Christmas Day
United States · December 25 · Fiscal month FM3 · Quarter Q1
- Country
- United States
- Date
- December 25
- Falls in fiscal month
- FM3 of United States fiscal year
- Falls in fiscal quarter
- Q1
- Source
- OPM federal holidays
About Christmas Day
Federal holiday observed on December 25.
Where it lands in your fiscal year
For organisations operating on the United States fiscal calendar, Christmas Day falls in fiscal month 3 (FM3), inside quarter Q1. Treat the date as a non-working day in payroll calendars, exclude it from business-day counts when scheduling close milestones or accrual postings, and check vendor terms for any "next business day" payment clauses that would shift settlement.
If the holiday falls on a weekend, observance rules vary: the United States federal government observes the nearest preceding Friday or following Monday; the United Kingdom typically grants a substitute weekday. Check the country's official observance rules before locking payroll runs.
Operational impact for finance teams
For finance and operations teams, Christmas Day reduces the working-day count for FM3 by one. If the holiday falls within two business days of a month-end, expect downstream impact on accruals (revenue cutoff, inventory counts, AP cutoffs) and on banking value dates. Wire transfers and ACH/Faster Payments usually settle the next business day; international wires may slip two days when origin and destination both observe the holiday. See our guide on mapping holidays to fiscal months for a worked example of how to fold observance dates into the close calendar.
Open the calendar
See this holiday highlighted in context on the printable monthly template:
Open December template → Full United States fiscal year →
Year-by-year observance
Pick a specific year to see the actual weekday, weekend-observance shift (if any), and where the holiday lands inside that year's fiscal quarter:
Other holidays in United States
- January 1 — New Year's Day
- January 20 — Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- February 17 — Presidents' Day
- May 26 — Memorial Day
- June 19 — Juneteenth
- July 4 — Independence Day
- September 1 — Labor Day
- October 13 — Columbus Day
- November 11 — Veterans Day
- November 27 — Thanksgiving Day