Review two Friday observances at year end
December begins on Wednesday and ends on Friday. Christmas Day falls on Saturday, December 25, and is observed for most Monday-through-Friday federal employees on Friday, December 24. Friday, December 31 is also an observed holiday: it belongs to New Year's Day 2028, which falls on Saturday. This second date comes from OPM's 2028 schedule and is included because it occurs within the 2027 calendar year. Keep celebration dates and closure dates separate when making travel plans. Check the final week for deadlines that cannot wait until January. Before archiving the sheet, transfer only unfinished commitments that still matter and record their new dates explicitly.
Choose your paper and print
Download Letter for 8.5 by 11 inch paper, or A4 for 210 by 297 millimetres. Both files contain the same dates in a layout sized for that paper. Open the PDF, select landscape, and preview one page before printing. Use actual size when the preview fits your printer margins; choose fit to printable area if an edge would be clipped. The calendar begins on Monday. Empty leading and trailing squares are intentional, with room for handwritten notes.
When plans change
The free PDF is a fixed calendar for writing by hand. For editable events, the 2027 Planner Pack includes an XLSX month view: enter a date and title in Events, select the month, and the entry appears on that day. It shows the first three entries per day and flags additional entries. Custom anniversaries use their 2027 date. Weekly planning and milestone review PDFs support the follow-up work.