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Holiday List

January

16 holidays

01

Thursday

New Year's Day

New Year's Day is the first day of the year, or January 1, in the Gregorian calendar.

01/01/2026

05

Monday

Catholic/Protestant Epiphany Eve

Catholic/Protestant Epiphany Eve is a elective holiday in Israel

01/05/2026

06

Tuesday

Catholic/Protestant Epiphany

Epiphany is a Christian holiday celebrated globally on January 6 each year. It commemorates two events recorded in the Bible: the three wise men's visit to baby Jesus; and Jesus' baptism.

01/06/2026

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Tuesday

Orthodox Christmas Eve

Orthodox Christmas Eve is a elective holiday in Israel

01/06/2026

07

Wednesday

Orthodox Christmas Day

Many Orthodox churches annually celebrate Christmas Day on or around January 7. This event commemorates the story of Jesus Christ's birth, according to the Christian Bible.

01/07/2026

08

Thursday

Orthodox Christmas Holiday

Orthodox Christmas Holiday is a elective holiday in Israel

01/08/2026

13

Tuesday

Orthodox New Year's Eve

Orthodox New Year's Eve is a elective holiday in Israel

01/13/2026

14

Wednesday

Orthodox New Year

The Orthodox New Year, based on the Julian calendar, is annually held on January 14, according to the Gregorian calendar.

01/14/2026

16

Friday

Al Isra' wal Miraj

Isra and Mi'raj (Isra Me'raj, Israa and Mi'raaj, Laylat Al-Isra wa Al-Miraj, Lailat al Miraj, Night Journey and Ascension to Heaven) marks the night that the Prophet Mohammad traveled from Mecca to Jerusalem, ascended to heaven and returned.

01/16/2026

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Sunday

Armenian Christmas Eve

Armenian Christmas Eve is a elective holiday in Israel

01/18/2026

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Sunday

Orthodox Epiphany Eve

Orthodox Epiphany Eve is a elective holiday in Israel

01/18/2026

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Monday

Armenian Christmas Day

Armenian Christmas Day is a elective holiday in Israel

01/19/2026

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Monday

Orthodox Epiphany Day

Orthodox Epiphany Day is a elective holiday in Israel

01/19/2026

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Tuesday

Armenian Christmas Holiday

Armenian Christmas Holiday is a elective holiday in Israel

01/20/2026

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Saturday

Eid al-Khader Eve

Eid al-Khader Eve is a elective holiday in Israel

01/24/2026

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Sunday

Eid al-Khader

Eid al-Khader is a elective holiday in Israel

01/25/2026

February

2 holidays

02

Monday

Tu Bishvat

Tu B'Shevat is the 15th day of the Jewish month of Shevat and is the birthday for trees that bear fruit or nuts.

02/02/2026

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Wednesday

Ramadan begins

Ramadan is a period of prayer, reflection and fasting for many Muslims worldwide. It is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar.

02/18/2026

March

14 holidays

02

Monday

Fast of Esther

Fast of Esther is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

03/02/2026

02

Monday

Purim Eve

Purim Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

03/02/2026

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Tuesday

Purim

Purim is a Jewish holiday to celebrate the deliverance of the Jewish people from a plot to kill all of them during the Persian empire, as told in the scroll of Esther.

03/03/2026

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Wednesday

Shushan Purim (Jerusalem)

Shushan Purim (Jerusalem) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

03/04/2026

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Wednesday

Shushan Purim

Shushan Purim is a elective holiday in Israel

03/04/2026

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Sunday

International Women's Day

International Women's Day is a elective holiday in Israel

03/08/2026

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Thursday

Eid al-Fitr Eve

Eid al-Fitr Eve is a elective holiday in Israel

03/19/2026

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Friday

March Equinox

March Equinox in Israel (Jerusalem)

03/20/2026

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Friday

Eid al-Fitr

Eid al-Fitr is a holiday to mark the end of the Islamic month of Ramadan, during which Muslims fast during the hours of daylight.

03/20/2026

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Saturday

Eid al-Fitr Holiday

Eid al-Fitr Holiday is a elective holiday in Israel

03/21/2026

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Sunday

Eid al-Fitr Holiday

Eid al-Fitr Holiday is a elective holiday in Israel

03/22/2026

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Wednesday

Catholic/Protestant Feast of the Annunciation

Catholic/Protestant Feast of the Annunciation is a elective holiday in Israel

03/25/2026

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Saturday

Aliyah Day

Aliyah Day is a official holiday, business as usual in Israel

03/28/2026

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Sunday

Catholic/Protestant Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday is a Christian feast that commemorates Jesus Christ's entry into Jerusalem. It is also the start of Holy Week.

