How long until Christmas is exact?

Each year, on 16th September, it is officially 100 days until Christmas - aka, the best day of the year! That means 100 days to dust off your Christmas jumper, think of some great gifts to give to your loved ones, and get yourself off the naughty list and into Santa’s good books ready for Christmas Day.

How many days until Christmas Eve?

Christmas Eve is on the 24th December, one day before Christmas Day! Christmas Eve is when Father Christmas takes his flight across the sky, delivering presents to children all over the world.

If you want to know how many days until Christmas Eve, just minus one day from our Christmas countdown clock on this page!

Is there a Christmas countdown clock for how many days until Christmas Day?

Yes! The elves use How Long Ago Go’s Christmas countdown clock to stick to their toy-making schedule all throughout the year - and you can, too! Use this page to see exactly how many days until Christmas!

Is there a Christmas calendar to countdown how many days until Christmas?

Advent calendars are an extremely popular way of counting down how many days until Christmas!

Typically starting on the 1st December, advent calendars can be opened every day - normally revealing a chocolate, or even a small gift! By the time the Christmas countdown has finished, you should have had a total of 25 chocolates or whatever else your advent calendar contained!

How many days until we can have a Christmas countdown?

Well, your Christmas countdown can start any day! If you want to know when to start a specific Christmas countdown, though, you could start counting on:

16th September (100 days until Christmas!) 1st December (24 days until Christmas!) 15th December (10 days until Christmas!)

When do the 12 days of Christmas start?

The 12 days of Christmas start on 25th December (Christmas Day), ending on the 6th January. The 12 days of Christmas are the days from the birth of Jesus Christ, to the Epiphany when, according to Christian beliefs, the divinity of Christ was first manifested.

The 12 Days of Christmas are also well known due to the Christmas carol of the same name!

Why is Christmas Day on the 25th December?

The 25th December is celebrated as Christmas day because it marks the birth of Jesus Christ, who Christians believe was the son of God.

Now, however, Christmas is a widely celebrated holiday by people all around the world, whether they are Christian or not.

What happens on Christmas Day?

Perhaps the most exciting event to take place on Christmas Day is the discovery whether Santa Claus has visited your house during the night and left gifts under your Christmas tree!

There are hundreds of Christmas traditions that change depending on the country, culture, beliefs, and family traditions - although for many people, one thing stays the same: it’s a day to surround yourself with loved ones and perhaps exchange gifts.

The months, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds are flying by but there's still time to write a letter to Santa Claus or see if you've been naughty or nice !  Just look to the left for more fun things to do at EmailSanta.com!

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Answers to When is Christmas questions

A Grumpy Elf answers your questions about "How long until Christmas 2022?"

• How many days until Christmas 2022?
  There are 9 more days to Christmas Day (but I'm not counting -- I'm just a grumpy elf - and I really don't want to count the 714,997 seconds too!)
• Is there a Christmas Countdown ⌚clock⌚ of how many days till Christmas 2022?
  
