The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade starts at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 26, 2026. Macy's said audiences can watch the 100th parade on NBC, Peacock and Telemundo starting at 8:30 a.m. in all time zones. A separate page covers when Thanksgiving is in 2026.

Time and channel

The parade row comes from the Macy's announcement of August 18, 2026, which gives the start as 8:30 a.m. in all time zones. NBC's November schedule, updated October 28, 2026, lists the parade for Thursday, November 26 at 8:30 a.m. ET on NBC with a simulcast on Peacock. The same NBC schedule lists the preview special for Wednesday, November 25 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.

The Macy's announcement gives 8:30 a.m. for every time zone, and the NBC schedule states the time in Eastern.

What is different about the 2026 parade

The 2026 parade is the 100th. Macy's said it will feature a record lineup of 100 inflatable elements. The same announcement names several of them:

• A reimagined Underdog, in what Macy's called his first flight since 1984.
• A new Disney's Sorcerer's Apprentice Mickey.
• Two newcomers, Billie Brightpaw and Tom Jr., whom Macy's described as the son of Tom Turkey.
• The Blue Hippopotamus, which Macy's said will return in 2026.

Macy's also said Tony Sarg's Amazing Marionettes will bring the spirit of the parade's early years to the 100th march.

Who holds the broadcast rights

NBCUniversal and Macy's agreed in February 2025 to a 10-year programming rights deal through 2034, which keeps the parade on NBC, Peacock and Telemundo. The same release said 2026 would mark the 100th march of the parade.

The next Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, January 18, 2027, according to the federal holiday schedule of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. The schedule and the law both list the holiday under the name Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day dates by year

The Office of Personnel Management schedule gives these dates for the holiday. The 2026 date has passed.

Why the date changes each year

Federal law does not give the holiday a fixed calendar date. The list of legal public holidays in 5 U.S.C. 6103 reads, "Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., the third Monday in January." The holiday is always on a Monday for that reason, and the day of the month moves from one year to the next.

When the law added the holiday

The notes to the same section of the law say that Public Law 98-144, dated November 2, 1983, inserted the item for the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. into the list of legal public holidays.

A federal holiday for federal employees

The Office of Personnel Management says the law establishes the public holidays on its schedule for federal employees. The holiday is one of the 11 on the full list of federal holidays. Separate pages cover which holidays banks are closed and which holidays the post office is closed.

This page will be updated at this address with the next date after January 18, 2027.

Hanukkah 2026 starts at nightfall on December 4, 2026, and ends with nightfall on December 12, 2026, according to Chabad.org. The Union for Reform Judaism lists December 4 to December 12 for 2026 and says the holiday starts on Friday, December 4.

Hanukkah dates for the next five years

These are the dates published by Chabad.org. The Union for Reform Judaism lists the same dates for 2026, 2027 and 2028.

In 2027 the holiday begins on December 24, the day before Christmas Day. In 2026 the holiday starts eight days after Thanksgiving.

Why the date changes every year

Hanukkah lasts for eight days and begins on the Hebrew calendar date of 25 Kislev, and that date lands on a different day of the civil calendar from one year to the next, as the table above shows.

What Hanukkah marks

The Union for Reform Judaism describes Hanukkah, also spelled Chanukah, as an eight-day festival often called the Festival of Lights. The name means "dedication" in Hebrew, and the holiday commemorates the victory of the Maccabees over the Syrian army in 165 B.C.E. Celebrations today center on lighting the Hanukkah menorah.

This page will be updated at this address each year with the new dates.

Giving Tuesday 2026 is Tuesday, December 1, 2026. The organization that runs it, which writes its name as one word, answers the question in its list of common questions this way: "Every day, though our annual celebration event will take place on December 1, 2026." The GivingTuesday home page lists the same date, December 1, 2026.

A separate Factsdesk page covers when Thanksgiving is in 2026.

What Giving Tuesday is

The organization's own account says that "GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good." The same page says it was born and incubated at the 92nd Street Y and its Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact in New York City, and that it is now an independent nonprofit.

The organization says in its common questions that GivingTuesday is hosted in 110 countries by leaders who rally nonprofits, businesses and individuals in their countries.

Who can take part and what it costs

The same page answers the question of who can participate with "Everyone!" and names individuals, families, nonprofits, schools, religious organizations, small businesses and corporations. It says an organization is welcome to participate whether it is a registered charity or not.

