How long is left until Christmas?
This page counts down live: days, hours, minutes and seconds until Christmas, ticking every second. The clock aims at 00:00 on 25 December in your device's time zone, so it reaches zero at your own midnight.
Christmas: Under the clock you see how many working days and weekends are left, which is handy for planning. When the day arrives, fireworks go off by themselves; the button sets them off any time.
How to use it
Christmas: Nothing to set up: open the page and watch the clock.
Open the page for Christmas: the clock starts at once.
Read the days, hours, minutes and seconds left until Christmas.
Christmas: Keep the tab open for the fireworks at zero, or press Fireworks to see them now.
What the page shows
Christmas: All you need for the wait.
- Days, hours, minutes and seconds until Christmas, ticking live
- Working days and weekends left before Christmas
- Christmas: Your own time zone, with nothing to set
- Fireworks for Christmas when the moment comes
Where it helps
Wherever people wait for Christmas.
A big clock on a classroom screen during the last lessons before Christmas.
A countdown on the office screen before the Christmas party.
Children counting the days until Christmas at home.
How the clock works
The clock reads your device's time zone, so someone in Tokyo and someone in New York see different seconds but both reach zero at their own midnight on 25 December.
Hours, minutes and seconds come from the device clock, so the count to Christmas stays right even when the tab sleeps; it catches up the moment you return.
Good to know
It counts to 00:00 on 25 December. For another date or hour, use the countdown with your own target.
If the device clock is wrong, the countdown to Christmas is wrong too; it does not ask a server for the time.
Tips
- Leave the page open on a screen for the last evening before Christmas: the fireworks start by themselves at zero.
- Press Fireworks once before guests arrive to check the screen and the volume for Christmas.
Questions about the countdown
How many days until Christmas?
Christmas: The number at the top of the clock, counted live. It drops by one every day at your midnight, and the hours, minutes and seconds under it show the rest.
Does the Christmas countdown use my time zone?
Yes. The clock aims at 00:00 on 25 December where you are, with no setting to change.
What happens when Christmas arrives?
Christmas: The clock turns into a greeting and fireworks go off by themselves. After the day it counts to the next one.