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.
Christmas fell on a Sunday most recently in 2011 and will again be on a Sunday in the year 2016.
once Since answering that, Christmas was on a Sunday most recently in 2011 - which means that so far this century Christmas has been on Sunday twice (2005 and 2011).
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.
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.
The next year in which Christmas day will fall on a Sunday will be in 2016.
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.
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In the 1950s and 1960s, Christmas day fell on a Sunday in the following years:195519601966
In the last 60 years Easter Sunday has fallen on April 12 in the years 1998 and 2009. Previous to this Easter Sunday fell on this date in 1936. Easter Sunday is due to fall on this date again in the year 2020.