New Year’s Day is a day off in 196 of 207 countries and territories, Christmas in about 180 and May 1 in 154. We ranked the most widely shared public holidays of 2027.
Christmas Day 2027 is a Saturday and Boxing Day a Sunday. The UK, US, Australia and New Zealand move the days off to weekdays. Most of Europe doesn’t. Here’s who gets what.
December 25 is a nationwide day off in 179 of the 207 countries and territories in our data. Here is where it isn’t, who celebrates on January 7, and who gets two Christmases.