The 2-2-3 schedule on Christmas
Christmas 2026 falls on a Friday: how the 2-2-3 schedule splits the nights between homes, week by week of its cycle, and common ways to share the day.
Christmas under the 2-2-3 schedule
| Year and day | If it falls in week 1 of the cycle | If it falls in week 2 of the cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2026: Friday Dec 25 | Home A 1, Home B 1 of 2 nights | Home A 1, Home B 1 of 2 nights |
| 2027: Saturday Dec 25 | Home A 2, Home B 0 of 2 nights | Home A 0, Home B 2 of 2 nights |
| 2028: Monday Dec 25 | Home A 1, Home B 1 of 2 nights | Home A 1, Home B 1 of 2 nights |
| 2029: Tuesday Dec 25 | Home A 2, Home B 0 of 2 nights | Home A 0, Home B 2 of 2 nights |
Christmas is December 24 and 25. Which week of the two-week cycle the day falls in depends on where your cycle started, so both are shown. Nights counted: Christmas Eve noon to December 26 noon (Thu, Dec 24, 2026 to Sat, Dec 26, 2026).
Common ways to share it
- Christmas Eve at one home and Christmas Day at the other, swapping every year
- Split Christmas Day at noon, swapping the morning every year
- Alternate the whole of Christmas every year
- Each home celebrates on its own day, so nobody misses Christmas morning
The 2-2-3 schedule at a glance
- Cycle
- Two days, two days, three days, then the pattern flips the next week.
- Usual split
- 50/50
- Nights a year
- Home A 183, Home B 182
- Changeovers every two weeks
- 6
In TaskFamily, Christmas becomes an exception that overrides the usual two-homes schedule for those days, so both homes and the children see where they will be. Swap requests need the other parent's approval and go into the record.
Free for one household. The Co-parent plan covers both homes for $19 a month - $9.50 each when two parents split it.
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Nights are worked out from the schedule's own cycle and the holiday date rules. This is general information, not legal advice: your parenting plan or court order decides. The guide text is drafted with AI from these numbers and checked automatically before it is published.