Christmas countdown

When is Christmas?

Christmas Day falls on December 25th every year. The countdown above runs to December 25 at midnight in your local time zone, so the result reflects exactly how much time is left wherever you are in the world.

Why the unit choice matters

Different units paint different pictures of the same gap:

• Months — early in the year, months feel appropriately large. "Still 9 months away" sets expectations.
• Weeks — a classic way to talk about holiday prep: "only 3 weeks left to shop."
• Days only — the countdown most people picture in their head.
• Hours — becomes meaningful in the final 48 hours.
• Seconds — fun for the final minutes of Christmas Eve.

Put it on your iPhone Home Screen

Left lets you add a Christmas countdown widget directly to your iPhone Home Screen, Lock Screen, or StandBy. You can name it "Christmas," choose your favourite widget style, and watch the number shrink each day without opening the app or a browser.

Left supports dozens of widget designs — dots, rings, bars, numbers, and analog clocks — so you can match your Home Screen aesthetic. The widget updates automatically throughout the day.

Christmas shopping countdown

The Christmas countdown also doubles as a shopping and wrapping deadline tracker. If you need gifts ordered by December 20th to guarantee delivery, use the countdown to any date tool to track that deadline instead.

How many days until Christmas? (quick reference)

The live countdown above gives you the exact answer, but as a rough guide: if you're visiting this page in January, you have around 360 days; in the summer it's roughly 150–180 days; by October it's under 100; and by December 1st, fewer than 25.