You’ll find the full roster of holidays from 120 Days of Christmas below. The subtitle for each day hints at the mischief or merriment behind it. All of these days appear in the book, where they’re brought to life with a dash of history, a recommended activity, and a curated set of Adornments, including films, books, music, and food to match the mood of the day.
You can also download a PDF of the list (including a special Sequences & Themes table) here: Complete List of Holidays.
HOLIDAY LIST
| Date | Holiday | Subtitle |
|---|---|---|
| 11/1/2025 | All Hallows’ Day | Make Much of Small Virtues |
| 11/2/2025 | Séance for the Living | Conjure Up the Spectral Voices of Departed Friends—on Zoom |
| 11/3/2025 | Autumn Relics | A Day for Touring Small-Town Attractions |
| 11/4/2025 | Plebeian Games | A Tabletop Version of the Roman Games Festival |
| 11/5/2025 | Bonfire Night | A Night of Campfire Stories and Food-on-a-Stick |
| 11/6/2025 | Hearth & Mantel | Bad Spirits Are Swept Away with Seasonal Cheer |
| 11/7/2025 | Orchard Hailing Day | An Evening Walk with Friends to Wassail Trees and Harvest |
| 11/8/2025 | Hallowtide Octave | A Day Best Spent in Bed Reading Poetry |
| 11/9/2025 | Devil’s Knell | A Marathon of Christmas-Themed Horror Movies |
| 11/10/2025 | Peppermint Monday | Experiments in the Kitchen Anticipate Christmas Treats to Come |
| 11/11/2025 | Martinmas | A Lantern-Lit Feast to Honor the Arrival of Winter |
| 11/12/2025 | Fortnight Lights | The Dreaded Task of Hanging Outdoor Christmas Lights |
| 11/13/2025 | Anticks Redux | A Day of Pranks and Capers, Inspired by the Original Boston Anticks |
| 11/14/2025 | Shepherds’ Picnic | A Winter Picnic Under the Stars, as Shepherds Might Have Enjoyed |
| 11/15/2025 | Little Advent | The Advent Before Advent, Marking 40 Days Till Christmas |
| 11/16/2025 | Arrival of Sinterklaas | Like a Dream, Sinterklaas Arrives by Steamboat |
| 11/17/2025 | Claymation Monday | A Marathon of Christmas Claymation Movies |
| 11/18/2025 | Candlesticks | The Good China Makes an Appearance |
| 11/19/2025 | Museum Hooky | A Day at the Museum, an Hour at the Gift Shop |
| 11/20/2025 | Food Truck Thursday | Roll the Dice at the Food Truck Lot |
| 11/21/2025 | Peaceable Kingdom | Reach a Pre-Thanksgiving Truce with Your Delusional Relatives |
| 11/22/2025 | Homebound | The Annual Thanksgiving Pilgrimage Begins |
| 11/23/2025 | Stir-Up Sunday | Take Turns Wishing Upon the Annual Christmas Pudding |
| 11/24/2025 | Craftsmas | Get a Jump Start on Ambitious Christmas Crafting Projects |
| 11/25/2025 | Unboxing Day | The Den Becomes a Christmas War Room |
| 11/26/2025 | Gravy Bowl | Christmas Complainers Eat from the Gravy Bowl |
| 11/27/2025 | Thanksgiving | A Day to Give Thanks with Family and Friends |
| 11/28/2025 | Tree Standing Ceremony | The Christmas Tree is Stood Up and the First Carol Sung |
| 11/29/2025 | Christmas Helpers’ Day | A Day to Honor the Pantheon of Fantastical Christmas Helpers |
| 11/30/2025 | Advent Sunday | The Traditional Countdown to Christmas |
| 12/1/2025 | Tree Lighting Ceremony | The Christmas Tree is Bedecked with Ornaments and Lights |
| 12/2/2025 | Tree Topping Ceremony | The Christmas Tree Receives its Crown |
| 12/3/2025 | Carding Day | Sign, Stuff, Stamp, Send—It Makes People Happy |
| 12/4/2025 | Neighbors’ Glory | That One Street Where Every House Is Lit Up |
| 12/5/2025 | Krampusnacht | Tricks and Gifts Are Traded, Honoring Krampus and His Ilk |
