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1. Weihnachtstag 2023

Germany · Monday, December 25, 2023 · FM12, Q4 of FY2023

Mon
Weekday 2023
FM12
Fiscal Month
Q4
Fiscal Quarter
6d
To FY2023 Year-End
Country
Germany
Calendar date 2023
2023-12-25 (Monday)
Fiscal year
FY2023 (open year)
Fiscal month / quarter
FM12 of 12 · Quarter Q4 · printable monthly template
Source
Bundesministerium des Innern

About 1. Weihnachtstag

Public holiday across Germany.

This page is the 2023-specific edition: it shows the actual weekday, the observed date if a weekend rule applies, and the placement of the holiday inside the Germany fiscal year that contains it. For the canonical, year-agnostic overview see the main 1. Weihnachtstag page.

2023 weekday and observance

In 2023, 1. Weihnachtstag falls on Monday, December 25. Falling on a Monday, this holiday compresses the work week to four days and pushes any month-end activity that would normally close on Monday into the following day. Plan for late-Tuesday banking value dates.

No weekend-shift rule applies in 2023 because the holiday falls on a regular weekday. Both the calendar date and the observed date are Monday, December 25, 2023. Treat it as a non-working day in payroll, vendor payment scheduling, and any business-day calculation that drives accruals or settlement.

Where it lands in FY2023

For organisations on the Germany fiscal calendar, 1. Weihnachtstag 2023 sits in fiscal month 12 (FM12), inside quarter Q4 of FY2023. From this date, you have approximately 6 days remaining until fiscal year-end on December 31, 2023. That distance matters because year-end close planning typically begins 60 to 90 days out — meaning if FYE is within that window, this holiday already sits inside the close-planning runway and any client-facing or vendor-facing deadlines that touch it should be pre-cleared rather than rescheduled later.

For the same holiday in adjacent fiscal years see: 1. Weihnachtstag 2024 · 1. Weihnachtstag 2025

Operational impact for finance teams

For finance and operations teams, 1. Weihnachtstag 2023 reduces the working-day count for FM12 by one. If the holiday falls within two business days of a fiscal month-end, expect downstream impact on accrual timing (revenue cutoff, inventory counts, AP cutoffs) and on banking value dates. Wire transfers and ACH/Faster Payments typically settle the next business day; international wires may slip two days when both origin and destination observe the holiday. See our guide on mapping holidays to fiscal months for a worked example of folding observance dates into the close calendar.

If your business operates payroll on a biweekly cadence aligned to the OPM federal schedule, check the 2023 pay period schedule for the pay period containing this date — the payday for that period may shift to the preceding business day.

Other holidays in December 2023

Cross-references