December
December is Advent, then Christmas. The waiting weeks keep St. Nicholas, the Immaculate Conception, and Our Lady of Guadalupe — until the Nativity of the Lord opens the great feast of Christmas.
December’s great days are Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Dec 8), and Nativity of the Lord (Dec 25).
December’s major feasts
Every feast in December
The celebrations of the General Roman Calendar, day by day — solemnities and feasts of the Lord, and the memorials of the saints. Tap any day to open it.
Dates shown for 2026, following the General Roman Calendar; some optional memorials and national feasts vary by country. You can also browse the full Church year.
Keeping December at home
Advent is kept with a wreath and a candle lit each week, growing in light as Christmas nears. St. Nicholas on the 6th fills shoes left by the door; the Immaculate Conception and Guadalupe carry the heart through the waiting.
From the 17th, the O Antiphons begin the near approach of the Lord. Christmas opens the great feast — the Nativity, the Holy Family, and the joyful days of Christmastide that run on into January.
Where to go next
The whole calendarFeasts of the Church yearToday’s feast, what’s coming up, and every season and month.
Right nowToday in the ChurchThe feast, season, and a short prayer for the day you’re in.
The whole yearThe liturgical calendarEvery feast as a single mark in the color the Church wears that day.More prayersPrayers for the seasonShort prayers to pray together, day by day, at home.Follow the Church year
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