Holidays and gift giving occasions in Germany
Christmas markets may be the main reason you're thinking about Germany during the holidays, but it's important to remember that packages aren't collected or developed on a public holiday. So if you're sending something around the days we've collected below, keep in mind that it may take a day or two longer to arrive.
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Friday | New Year's Day |
| Jan 6 | Wednesday | Epiphany |
| Jan 22 | Friday | Franco-German Day |
| Jan 27 | Wednesday | Remembrance Day for the Victims of National Socialism |
| Jan 28 | Thursday | European Privacy Day |
| Feb 10 | Wednesday | Children's Hospice Day |
| Feb 14 | Sunday | Valentine's Day |
| Feb 15 | Monday | Shrove Monday |
| Feb 16 | Tuesday | Carnival / Shrove Tuesday |
| Feb 17 | Wednesday | Carnival / Ash Wednesday |
| Mar 8 | Monday | International Women's Day |
| Mar 8 | Monday | International Women's Day |
| Mar 8 | Monday | International Women's Day |
| Mar 17 | Wednesday | St. Patrick's Day |
| Mar 20 | Saturday | March Equinox |
| Mar 28 | Sunday | Palm Sunday |
| Mar 28 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts |
| Apr 1 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday |
| Apr 2 | Friday | Good Friday |
| Apr 4 | Sunday | Easter Sunday |
| Apr 4 | Sunday | Easter Sunday |
| Apr 5 | Monday | Easter Monday |
| Apr 22 | Thursday | Girls' Day - Career Information Day |
| Apr 23 | Friday | German Beer Day |
| Apr 30 | Friday | Walpurgis Night |
| May 1 | Saturday | May Day |
| May 5 | Wednesday | Europe Day (Council of Europe) |
| May 8 | Saturday | Anniversary of the End of World War II |
| May 9 | Sunday | Mother's Day |
| May 9 | Sunday | Europe Day (European Union) |
| May 13 | Thursday | Father's Day |
| May 13 | Thursday | Ascension Day |
| May 23 | Sunday | Whit Sunday |
| May 23 | Sunday | Whit Sunday |
| May 23 | Sunday | Constitution Day |
| May 24 | Monday | Whit Monday |
| Jun 1 | Tuesday | International Childrens' Day |
| Jun 3 | Thursday | Corpus Christi |
| Jun 3 | Thursday | European Bicycle Day |
| Jun 6 | Sunday | Visually Impaired People Day |
| Jun 20 | Sunday | Car-free Sunday |
| Jun 21 | Monday | June Solstice |
| Jun 26 | Saturday | Architecture Day |
| Aug 8 | Sunday | Peace Festival in Augsburg |
| Aug 15 | Sunday | Assumption of Mary |
| Sep 1 | Wednesday | World Peace Day |
| Sep 11 | Saturday | German Language Day |
| Sep 12 | Sunday | European Heritage Days |
| Sep 20 | Monday | German World Children's Day |
| Sep 20 | Monday | German World Children's Day |
| Sep 23 | Thursday | September Equinox |
| Oct 3 | Sunday | Day of German Unity |
| Oct 3 | Sunday | Harvest Festival |
| Oct 10 | Sunday | Grandparents' Day |
| Oct 24 | Sunday | Day of the Libraries |
| Oct 29 | Friday | World Thrift Day |
| Oct 31 | Sunday | Reformation Day |
| Oct 31 | Sunday | Halloween |
| Oct 31 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends |
| Nov 1 | Monday | All Saints' Day |
| Nov 9 | Tuesday | Night of Broken Glass Remembrance Day |
| Nov 9 | Tuesday | Fall of the Berlin Wall |
| Nov 11 | Thursday | St. Martin's Day |
| Nov 14 | Sunday | National Day of Mourning |
| Nov 17 | Wednesday | Repentance Day |
| Nov 21 | Sunday | Sunday of the Dead |
| Nov 28 | Sunday | First Advent Sunday |
| Dec 5 | Sunday | Second Advent Sunday |
| Dec 6 | Monday | Saint Nicholas Day |
| Dec 12 | Sunday | Third Advent Sunday |
| Dec 19 | Sunday | Fourth Advent Sunday |
| Dec 19 | Sunday | Remembrance Day for Roma and Sinti killed by Genocide |
| Dec 21 | Tuesday | December Solstice |
| Dec 24 | Friday | Christmas Eve |
| Dec 25 | Saturday | Christmas Day |
| Dec 26 | Sunday | Boxing Day |
| Dec 31 | Friday | New Year's Eve |