List of winter festivals: This is an incomplete list of festivals and holidays that take place during the winter, especially those commemorating the season. Many festivals of light take place in the winter, since the shortest day of the year is the Winter Solstice.

Holidays are listed in chronological order under each heading.

Table of contents
1 Chinese
2 Christian
3 Historical
4 Jewish
5 Muslim
6 Neopagan
7 Secular

Chinese

Christian

Historical

Jewish

  • Hanukkah - December (variable) - commemorating the miracle of the candles after the destruction of the Temple

Muslim

  • Ramadan and Eid ul-Fitr - not actually a winter festival per se, but currently falling in December

Neopagan

Secular