It also says, "There is no cost to participating in GivingTuesday." The organization says it keeps no list of participating nonprofits, so a donor can give to any nonprofit, community organization or cause.

What people do on the day

The ideas the organization lists include these:

• Share kindness with neighbors.
• Volunteer virtually or share talents.
• Give to a favorite cause or a fundraiser.
• Talk about giving and generosity using the hashtag #GivingTuesday.

This page will be updated at this address when the organization posts the date of the next annual event.

New Year's Day this year was Thursday, January 1, 2026, and the next New Year's Day is Friday, January 1, 2027, according to the federal holiday schedule published by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

What day of the week New Year's Day falls on

The section of federal law that lists the legal public holidays, 5 U.S.C. 6103, names "New Year's Day, January 1." The date never changes, so the day of the week moves each year. The Office of Personnel Management schedule gives these days for the federal holiday.

Why the 2028 holiday is on December 31, 2027

January 1, 2028, is a Saturday. The Office of Personnel Management says that when a holiday falls on a Saturday, the Friday before is treated as a holiday for pay and leave purposes for most federal employees, and that a holiday on a Sunday moves to the following Monday. That is why its 2028 schedule lists New Year's Day on Friday, December 31, 2027. The full list is in What are the federal holidays?

Mail on New Year's Day

The U.S. Postal Service lists Friday, January 1, New Year's Day, among its 2027 holidays. The other postal holidays are in What holidays is the post office closed? The bank schedule is in What holidays are banks closed?

The stock market on New Year's Day

The New York Stock Exchange holiday calendar lists New Year's Day on Thursday, January 1, 2026, and on Friday, January 1, 2027. For 2028 the calendar lists no holiday and says, "Because the holiday falls on Saturday, January 1, 2028, no New Year's Day holiday is observed." That differs from the federal schedule, which moves the 2028 holiday to the Friday before. The rest of the calendar is in What are the stock market holidays?

The holidays around New Year's Day

The federal holiday before New Year's Day on the Office of Personnel Management schedule is Christmas Day, on Friday, December 25, 2026, covered in What day is Christmas this year? The next one after New Year's Day is the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., on Monday, January 18, 2027.

Christmas Day this year is Friday, December 25, 2026, according to the federal holiday schedule published by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

What day of the week Christmas falls on

The section of federal law that lists the legal public holidays, 5 U.S.C. 6103, names "Christmas Day, December 25." The date never changes, so the day of the week moves each year. The Office of Personnel Management schedule gives these days for the federal holiday.

Why the 2027 holiday is on December 24

December 25, 2027, is a Saturday. The Office of Personnel Management says that when a holiday falls on a Saturday, the Friday before is treated as a holiday for pay and leave purposes for most federal employees, and that a holiday on a Sunday moves to the following Monday. That is why its 2027 schedule lists Christmas Day on Friday, December 24. The rule changes the day treated as the holiday for pay and leave purposes, not the date of Christmas, which stays December 25. The full list is in What are the federal holidays?

Mail on Christmas

The U.S. Postal Service lists Friday, December 25, Christmas Day, among its 2026 holidays. For 2027 the same page lists Christmas Day on Saturday, December 25, and says Post Offices will be open and deliveries will occur as normal on Friday, December 24. The other postal holidays are in What holidays is the post office closed?

The stock market on Christmas

The New York Stock Exchange says all of its markets observe the holidays on its holiday calendar, and the calendar lists Christmas Day on Friday, December 25, 2026. On Thursday, December 24, 2026, each market closes early at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and eligible options close at 1:15 p.m. The calendar lists the 2027 holiday as observed on Friday, December 24, 2027, and the 2028 holiday on Monday, December 25, 2028. The rest of the calendar is in What are the stock market holidays?

The holidays around Christmas

The federal holiday before Christmas on the Office of Personnel Management schedule is Thanksgiving Day, on Thursday, November 26, 2026, covered in When is Thanksgiving 2026? The next one after Christmas is New Year's Day, on Friday, January 1, 2027. The football schedule for the holiday is in What NFL games are on Christmas?

No, Christmas Eve is not a federal holiday. The law that sets the holidays for federal employees, 5 U.S.C. 6103, lists 11 legal public holidays, and the only one in December is Christmas Day, December 25. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management's federal holidays schedule for 2026 lists Christmas Day on Friday, December 25, and does not list December 24, which falls on a Thursday this year.

