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 | Wednesday | New Year's Day |
| Jan 6 | Monday | Epiphany |
| Jan 22 | Wednesday | Franco-German Day |
| Jan 27 | Monday | Remembrance Day for the Victims of National Socialism |
| Jan 28 | Tuesday | European Privacy Day |
| Feb 10 | Monday | Children's Hospice Day |
| Feb 14 | Friday | Valentine's Day |
| Feb 24 | Monday | Shrove Monday |
| Feb 25 | Tuesday | Carnival / Shrove Tuesday |
| Feb 26 | Wednesday | Carnival / Ash Wednesday |
| Mar 8 | Sunday | International Women's Day |
| Mar 8 | Sunday | International Women's Day |
| Mar 8 | Sunday | International Women's Day |
| Mar 17 | Tuesday | St. Patrick's Day |
| Mar 20 | Friday | March Equinox |
| Mar 26 | Thursday | Girls' Day - Career Information Day |
| Mar 29 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts |
| Apr 5 | Sunday | Palm Sunday |
| Apr 9 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday |
| Apr 10 | Friday | Good Friday |
| Apr 12 | Sunday | Easter Sunday |
| Apr 12 | Sunday | Easter Sunday |
| Apr 13 | Monday | Easter Monday |
| Apr 23 | Thursday | German Beer Day |
| Apr 30 | Thursday | Walpurgis Night |
| May 1 | Friday | May Day |
| May 2 | Saturday | German Food Bank Day |
| May 5 | Tuesday | Europe Day (Council of Europe) |
| May 8 | Friday | Anniversary of the End of World War II |
| May 8 | Friday | Anniversary of the End of World War II |
| May 9 | Saturday | Europe Day (European Union) |
| May 10 | Sunday | Mother's Day |
| May 21 | Thursday | Father's Day |
| May 21 | Thursday | Ascension Day |
| May 23 | Saturday | Constitution Day |
| May 31 | Sunday | Whit Sunday |
| May 31 | Sunday | Whit Sunday |
| Jun 1 | Monday | Whit Monday |
| Jun 1 | Monday | International Childrens' Day |
| Jun 3 | Wednesday | European Bicycle Day |
| Jun 6 | Saturday | Visually Impaired People Day |
| Jun 11 | Thursday | Corpus Christi |
| Jun 21 | Sunday | Car-free Sunday |
| Jun 21 | Sunday | June Solstice |
| Jun 27 | Saturday | Architecture Day |
| Aug 8 | Saturday | Peace Festival in Augsburg |
| Aug 15 | Saturday | Assumption of Mary |
| Sep 1 | Tuesday | World Peace Day |
| Sep 12 | Saturday | German Language Day |
| Sep 13 | Sunday | European Heritage Days |
| Sep 20 | Sunday | German World Children's Day |
| Sep 20 | Sunday | German World Children's Day |
| Sep 22 | Tuesday | September Equinox |
| Oct 3 | Saturday | Day of German Unity |
| Oct 4 | Sunday | Harvest Festival |
| Oct 11 | Sunday | Grandparents' Day |
| Oct 24 | Saturday | Day of the Libraries |
| Oct 25 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends |
| Oct 30 | Friday | World Thrift Day |
| Oct 31 | Saturday | Reformation Day |
| Oct 31 | Saturday | Halloween |
| Nov 1 | Sunday | All Saints' Day |
| Nov 9 | Monday | Night of Broken Glass Remembrance Day |
| Nov 9 | Monday | Fall of the Berlin Wall |
| Nov 11 | Wednesday | St. Martin's Day |
| Nov 15 | Sunday | National Day of Mourning |
| Nov 18 | Wednesday | Repentance Day |
| Nov 22 | Sunday | Sunday of the Dead |
| Nov 29 | Sunday | First Advent Sunday |
| Dec 6 | Sunday | Second Advent Sunday |
| Dec 6 | Sunday | Saint Nicholas Day |
| Dec 13 | Sunday | Third Advent Sunday |
| Dec 19 | Saturday | Remembrance Day for Roma and Sinti killed by Genocide |
| Dec 20 | Sunday | Fourth Advent Sunday |
| Dec 21 | Monday | December Solstice |
| Dec 24 | Thursday | Christmas Eve |
| Dec 25 | Friday | Christmas Day |
| Dec 26 | Saturday | Boxing Day |
| Dec 31 | Thursday | New Year's Eve |