December 2026 Printable Calendar – Monday Start

A Month That Begins on Tuesday and Ends on Thursday

December 2026 opens on Tuesday the 1st and closes on Thursday the 31st, so the first row of a Monday-start grid is shared with November and the last is shared with January. In between sit 31 days, 23 weekdays, and eight weekend days — four Saturdays (5, 12, 19, 26) and four Sundays (6, 13, 20, 27). Read as working weeks, the month gives four complete rows plus a partial one at either end.

A Holiday That Closes a Week Rather Than Breaking It

Christmas Day falls on Friday, December 25, the most convenient placement a holiday can take. Because it ends the week rather than interrupting it, the row beginning Monday the 21st holds four working days followed by a three-day weekend, and no working day is left stranded on its own. Banks, post offices, and federal buildings all shut for the 25th, and postal delivery stops for the day. The following week starts on Monday the 28th and finishes with New Year's Eve on Thursday the 31st.

What the Rows Show About Capacity

On a Sunday-start grid the Christmas weekend is split across two rows and the final week of the year is hard to read. Here the structure is plain:

• Row 1 (Nov 30 - Dec 6): five December working days, since the month starts mid-row on the 1st.
• Rows 2 and 3 (7-13, 14-20): two complete five-day weeks, the last of the year that behave normally.
• Row 4 (21-27): four working days and a Christmas weekend.
• Row 5 (28-31): four working days in a row shared with January.

Twenty-two federal working days remain once Christmas is removed, the same figure as October and four more than November.

Where the Deadlines Actually Land

A Friday Christmas pushes the year-end squeeze forward. Standard delivery windows usually close in the 7th-to-13th stretch, while parcels needing a signature should go out in the week of the 14th. Financial close, payroll cut-offs, and accounting that depends on the calendar year all run through that same fortnight. By the week of the 21st most external parties are already unavailable, and the week of the 28th is realistic only for internal work.

The First Row Belongs to Two Months

Because December 2026 begins on a Tuesday, the opening row of a Monday-start grid carries November's last day alongside the first five days of December. That is useful rather than awkward: anything with a November-to-December handover — a reporting cycle, a project phase, a payment run — can be planned as a single line instead of two. The same applies at the other end, where the final row runs from Monday the 28th into January's first days, which is where next year's opening tasks get written down before anyone has to think about them again in January.

Printing a Business Version

One page of A4 or US Letter paper holds the whole month, in black and white or color. Marking the 25th first, then the 7th-to-13th shipping window, puts the two real deadlines in view before anything else is written in. Keeping the Monday-start format consistent across the year means a project running from October into December stays comparable row for row. Use the print button for an immediate copy, or download the PDF to print later or hand to someone coordinating the same holiday schedule.