Winter School Vacation 2025: Like every year, schools will be closed this winter. Typically, schools in Bihar observe winter vacation from December 25th to December 31st, including Christmas and Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti. However, district administrations sometimes extend or shorten holidays based on weather conditions. Cold and fog often lead to extended school holidays. The month of November is just coming to an end.
Schools experience various holidays at the end of the year. Some are closed for national holidays, some for winter vacations, and some for festivals. Children eagerly anticipate the school holidays. A comprehensive calendar of school holidays has been prepared for November and December 2025. In many states, especially Delhi, NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, and Uttarakhand, schools will be closed for several days from the last week of November to the last days of December. So let’s find out how many days children’s schools will be closed in December.
Schools be closed in December 2025?
In many states, winter vacation begins in the third week of December. The first is Christmas Eve on December 24, 2025. Schools will be closed nationwide on December 24, Christmas Eve. Following this, Uttar Pradesh will observe a winter vacation from December 20 to 31, 2025. Schools in Uttar Pradesh will have a total of 12 days of winter vacation.
Winter Vacations in Haryana 2025-26
In Haryana, the Directorate of School Education has announced that all government and private schools will observe winter vacation from January 1 to January 15, 2025, and reopen on January 16, 2025. The 2025-26 schedule specifically includes similar holidays from January 1 to January 15, 2026.
Winter Vacation in UP 2025
This year, winter vacation in UP is likely to begin on December 25th—most schools and colleges close for Christmas, giving students about 15 days off. The Education Department has yet to issue an official notification. Still, the pattern over the past several years has been for schools to close on December 25th and reopen after the New Year begins in January.
Winter Holidays 2025-26 in Delhi
In the national capital, the Directorate of Education, Delhi, has released the school calendar for the academic year 2025-26, stating that winter vacation will run from January 1st to January 15th, 2026. These dates were mentioned in a notice issued in November last year.