| 12/6/2025 | St. Nicholas’s Day (Christmas Peers’ Day) | A Celebration of St. Nicholas, Father Christmas, and the Christkind |
| 12/7/2025 | Seven Revels | Christmas Traditions from Around the World |
| 12/8/2025 | Julbock Feast Day | An Homage to Scandinavian Christmas Culture and Magical Goats |
| 12/9/2025 | Holly & Ivy | The House Is Trimmed with Mistletoe and Garlands |
| 12/10/2025 | Sugar Plum Wednesday | Christmas Arts Canon I |
| 12/11/2025 | Stocking Night | Stockings Are Hung by the Mantel, Shoes Tucked by the Bed |
| 12/12/2025 | Knocking Night | A Day for Wassailing Neighbors, Caroling, and Bearing Treats |
| 12/13/2025 | St. Lucy’s Day | The Elected Lucy and Her Maidens Preside Over a Candlelit Feast |
| 12/14/2025 | Christmas Idols | Celebrating the People Who Invented Modern Christmas |
| 12/15/2025 | Grottos & Workshops | An Evening of Window Shopping and Sharing Secrets with Santa |
| 12/16/2025 | Boar’s Head Feast | An Extravagant Dish Followed by Lavish Entertainment |
| 12/17/2025 | Saturnalia | Win or Lose Everything in a Special Christmas Auction |
| 12/18/2025 | It’s a Wonderful Life | Christmas Arts Canon II |
| 12/19/2025 | A Christmas Carol Day | Christmas Arts Canon III |
| 12/20/2025 | Hallelujah, Hallelujah | Christmas Arts Canon IV |
| 12/21/2025 | Winter Solstice (Blue Christmas) | Find Comfort in Elvis’s Classic Beach Party Movies |
| 12/22/2025 | Feast for the Ox & Ass | Celebrating Beloved Pets and the Gentle Beasts of Christmas Yore |
| 12/23/2025 | Little Christmas Eve | The Night Before the Night Before Christmas Brings Its Own Joy |
| 12/24/2025 | Christmas Eve | The Zenith of Merriment and Good Cheer! |
| 12/25/2025 | Christmas | The High Christmas Season Begins |
| 12/26/2025 | Boxing Day | A Day for Snowball Fights, Making Forts, and Showing Off New Toys |
| 12/27/2025 | BIG PLANS | A Day to Indulge in Grand Visions |
| 12/28/2025 | Parlor Parkour | A Day of Parlor Games and Feats of Strength |
| 12/29/2025 | Winter Parks Day | A Day Set Aside for Winter Hiking in National or State Parks |
| 12/30/2025 | Christmas Revelations | Auguries of Good and Bad Tidings Are Observed |
| 12/31/2025 | New Year’s Eve | The New Year is Rung In with a Raucous Cheer |
| 1/1/2026 | New Year’s Day | Celebrate the New Year and the Eighth Day of Christmastide |
| 1/2/2026 | Second New Year’s Day | Enjoy the Day with Your Best Friend |
| 1/3/2026 | Crossroads | A Marathon of Blues Music to Accompany a Day of Hard Choices |
| 1/4/2026 | Feast of Fools | A Day of Irreverence and Poor Decisions |
| 1/5/2026 | Twelfth Night | Start and End the Day with Cake |
| 1/6/2026 | Epiphany! | How Are There More Gifts Under the Tree? |
| 1/7/2026 | Ded Moroz | Father Frost Sends the Youngest Child a Final Gift |
| 1/8/2026 | Affirmations | New Year’s Resolutions Are Affirmed and Begun in Earnest |
| 1/9/2026 | Little Thanksgiving | Simple Food Enjoyed by the Hearth |
| 1/10/2026 | Churning Day | A Day for Doing Nothing or Maybe Churning Ice Cream by Hand |
| 1/11/2026 | Self-Care Sunday | A Day for Self-Care and Bathtime Rituals |
| 1/12/2026 | Stupid Monday | Get Your Financial House in Order |
| 1/13/2026 | Treedowning | The Tree Is Taken Down with Much Ceremony |
| 1/14/2026 | Old New Year’s Day | Enjoy the Company of Grandparents and the Elderly |
| 1/15/2026 | Puritans’ Treason | Mock the Puritans for Their Crimes Against Christmas |
| 1/16/2026 | Guardians’ Day | Raise a Toast to the Protectors of Christmas |
| 1/17/2026 | Road Trip! | No Agenda, but a Hint of Salvation |