03/29/2026

April

30 holidays

01

Wednesday

Passover Eve

Passover Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

04/01/2026

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Thursday

Passover (Day 1)

During Passover, the Jewish people remember the liberation of the Israelites from slavery, their exodus from Egypt, and that their first-born children were spared during the 10th plague, as told in the Haggadah.

04/02/2026

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Thursday

Catholic/Protestant Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday is a Christian observance on the Thursday during Holy Week. It is the day before Good Friday.

04/02/2026

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Passover (Day 2)

Passover (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

04/03/2026

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Catholic/Protestant Good Friday

Good Friday is a global Christian observance two days before Easter Sunday.

04/03/2026

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Saturday

Passover (Day 3)

Passover (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

04/04/2026

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Saturday

Catholic/Protestant Holy Saturday

Holy Saturday is the day before Easter Sunday.

04/04/2026

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Sunday

Passover (Day 4)

Passover (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

04/05/2026

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Armenian/Orthodox Palm Sunday

Armenian/Orthodox Palm Sunday is a observance and Orthodox holiday in Israel

04/05/2026

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Sunday

Catholic/Protestant Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday commemorates Jesus Christ's resurrection, according to Christian belief.

04/05/2026

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Monday

Passover (Day 5)

Passover (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

04/06/2026

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Monday

Catholic/Protestant Easter Monday

Easter Monday is the day after Easter Sunday.

04/06/2026

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Tuesday

Passover (Day 6)

Passover (Day 6) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

04/07/2026

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Tuesday

Orthodox Feast of the Annunciation

Orthodox Feast of the Annunciation is a elective holiday in Israel

04/07/2026

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Wednesday

Passover (Day 7)

The last day of Passover marks the end of the Passover period, which lasts for seven or eight days.

04/08/2026

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Thursday

Armenian/Orthodox Maundy Thursday

Armenian/Orthodox Maundy Thursday is a elective holiday in Israel

04/09/2026

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Thursday

Mimouna Day

Mimouna Day is a elective holiday in Israel

04/09/2026

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Friday

Armenian/Orthodox Good Friday

Millions of Orthodox Christians around the world annually observe Good Friday to commemorate the events leading up to Jesus Christ's crucifixion.

04/10/2026

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Saturday

Armenian/Orthodox Holy Saturday

The Saturday before Easter Sunday is also known as Holy Saturday for many Orthodox churches worldwide.

04/11/2026

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Sunday

Armenian/Orthodox Easter Sunday

Millions of Orthodox Christians around the world often celebrate Easter Sunday at a different time to the date set by many western churches.

04/12/2026

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Monday

Armenian/Orthodox Easter Monday

Orthodox Easter Monday is the day after the Orthodox Easter Sunday.

04/13/2026

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Tuesday

Yom HaShoah

Yom HaShoah is a Jewish day of remembrance for the lives and the heroism of the six million Jewish people who died in the Holocaust in the years leading up to and during World War II.

04/14/2026

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Monday

Armenian Feast of the Annunciation

Armenian Feast of the Annunciation is a elective holiday in Israel

04/20/2026

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Tuesday

Yom HaZikaron

Yom HaZikaron is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

04/21/2026

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Wednesday

Yom HaAtzmaut

Israel's Independence Day, also known as Yom Ha'atzmaut, marks the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of Israel.

04/22/2026

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Friday

Prophet Shuaib's Feast Eve

Prophet Shuaib's Feast Eve is a elective holiday in Israel

04/24/2026

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Saturday

Prophet Shuaib's Feast

Prophet Shuaib's Feast is a elective holiday in Israel

04/25/2026

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Sunday

Prophet Shuaib's Feast Holiday

Prophet Shuaib's Feast Holiday is a elective holiday in Israel

04/26/2026

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Monday

Prophet Shuaib's Feast Holiday

Prophet Shuaib's Feast Holiday is a elective holiday in Israel

04/27/2026

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Tuesday

Prophet Shuaib's Feast Holiday

Prophet Shuaib's Feast Holiday is a elective holiday in Israel

04/28/2026

May

21 holidays

01

Friday

May Day

Labor Day, International Workers' Day, and May Day, is a day off for workers in many countries around the world.