December 24 in 2026 and 2027

The two years differ because of where December 25 lands in the week. The dates below are from the Office of Personnel Management's schedule.

December 25, 2027, is a Saturday. The Office of Personnel Management says that when a holiday falls on a Saturday, the Friday before is treated as the holiday for pay and leave purposes for most federal employees, who work Monday through Friday. That makes Friday, December 24, 2027, a paid day off for those employees. The day off is the Christmas Day holiday moved one day earlier, and Christmas Eve itself is still not a holiday in the law. The full list is in what the federal holidays are.

When a president closes federal offices on Christmas Eve

A president can close federal offices on December 24 by executive order, and the order covers only the year it names. The two most recent years both had one.

Both orders were signed on December 18 of their year, one week before Christmas Day. Each one closed the executive departments and agencies and excused their employees from duty, and each one let agency heads keep certain offices open and require certain employees to work for reasons of national security, defense or other public need. Neither order changed the list of holidays in the law.

For pay and leave, a day closed this way counts as a holiday. Both orders say the closed days fall under Executive Order 11582 and 5 U.S.C. 5546 and 6103(b), the provisions that govern holiday pay and leave, and the Office of Personnel Management's fact sheet on holidays says holidays declared by executive order are treated as holidays for pay and leave purposes.

Who the answer covers

The Office of Personnel Management says that 5 U.S.C. 6103 establishes the public holidays for federal employees, and the orders in 2024 and 2025 applied to executive departments and agencies.

The Federal Reserve Banks list 11 holidays a year on their holiday schedule: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Washington's Birthday (Presidents Day), Memorial Day, Juneteenth National Independence Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. The schedule is the Federal Reserve Banks' own, and it does not list the hours of individual commercial banks or credit unions.

The bank holidays left in 2026

Veterans Day, on November 11, has passed, and two holidays remain on the Federal Reserve Banks' schedule for 2026. The date of Thanksgiving is explained in When is Thanksgiving 2026?

Bank holidays in 2027

These are the dates on the Federal Reserve Banks' schedule for 2027. The same page lists the dates through 2030.

When a holiday falls on a weekend

The schedule carries two notes for weekend holidays. The first says, "For holidays falling on Saturday, Federal Reserve Banks and Branches will be open the preceding Friday." The second says, "For holidays falling on Sunday, Federal Reserve Banks and Branches will be closed the following Monday."

Three holidays in 2027 are marked with those notes. The Board of Governors' list of holidays observed by the Federal Reserve System marks Juneteenth and Christmas Day in 2027 as Saturday holidays, and it says the Federal Reserve Banks are open on June 18, 2027, and December 24, 2027, while the Board of Governors is closed on those days. The same list marks Independence Day in 2027 as a Sunday holiday, and it says the Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors are closed on July 5, 2027.

How these holidays compare with other holiday lists

The legal public holidays set by federal law are covered in What are the federal holidays? Mail service on those days is covered in What holidays is the post office closed?

What happens to payments on a bank holiday

The same page carries a FedACH Holiday Schedule, which lists when FedACH processing ends and resumes around each holiday in 2026. For Thanksgiving Day, processing ends on November 25, 2026, at 11:30 p.m. Eastern time and resumes on November 26, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. Eastern time. For Christmas Day, processing ends on December 24, 2026, at 11:30 p.m. Eastern time and resumes on December 27, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. Eastern time.

This page will be updated at this address when the Federal Reserve Banks change their holiday schedule.

The key facts at the top give the winning numbers for the latest Mega Millions drawing and the one before it. The table lists the latest 10 drawings, newest first, with the five white balls and the Mega Ball.

Where the numbers come from

The numbers come from the New York State Gaming Commission, which publishes Mega Millions results as open data.

When it updates

This page reads the published results every few hours and updates at the same address after each drawing is posted.

The U.S. Postal Service lists 11 holidays on its holiday schedule for 2027: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. In its notice for Veterans Day 2026, the Postal Service said, "All Post Office locations will be closed."

The holidays left in 2026

The Postal Service schedule shows three holidays in its 2026 list. Veterans Day, on November 11, is the first of them, and Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day follow. The date of Thanksgiving is explained in When is Thanksgiving 2026?

