The date for Christmas Jumper Day is now officially confirmed. This day celebrates fun, often wild knitwear and encourages charitable giving. The official day of the main charity event, spearheaded by Save the Children, is confirmed for Thursday, December 11, 2025.
It’s a day when millions in the UK and beyond wear their silliest, sparkliest, or most homemade Christmas sweaters. They also donate a small amount to charity. It’s a key part of December, starting the final push of the festive season and raising crucial funds for vulnerable children.
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Christmas Jumper Day is now a fun tradition in workplaces, schools, and communities across the UK and Ireland each December. In fact, for the year 2025, this will fall on Thursday, December 11, marking the fourteenth year since its commencement in 2012. A fun celebration idea this season became a top fundraising success for Save the Children, raising over £40 million so far.
It’s a simple yet powerful idea: everyone wears fun, crazy, or silly Christmas jumpers and donates about £2 to Save the Children. That money then goes to help kids get an education, basic healthcare, and protection here in the UK and all over the world. This is an appeal anyone can participate in-be it from home, office, or school-without the need for any tickets or subscription. It is a campaign of inclusivity and joy.
But Christmas Jumper Day is about so much more than just an excuse to get the glittery reindeer or flashing snowman sweaters out. It’s a reminder that small acts count en masse. By encouraging millions of people to take part, the campaign shows how community spirit can have a real-life impact. The money will go to basic things-food, clean water, education-for children in poverty or conflict zones. That way, the silliness of festive fashion becomes a vehicle for serious impact.
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Save the Children also provided resources like posters, fundraising packs, and digital tools to make events easier to organise. Many workplaces and schools have turned the day into a mini celebration with either a competition for the “best jumper” or even themed parties to boost donations.
Since it started, Christmas Jumper Day has grown from a small office fundraiser to a national event. Part of the festive calendar now in the UK, celebrities often join politicians and influencers to raise awareness of the campaign. It works because it marries humour and accessibility so cleverly with a great purpose. At this time of year, when household budgets are squeezed tight, the low cost of entry makes it accessible, and for the charitable cause, it will strike a chord deep within those who participate.
As Save the Children gears up for Christmas Jumper Day 2025, it hopes to build on that success once again by encouraging even more to take part. They said any donation, big or small, will change a child’s life. And with millions expected to take part, the event is once again set to show how enduringly potent community-led fundraising can be.
Christmas Jumper Day 2025 is more than just wearing your best festive knitwear. It’s about having fun and giving back. Millions will wear their jumpers on Thursday, December 11. They know that beneath the sequins and snowflakes lies a serious mission: to help children everywhere have a brighter future. No matter if you’re at school, work, or celebrating at home, joining in lets you be part of a national movement. It shows that even small acts can make a big difference.
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