05/01/2026

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Tuesday

Lag BaOmer

Lag B'Omer (Lag Ba'Omer, Lag La'omer, Lag L'Omer) is the 33rd day of the Counting of the Omer, which is a period of 49 days between the Jewish holidays of Passover and Shavuot.

05/05/2026

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Sunday

Victory Day over Nazi Germany

Victory Day over Nazi Germany is a elective holiday in Israel

05/10/2026

13

Wednesday

Catholic/Protestant Ascension Eve

Catholic/Protestant Ascension Eve is a elective holiday in Israel

05/13/2026

14

Thursday

Catholic/Protestant Ascension Day

Ascension Day is the 40th day of Easter. It is a religious holiday that commemorates the ascension of Jesus Christ into heaven.

05/14/2026

15

Friday

Jerusalem Day

Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) is the anniversary of Jerusalem's reunification.

05/15/2026

15

Friday

Memorial Day for Ethiopian Jews

Memorial Day for Ethiopian Jews is a elective holiday in Israel

05/15/2026

20

Wednesday

Armenian/Orthodox Ascension Eve

Armenian/Orthodox Ascension Eve is a elective holiday in Israel

05/20/2026

21

Thursday

Shavuot Eve

Shavuot Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

05/21/2026

21

Thursday

Armenian/Orthodox Ascension Day

Ascension Day is the 40th day of Easter. It is a religious holiday that commemorates the ascension of Jesus Christ into heaven.

05/21/2026

22

Friday

Shavuot

Shavuot, sometimes known as the Festival of the Weeks, is a Jewish holiday to mark the end of the Counting of the Omer and the anniversary of the day when Jewish people received the Torah.

05/22/2026

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Saturday

Catholic/Protestant Pentecost Eve

Catholic/Protestant Pentecost Eve is a elective holiday in Israel

05/23/2026

24

Sunday

Catholic/Protestant Pentecost

Many Christians all over the world annually observe Pentecost, also known as Whitsunday or Whit Sunday.

05/24/2026

25

Monday

Catholic/Protestant Pentecost Monday

Whit Monday, or Pentecost Monday, is a Christian holiday that falls on the day after Pentecost, which is also known as Whit Sunday or Whitsunday.

05/25/2026

26

Tuesday

Eid al-Adha Eve

Eid al-Adha Eve is a elective holiday in Israel

05/26/2026

27

Wednesday

Eid al-Adha

Eid al-Adha (Id ul-Adha) is an Islamic festival falling on the 10th day of the month of Dhul Hijja (Thou al-Hijja) to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son.

05/27/2026

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Thursday

Eid al-Adha Holiday

Eid al-Adha Holiday is a elective holiday in Israel

05/28/2026

29

Friday

Eid al-Adha Holiday

Eid al-Adha Holiday is a elective holiday in Israel

05/29/2026

30

Saturday

Eid al-Adha Holiday

Eid al-Adha Holiday is a elective holiday in Israel

05/30/2026

30

Saturday

Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost Eve

Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost Eve is a elective holiday in Israel

05/30/2026

31

Sunday

Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost

Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost is a elective holiday in Israel

05/31/2026

June

4 holidays

01

Monday

Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost Monday

Armenian/Orthodox Pentecost Monday is a elective holiday in Israel

06/01/2026

16

Tuesday

Muharram Eve

Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar and a time of remembrance or mourning.

06/16/2026

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Wednesday

Muharram

Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar and a time of remembrance or mourning.

06/17/2026

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Sunday

June Solstice

June Solstice in Israel (Jerusalem)

06/21/2026

July

3 holidays

02

Thursday

17th of Tammuz

The 17th day of the Jewish month of Tammuz is a day of mourning to mark the anniversary of five calamities that befell the Jewish people. It is known as the Fast of Shiva Asar B'Tammuz.

07/02/2026

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Wednesday

Tisha B'Av Eve

Tisha B'Av Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

07/22/2026

23

Thursday

Tisha B'Av

Tisha B' Av is a Jewish day of prayer and fasting. It is observed on the ninth day of the month of Av in the Jewish calendar. It commemorate the anniversary of five calamities, including the destruction of the First Temple and the Second Temple.

07/23/2026

August

2 holidays

25

Tuesday

Prophet's Birthday Eve

Prophet's Birthday Eve is a elective holiday in Israel

08/25/2026

26

Wednesday

Prophet's Birthday

Mawlid, or Milad, marks the birth of the Islamic prophet Muhammed, or Mohamed, in the year 570 of the Gregorian calendar.

