For the greatest cushion between these holidays, we'll have to wait all the way until 2029, the next year both numbers hit their max values: 33 total days and 10 weekend days.

2024 was a year in which we had the minimum number of each - just 27 days between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and 8 weekend days. Next year we'll get 28 total days, but still just 8 weekend days.

Because (U.S.) Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of November, the specific date on which it occurs changes each year in a six-year sequence. This yields a different number of days between Thanksgiving and Christmas each year, including a different number of weekend days.