Christmas fell on a Sunday most recently in 2011 and will again be on a Sunday in the year 2016.
Christmas has fallen on a Sunday three times in the 21st century: 2005, 2011, and 2016.
Christmas was on a Monday in 1989, since then Christmas was on Sunday in 1994, 2000, 2005, 2011 and will be on a Sunday again in 2016.
Christmas has fallen on a Sunday in the following years: 1955, 1960, 1966, 1971, 1977, 1983, 1988, 1994, 2005, 2011, and 2016. This pattern occurs because the Gregorian calendar repeats every 400 years, with Christmas falling on a Sunday every 11 years within that cycle. This is due to the 11-day difference between the Gregorian calendar and the Julian calendar, which was in use when Christmas was established as December 25th.
Since 1900:19041910192119271932193819491955196019661977198319881994Since 2000:20052011201620222033203920442050206120672072207820892095Years which are bold and italicised are years which are yet to happen.
Including 2011, Christmas has fallen on a Sunday eight times since 1956.
January 23 has fallen on a Sunday in the years 1955, 1966, 1972, 1977, 1983, 1994, 2000, 2005 and will fall on a Sunday again in 2011.
Easter Sunday has fallen on April 4 in the years 1706, 1779, 1790, 1847, 1858, 1915, 1920, 1926, 1999 and 2010. This means that in the last 60 years Easter Sunday has fallen on April 4 twice. Easter Sunday will next fall on April 4 in 2021.
The next year in which Christmas day will fall on a Sunday will be in 2016.
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In the 1950s and 1960s, Christmas day fell on a Sunday in the following years:195519601966