| 1/18/2026 | Callithumpian Triumph | The Last Day to Play Christmas Music |
| 1/19/2026 | Poe Toasting Day | Combining the Dark Beauty of Poe and Aged Cognac |
| 1/20/2026 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | A Day to Honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life and Works |
| 1/21/2026 | Prophecy | New Partners, New Ventures—All Foretold in Dreams |
| 1/22/2026 | Specimens | Collectors of All Kinds Showcase Their Work |
| 1/23/2026 | The Wild Hunt | Honor Is Heaped Upon the Winner of this Midwinter Scavenger Hunt |
| 1/24/2026 | Duck Soup Forever | A Marathon of Marx Brothers’ Movies |
| 1/25/2026 | Burns Night | An Eventful Supper in Honor of the Eponymous Poet |
| 1/26/2026 | Mustard Yulie | A Modern Folktale of Ritual Transgression |
| 1/27/2026 | Sixteen Songs | Wallow in Melancholy with this Soundtrack from Your Salad Days |
| 1/28/2026 | The Great Work | A Day to Advance Your Magnum Opus |
| 1/29/2026 | Soup Day | Good Soup Makes Good Neighbors |
| 1/30/2026 | Krampus Returns! | The Sins of the Naughty Are Visited Upon Them |
| 1/31/2026 | Throwback Saturday | A Day for Thrift Stores and Consignment Shops |
| 2/1/2026 | St. Brigid’s Day | A Celebration of Irish Music, Arts, and Food |
| 2/2/2026 | Candlemas | The Last Christmas Decorations Are Taken Down |
| 2/3/2026 | Uncanny Tuesday | Dixie Music and King Cake Ease the Transition into Carnival Season |
| 2/4/2026 | Holiday Affair | A Quick Marathon of the Best Hallmark Christmas Movies |
| 2/5/2026 | Day of Infinite Bread | Make and Share Bread and Maybe Worship Fornax? |
| 2/6/2026 | Southern Hospitality | An Appreciation of Southern Music and Food |
| 2/7/2026 | Secret Christmas | Friends Discover Small Tokens of Affection Hidden About Them |
| 2/8/2026 | Jazz Brunch Sunday | Carnival Season Enters a New Phase on This Special Sunday |
| 2/9/2026 | Carnival Hooky | Have No Care, Do No Work on Carnival Hooky |
| 2/10/2026 | Practicum | A Day Set Aside to Learn a New Skill |
| 2/11/2026 | Epic | A Day for Epic Tales, Archaic Poetry, and Creation Myths |
| 2/12/2026 | Lincoln’s Birthday | A Day to Honor Lincoln’s Life and Works |
| 2/13/2026 | Ancestors’ Day | Scattered Kinfolk Bring to Life the Ancestral Tapestry |
| 2/14/2026 | Valentine’s Day | Simple Gestures that Last a Lifetime |
| 2/15/2026 | Lupercalia | Decidedly Raunchier Gestures that Are Best Forgotten |
| 2/16/2026 | Lundi Gras | The Christmas Eve of Mardi Gras |
| 2/17/2026 | Mardi Gras | ‘See the Zulu Gang on Saint Claude and Dumaine’ |
| 2/18/2026 | Do-Over Wednesday | A Chance to Apologize and Start Over—You Know Why |
| 2/19/2026 | Feast of the Impermanence of Flesh | Combining Metaphysical Angst, Existential Dread, and Cupcakes |
| 2/20/2026 | Mall Time | Anything Is Possible at the Mall on a Friday Night |
| 2/21/2026 | Velvet Slippers | A Day that Never Really Starts |
| 2/22/2026 | Roman Christmas | Like Christmas but with Togas |
| 2/23/2026 | Lanterne des Morts | A Cold Cemetery Walk Heightens Spiritual Senses |
| 2/24/2026 | Reverse Christmas | A Solitary Joy with Little Fanfare |
| 2/25/2026 | Gamla Uppsala | Start or Nurture an Obsession with Ancient History |
| 2/26/2026 | Craftsmas II | A Day for Practicing Traditional Handicrafts |
| 2/27/2026 | George Herbert’s Day | ‘Flesh Is But the Glass, which Holds the Dust that Measures All Our Time’ |
| 2/28/2026 | Ultimate Christmas (The Burying of Christmas) | Christmas Spirit Is Laid to Rest—Till Next Year |