  
  Well, if you really must know, YES! The elves (even the grumpy ones!) have fun counting down the 9 sleeps left till Christmas Day with Santa's ★Official★ Countdown Clock right here, on this page. See? Look up! (On the page silly!) It shows you exactly how long to Christmas!
• Are there still a lot of days till Christmas 2022?
  It ALWAYS seems like there are a lot of days to Christmas! Well, there are 9 days to be exact or 714,997 seconds! OK, now that DOES seem like a long time! Now I'm a REALLY grumpy elf!
• How many days until Christmas Eve?
  Santa will be making his famous Christmas Eve flight in 8 sleeps. You can see exactly when he will arrive at your house on Santa's homepage. (But will he bring me back some nice haggis from Scotland? No, he forgets every year!)
• How many days until Christmas 2023?
  OK, you have serious Christmas issues if you need to know how many days until Christmas 2023 already! Christmas Eve 2023 is in 374 sleeps. There! Are you happy now? (I'm not!) I'll bet you finished all your holiday baking too? (yeah, I thought so!)
• How many shopping days until Christmas?
  There are 9 shopping days before Christmas 2022. (And I haven't even started my list yet! Everyone is getting haggis fruitcake again this year!)
• How many weeks till Christmas 2022?
  Weeks are good! I can count how many weeks until Christmas! The answer to how many weeks to Christmas 2022 is: Too many! There are you happy? Ok, ok, I was just being a grumpy elf. There are 1 more weeks to December 25th, 2022!
• How do elves countdown to Christmas?
  Well, I tried counting down to Christmas using my fingers and toes, but I don't have 9 of them -- then I'd be REALLY grumpy! (But if YOU want to countdown to Christmas, there are 9 days to go. Remember? That big Countdown clock up there? The one that says 11,917 minutes left?)
• How many sleeps till Christmas?
  If you don't include all of Santa's naps, there are 9 more sleeps before Christmas! (It's a LOT more if you DO include his naps!)
• And how many Saturdays till Christmas?
  Saturdays? Why does everyone want to know how many Saturdays till Christmas? Why doesn't anybody want to know how many Fridays till Christmas? What's wrong with Fridays? Ok, Ok, there's 1 Saturdays until Christmas (But I still like Fridays better, so there!)
• What day is 100 days before Christmas?
  Oh, sure, give me a tough question! Let's see, 100 days before Christmas is (subtract 100 from December, carry the 2...) September 16th! Ha! I'll bet you didn't think I could figure that one out did you! Oh great, now someone will want to know 99 days until Christmas is September...!
• What about a Christmas Calendar?
  A Christmas Calendar? You mean one of those Advent Calendars? Of course there's a Christmas Calendar right here. But don't blame me if someone ate all the chocolates!
• When is Christmas Eve 2022?
  Oh that's easy! Christmas Eve 2022 is December 24th, 2022 (What? I'm a grumpy elf! Did you really think I was going to tell you it was 8 days away?)
• How many more days til Santa comes? When does Santa Claus come? When will Santa Claus be here?
  Oh, that's Top Secret! I have to check to see if you're on the Nice List first. Then I can tell you the answer to when Santa Claus comes to your home is 9 days (Oops! I wasn't supposed to say that! You better stay on the Nice List or I'm in BIG trouble!)
• How many minutes to Merry Christmas?
  Well, I always thought you could say "Merry Christmas" any time you wanted (although I prefer to say Grumpy Christmas!). But, officially, I guess it's 11,917 minutes to when you can say "Merry Christmas", officially. (Is that official enough for you?)
• What day of the week will Christmas be on in 2022?
  What? Don't you want it to feel like Christmas EVERY day of the week?  I'm a grumpy elf but I'd still like that!  Ok, ok, you want to know what day will Christmas fall on this year. Well, Christmas 2022 falls on a Sunday.

  Now I'll bet you're going to ask what day does Christmas fall on in 2023!  If I wasn't such a grumpy elf I'd tell you Christmas 2023 is on a Monday and Christmas 2024 is on a Wednesday and...

• How many hours and minutes until Christmas 2022?
  You want to know how many hours and minutes until Christmas 2022?  That's easy!  Too many!  I don't know if I want to tell you it's 199 hours until Christmas because then you'd be a grumpy elf like me!  (You don't even want to know it's 11,917 minutes until Christmas 2022!  If you did, I think you'd just want to cry in your eggnog!).
• What are some other questions kids ask elves?
  Oh great! Now you are asking me questions about questions! Well, you asked so here they are. I get asked about:
  - t minus Christmas kids countdown clocks!
  - Can I leave Santa Claus smelly old socks?
  - I want an Xmas count down ticker!
  - Is Rudolph or Dasher faster and quicker?
  - How many days till Xmas day?
  - Do puppies have accidents in the Santa Claus sleigh?
  - Can I have a free Countdown to Christmas Kids Clock?
  - Does Santa REALLY leave coal in naughty kids' socks?
  (What? You didn't think I was going to answer them all too, did you? Now leave me alone. I'm still grumpy because it's 714,997 seconds to The Big Day!)

**Note:  Fixed times are calculated from Santa Claus's computer, which is on Santa Central Time (on the International Date Line, which runs through Christmas Island btw!), so it may differ from your timer.  The fixed times shown aren't necessarily for Christmas' arrival where you live (the ticker timer clock shows that) but rather how long until the first time zone on the planet reaches December 25th. 

If the time in the countdown ticker seems off, please check your computer's date and time and see the Note above.