08/26/2026

September

16 holidays

01

Tuesday

First Day of School Year

First Day of School Year is a elective holiday in Israel

09/01/2026

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Wednesday

Feast of Prophet Sabalan Eve

Feast of Prophet Sabalan Eve is a elective holiday in Israel

09/09/2026

10

Thursday

Feast of Prophet Sabalan

Feast of Prophet Sabalan is a elective holiday in Israel

09/10/2026

11

Friday

Rosh Hashana Eve

Rosh Hashana Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

09/11/2026

12

Saturday

Rosh Hashana

Rosh Hashana, commonly known as the Jewish New Year, is the first day of Tishrei, the seventh month in the Hebrew calendar.

09/12/2026

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Sunday

Rosh Hashana (Day 2)

Rosh Hashana (Day 2) is a national holiday and Jewish holiday in Israel

09/13/2026

14

Monday

Gedaliah Fast

Gedaliah Fast is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

09/14/2026

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Sunday

Yom Kippur Eve

Yom Kippur Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

09/20/2026

21

Monday

Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) is an important Jewish holiday that centers on the themes of atonement and repentance.

09/21/2026

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Wednesday

September Equinox

September Equinox in Israel (Jerusalem)

09/23/2026

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Friday

Sukkot Eve

Sukkot Eve is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

09/25/2026

26

Saturday

Sukkot (Day 1)

The first day of Sukkot marks the start of the Sukkot festival, celebrated among Jewish communities worldwide.

09/26/2026

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Sunday

Sukkot (Day 2)

Sukkot (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

09/27/2026

28

Monday

Sukkot (Day 3)

Sukkot (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

09/28/2026

29

Tuesday

Sukkot (Day 4)

Sukkot (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

09/29/2026

30

Wednesday

Sukkot (Day 5)

Sukkot (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

09/30/2026

October

4 holidays

01

Thursday

Sukkot (Day 6)

Sukkot (Day 6) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

10/01/2026

02

Friday

Sukkot (Day 7) / Hoshanah Rabah

The last day of Sukkot marks the end of the Sukkot festival, celebrated among Jewish communities worldwide.

10/02/2026

03

Saturday

Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah

Shemini Atzeret (or Shmini Atzeret) is a Jewish holiday dedicated to the love of God, while Simchat Torah (Simchas Torah or Simhat Torah) and celebrates the completion of the annual reading of the Torah.

10/03/2026

18

Sunday

Aliyah Day School Observance

Aliyah Day School Observance is a observance in Israel

10/18/2026

November

1 holidays

09

Monday

Sigd

Sigd is a elective holiday in Israel

11/09/2026

December

14 holidays

05

Saturday

Hanukkah (Day 1)

Hanukkah, also known as Chanukah or the Festival of Lights, is celebrated for 8 days between the 25th day of the month of Kislev to the second day of Tevet in the Hebrew calendar.

12/05/2026

06

Sunday

Hanukkah (Day 2)

Hanukkah (Day 2) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

12/06/2026

07

Monday

Hanukkah (Day 3)

Hanukkah (Day 3) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

12/07/2026

08

Tuesday

Hanukkah (Day 4)

Hanukkah (Day 4) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

12/08/2026

09

Wednesday

Hanukkah (Day 5)

Hanukkah (Day 5) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

12/09/2026

10

Thursday

Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet

Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

12/10/2026

11

Friday

Hanukkah (Day 7)

Hanukkah (Day 7) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

12/11/2026

12

Saturday

Hanukkah (Day 8)

Hanukkah, also known as Chanukah or the Festival of Lights, is celebrated for eight days between the 25th day of the month of Kislev to the second day of Tevet in the Hebrew calendar.

12/12/2026

20

Sunday

Asarah B'Tevet (Tenth of Tevet)

Asarah B'Tevet (Tenth of Tevet) is a observance and Jewish holiday in Israel

12/20/2026

21

Monday

December Solstice

December Solstice in Israel (Jerusalem)

12/21/2026

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Thursday

Catholic/Protestant Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve is the day before Christmas Day and falls on December 24 in the Gregorian calendar.

12/24/2026

25

Friday

Catholic/Protestant Christmas Day

Christmas Day is one of the biggest Christian celebrations and falls on December 25 in the Gregorian calendar.

12/25/2026

26

Saturday

Catholic/Protestant Boxing Day

Catholic/Protestant Boxing Day is a elective holiday in Israel

12/26/2026

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Thursday

New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve is the last day of the year, December 31, in the Gregorian calendar.

12/31/2026