Post office holidays in 2027

These are the dates on the Postal Service schedule for 2027.

When a holiday falls on a weekend

The schedule marks Juneteenth, Independence Day and Christmas Day in 2027 with a note. Juneteenth and Christmas Day fall on Saturdays that year, and the note says, "Post Offices will be open on Friday, June 18, and Friday, Dec. 24, and deliveries will occur as normal."

The same note says that when a holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is treated as a holiday for pay and leave purposes for some Postal Service employees. When a holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is treated as a holiday for pay and leave purposes for most Postal Service employees.

What happens on a postal holiday

The Postal Service published a notice before each of the two most recent holidays. For Veterans Day on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, it said all Post Office locations would be closed and that regular mail delivery and retail services would resume on Thursday, November 12. For Columbus Day on Monday, October 12, 2026, it said all Post Office locations would be closed and that regular mail delivery and retail services would resume on Tuesday, October 13.

What still works when Post Offices are closed

Both notices say customers can still use usps.com to order stamps and free boxes, and to reach services such as Hold Mail, Change of Address, PO Box rental or renewal, and Click-N-Ship for printing prepaid labels. The Veterans Day notice also says self-service kiosks are available in select lobbies nationwide. The kiosks print postage for Priority Mail, Priority Mail Express and international shipping, sell stamps, weigh and mail packages, and show package tracking information. The notice says many of the kiosks are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

This page will be updated at this address when the Postal Service changes its holiday schedule.

The federal holidays are the 11 legal public holidays listed in 5 U.S.C. 6103: New Year's Day, the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth National Independence Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management says on its federal holidays page that this law establishes the public holidays for federal employees.

The 11 federal holidays and how the law sets each date

The law gives five holidays a fixed calendar date, sets five to a Monday and sets Thanksgiving Day to a Thursday.

Federal holiday dates in 2026 and 2027

The Office of Personnel Management publishes the day each holiday is observed, and its schedule gives these dates for 2026 and 2027.

Four dates in the table differ from the date in the law: Independence Day in 2026, and Juneteenth National Independence Day, Independence Day and Christmas Day in 2027. The schedule marks each of them with its note on holidays that fall on a weekend, which the next section explains. A separate page covers when Thanksgiving is in 2026.

What happens when a holiday falls on a weekend

The Office of Personnel Management says most federal employees work a Monday through Friday schedule. For those employees, a holiday that falls on a Saturday is treated as a holiday on the Friday before for pay and leave purposes, and a holiday that falls on a Sunday is treated as a holiday on the Monday after. The agency cites 5 U.S.C. 6103(b) for the Saturday rule and Section 3(a) of Executive Order 11582, dated February 11, 1971, for the Sunday rule.

Why the list says Washington's Birthday

The holiday on the third Monday in February is named Washington's Birthday in the law. The Office of Personnel Management notes that state and local governments and private businesses may use other names, and it says of its own practice, "it is our policy to always refer to holidays by the names designated in the law."

Inauguration Day

The same section of the law makes Inauguration Day, January 20 of each fourth year after 1965, a legal public holiday for federal employees who work in the District of Columbia, in Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties in Maryland, in Arlington and Fairfax Counties in Virginia, and in the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church in Virginia. The Office of Personnel Management's 2025 schedule lists it on Monday, January 20, 2025, and its 2026 and 2027 schedules do not list it.

Thanksgiving 2026 is Thursday, November 26, 2026, according to the federal holiday schedule published by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

What the law says

The section of federal law that lists the legal public holidays, 5 U.S.C. 6103, sets Thanksgiving Day as "the fourth Thursday in November." The Office of Personnel Management schedule gives these dates.

Mail on Thanksgiving

The U.S. Postal Service lists Thursday, November 26, Thanksgiving Day, among its 2026 holidays. The next holiday on the same list is Christmas Day, on Friday, December 25.

The stock market on Thanksgiving

The New York Stock Exchange says all of its markets observe the holidays on its holiday calendar, and the calendar lists Thanksgiving Day on Thursday, November 26, 2026. On Friday, November 27, 2026, the day after Thanksgiving, each market closes early at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time, and eligible options close at 1:15 p.m.

The federal holidays after Thanksgiving

The next two holidays on the Office of Personnel Management schedule are Christmas Day, on Friday, December 25, 2026, and New Year's Day, on Friday, January 1, 2027.