1. Weihnachtstag 2026
Germany · Friday, December 25, 2026 · FM12, Q4 of FY2026
- Country
- Germany
- Calendar date 2026
- 2026-12-25 (Friday)
- Fiscal year
- FY2026 (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 2026-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.
2026 weekday and observance
In 2026, 1. Weihnachtstag falls on Friday, December 25. Friday holidays produce three-day weekends without affecting the early-week rhythm. Banking value dates for any cleared transaction slip to the following Monday.
No weekend-shift rule applies in 2026 because the holiday falls on a regular weekday. Both the calendar date and the observed date are Friday, December 25, 2026. 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 FY2026
For organisations on the Germany fiscal calendar, 1. Weihnachtstag 2026 sits in fiscal month 12 (FM12), inside quarter Q4 of FY2026. From this date, you have approximately 6 days remaining until fiscal year-end on December 31, 2026. 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 · 1. Weihnachtstag 2027 ·
Operational impact for finance teams
For finance and operations teams, 1. Weihnachtstag 2026 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 2026 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 2026
- December 26 — 2. Weihnachtstag 2026
Cross-references
- Printable December template (FM12) — see this holiday highlighted in the calendar grid.
- Q4 quarterly template — context inside the three-month fiscal quarter.
- FY2026 overview for Germany — full year-at-a-glance.
- Main 1. Weihnachtstag page — year-agnostic background.