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# Is Google Telling People Your Church Is Open on Christmas?

by [Lynn](https://mooneyprojects.com/blog/author/lynn) on November 10, 2026

[Tech Tip of the Week](https://mooneyprojects.com/blog/tag/tech-tip-of-the-week)

When someone searches for your church this Christmas, Google answers before they ever reach your website. "Is the church office open Friday?" "What time is Christmas Eve service?" Google shows the hours on your Business Profile and sometimes in search, and if those are your regular weekday hours, people may show up to a locked door or call an empty office.

Google calls holiday hours **Special hours**. They take about two minutes to set, and they only change the days you pick. Your regular hours stay the same.

## How to set Special hours

1. Go to [business.google.com](https://business.google.com) and open your church's profile.
2. Select **Edit profile**, then **Hours**.
3. Next to **Special hours**, select the pencil icon.
4. Google often suggests upcoming holidays. Select **Review** to confirm one, or **Add a date** for one of your own, like the day after Christmas.
5. If you will be closed, make sure **Closed** is checked. If you will be open different hours, uncheck it and enter the times.
6. Select **Save**.

## A few things worth knowing

- **Confirm the holiday even if nothing changes.** When you confirm, Google shows people that your hours have been checked, which builds trust.
- **Special hours are for six days or fewer in a row.** If the office will be closed longer, Google asks you to mark the profile as temporarily closed instead.
- **Your regular hours need to be set first.** Special hours only show if your profile is set to open with regular hours.

## Do it once for the whole season

Pull out your [2027 planning calendar](https://mooneyprojects.com/blog/plan-2027-church-calendar) or your December schedule and add every office closure at once: Thanksgiving, the day after, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. Then you will not have to think about it again until spring.

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