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LongHorn Holiday Hours 2026: Christmas, Thanksgiving & New Year’s Day

By [author name] · Last checked: November 2026 ✓ Hours checked Nov 2026

LongHorn Steakhouse is closed on Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, 26 November 2026) and closed on Christmas Day (Friday, 25 December 2026). Christmas Eve (Thursday, 24 December 2026) is open with reduced hours, 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM, according to brand-certified location-page text (certified 1 November 2026). The special-hours tables on those same pages still list 10:00 or 11:00 PM, so confirm the closing time with your location before you go. This page covers LongHorn hours for every 2026 holiday: for Easter, New Year’s Day, and Memorial Day, no verified 2026 LongHorn hours were found in project research, so this page says so plainly rather than guessing. Holiday hours also vary by location, so even the answers below deserve a quick call to your restaurant before you drive over. See the full menu with prices →

Jump to: At a glance · Thanksgiving · Christmas Eve · Christmas Day · New Year’s Day · Easter · Memorial Day · Regular hours · Confirm in 30 seconds · Holiday food · If closed · Accuracy · FAQs

Holiday hours at a glance (2026)

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Dates are for 2026. “Not verified” means project research found no official or brand-certified source for that holiday’s 2026 hours, not that the restaurant is closed.

Thanksgiving Day: closed

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LongHorn is closed on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday 26 November 2026. This is confirmed by brand-certified hours data (certified 1 November 2026, across multiple locations) and by competitor holiday tables that agree with it. Diners asked about this directly: “Is LongHorn open on Thanksgiving?” is a real search (720 per month, Semrush) and the answer is no.

If Thanksgiving dinner is the plan, LongHorn is not the option that day. The days around Thanksgiving usually follow normal hours at most locations, but holiday-week hours can still vary by location, so call ahead if you are planning around the holiday.

For the days around the holiday, the regular menu runs as normal. See the dinner menu with prices →

Christmas Eve: open 11 AM to 8 PM, but confirm locally

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LongHorn is open on Christmas Eve, Thursday 24 December 2026, with reduced hours: 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM. That is now the brand-certified figure, not a guess.

Here is the full picture, stated plainly:

• Brand-certified FAQ text on location pages says 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM on Christmas Eve (certified 1 November 2026, across Florida, Texas, Illinois, Georgia, Ohio, Maryland, Indiana, Tennessee, and Arizona).
• A second source agrees: longhornmenuprices.com’s dated holiday table (25 October 2026) also lists an 8:00 PM Christmas Eve close.
• The same pages’ special-hours tables still list 11:00 AM to 10:00 or 11:00 PM for Christmas Eve, which contradicts the 8:00 PM text.

Two sources plus the brand-certified text point to 8:00 PM, and one set of tables points to 10:00 or 11:00 PM. This page states 8:00 PM as the brand-certified figure and keeps a light confirm-locally note, because the tables have not been corrected. If you are planning a Christmas Eve dinner, call your location that week and ask for its closing time.

Christmas Day: closed

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LongHorn is closed on Christmas Day, Friday 25 December 2026. This is confirmed by the same brand-certified hours data as Thanksgiving, plus competitor holiday tables that agree. Diners ask about this every year (“Is LongHorn open on Christmas Day?” is a real search at 590 per month), and the answer is the same every year: no.

Christmas week alternatives: Christmas Eve (open, reduced hours, see above) and the days after Christmas, which follow normal hours at most locations. As always, holiday-week hours can vary by location. For the days after Christmas, see the dinner menu with prices →

New Year’s Day: not verified

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No verified 2026 New Year’s Day hours for LongHorn were found in project research. Diners ask about this (“Is LongHorn open on New Year’s Day?” appears twice in our questions research), but asking is not the same as answering, and no official or brand-certified source in our research states the 2026 New Year’s Day hours.

What to do: call your location before New Year’s Day and ask whether it is open and what its hours are. Do not trust a third-party site that prints New Year’s hours for LongHorn without a source, because our research found no source to print.

New Year’s Eve hours are in the same position: not verified in project research. If you are planning a New Year’s Eve dinner, call ahead.

Easter Sunday: not verified

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No verified 2026 Easter Sunday hours for LongHorn were found in project research. This page does not guess. Some restaurant chains are open on Easter and some are closed, and that general pattern says nothing reliable about LongHorn specifically.

What to do: call your location in Easter week and ask. Easter Sunday hours can also vary by location even when a chain-level answer exists, which is one more reason to check with the restaurant itself.

Memorial Day: not verified

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No verified 2026 Memorial Day hours for LongHorn were found in project research. Memorial Day is a normal Monday for many restaurants, but “normal Monday” is not a verified LongHorn answer, so this page does not print it as one.

What to do: call your location before Memorial Day, especially if you are planning a group meal or arriving late in the day.

Regular hours (why this page does not print them)

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You may notice this page gives no regular opening and closing times. That is deliberate. Diners ask “What time does LongHorn close?” more than almost any other hours question (Semrush volume 2,900 per month), but regular hours vary by location, and project research found no single verified national schedule to print. Printing one location’s hours as if they applied everywhere would be exactly the kind of fake precision this site exists to avoid.

For regular hours, use the official site’s location finder, pick your restaurant, and read its hours there. That is the only source that knows your location’s actual schedule.

How to confirm holiday hours in 30 seconds

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1. Find your location on longhornsteakhouse.com.
2. Call the number listed there (not a third-party directory number, which may be outdated).
3. Ask: “Are you open on [holiday], and what are your hours that day?”
4. For Christmas Eve specifically, ask for the closing time, since the tables on location pages still conflict with the brand-certified 8:00 PM text.
5. If you are booking for a group, ask about holiday-week wait times too, since holiday weeks run busier than normal.

