tracker, which gives hours, minutes and seconds until Christmas.

XMasClock.com‘s Christmas Countdown has a red Christmas theme, while Your Christmas Countdown has a large font countdown with a fun Christmas backdrop.

Days.To’s Christmas countdown has a Christmas themed background that changes every few seconds.

One image shows Santa driving a sleigh full of toys, while another shows red ribbons on a Christmas tree.

Is Christmas always on the same day?

While Christmas always falls on December 25the day itself is changed due to Gregorian calendarwhich stands for leap year.

For example, Christmas Day 2025 falls on a Thursday, Christmas Day 2026 is on a Friday, and Christmas Day 2027 is on a Saturday.

Leap Day 2028 will push Christmas that year to Monday.

Damon C. Williams is a Philadelphia-based journalist who reports on popular issues in the Mid-Atlantic area.

This article originally appeared on the Asbury Park Press: When is Christmas? This is how you can count down the days