What about holiday food? (one thing this page does not claim)

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Some third-party pages claim a “Holiday Prime Rib returns each December” at LongHorn. Do not believe it. Prime rib is discontinued at LongHorn, confirmed by Chowhound (May 2026) and Tasting Table (June 2026), with LongHorn telling users directly that it is not planning on bringing it back. A single unverified site’s December prime rib claim contradicts two editorial sources plus archived menu listings. No holiday prime rib is listed on this page, and none should be expected in December.

For real holiday-season value, watch for the gift-card bonus pattern: in past years LongHorn has run a holiday gift-card bonus in November and December. As of November 2026, no official 2026 bonus has been announced: Fabulessly Frugal (updated 29 October 2026) lists LongHorn only under “expected in November” (“typically buy $25, get $5 Bonus Card”, not yet confirmed for 2026), and SimplyCodes reports no active gift-card promotions confirmed. A competitor homepage states “buy $50, get a $10 bonus card” as a current seasonal fact, with no source, so this page prints neither figure as a 2026 offer. Treat any bonus figure as unconfirmed until LongHorn announces it.

If LongHorn is closed on your holiday

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Thanksgiving and Christmas Day are the two 2026 holidays LongHorn is closed. If your plan lands on one of them, the simplest move is to shift the meal a day: Christmas Eve is open with reduced hours, and the days after Christmas follow normal hours at most locations.

For a holiday meal at home, the regular menu is a useful starting point for what to cook or order another day: see the dinner menu → and the kids menu → for family meals. Other restaurants set their own holiday hours, so check any alternative directly before you go rather than trusting a roundup that prints hours without a source.

How we keep this page accurate

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Most menu sites copy each other’s numbers, including stale 2020 prices and pages that have not been updated in 500 plus days. We do not. Every holiday claim on this page is either brand-certified, or labeled not verified.

Last checked and holiday sources

Last checked: November 2026 (holiday facts refreshed with the brand-certified sweep certified 1 November 2026). Holiday sources: brand-certified hours data (Yext, certified 1 Nov 2026, multiple locations across FL, TX, IL, GA, OH, MD, IN, TN, AZ) for Thanksgiving closed, Christmas Day closed, and Christmas Eve 11 AM-8 PM; longhornmenuprices.com dated holiday table (25 Oct 2026) agreeing on all three; competitor holiday tables (longhornmenuonline.com) agreeing on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day closed.

The Christmas Eve conflict

Brand-certified FAQ text (1 Nov 2026) plus the longhornmenuprices.com table say 8:00 PM close; the special-hours tables on the same location pages still say 10/11 PM. This page states 8:00 PM as the brand-certified figure and keeps a light confirm-locally note.

What we could not verify

Easter, New Year’s Day, and Memorial Day have no official or brand-certified 2026 source in project research, and are labeled “not verified” rather than guessed. Regular hours have no verified national schedule, so this page prints none. No official 2026 gift-card bonus has been announced as of November 2026.

Prime rib and the gift-card bonus

Prime rib discontinuation confirmed by Chowhound (May 2026) and Tasting Table (June 2026); the “Holiday Prime Rib returns each December” claim comes from a single unverified site (menupedia.us) and is not published as fact. Gift-card bonus: no official 2026 bonus announced as of November 2026 (Fabulessly Frugal 29 Oct 2026: “expected”, not confirmed; SimplyCodes: none confirmed). The “$50 get $10” figure is a competitor’s unsourced seasonal claim, not a verified offer.

Confidence note, stated honestly

Thanksgiving and Christmas Day closed are strong (brand-certified plus agreement). Christmas Eve 11 AM-8 PM is the brand-certified figure with one conflicting table set, so a light confirm note stays. Easter, New Year’s, and Memorial Day are honestly unverified. Real-people material: questions hub (Thanksgiving question added Oct 2026; Christmas Day question with Semrush 590/mo; New Year’s Day question asked x2; “what time does LongHorn close” at Semrush 2,900/mo).

Frequently Asked Questions

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Is LongHorn open on Thanksgiving?

No. LongHorn is closed on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday 26 November 2026, confirmed by brand-certified hours data and competitor holiday tables that agree.

Is LongHorn open on Christmas Day?

No. LongHorn is closed on Christmas Day, Friday 25 December 2026, confirmed by the same sources as Thanksgiving.

Is LongHorn open on Christmas Eve?

Yes, with reduced hours: 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM, according to brand-certified location-page text (certified 1 November 2026). The special-hours tables on those same pages still list 10:00 or 11:00 PM, so call your location that week to confirm its closing time.

Is LongHorn open on New Year’s Day?

We could not verify 2026 New Year’s Day hours from an official or brand-certified source, so this page does not state them. Call your location before New Year’s Day.

Is LongHorn open on Easter?

We could not verify 2026 Easter Sunday hours from an official or brand-certified source. Call your location in Easter week.

Is LongHorn open on Memorial Day?

We could not verify 2026 Memorial Day hours from an official or brand-certified source. Call your location before Memorial Day.

What are LongHorn’s regular hours?

They vary by location, and no single verified national schedule was found, so this page does not print one. Use the official site’s location finder for your restaurant’s actual hours.

Does LongHorn serve prime rib for the holidays?

No. Prime rib is discontinued at LongHorn, confirmed by 2026 editorial sources, and LongHorn has said it is not planning on bringing it back. Ignore third-party claims of a December prime rib return.

Related

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