Since it first aired in 2012, the BBC drama has had an additional festive episode and, more recently, a two-part special.
However, 2026 is set to be the first year without a Call the Midwife special, and instead replaced with its new prequel series.
According to TV Zone UK, writer and creator of the BBC show, Heidi Thomas, announced the plans at a press screening for the upcoming 15th series of the show.
She shared: “No, there won’t be a Christmas special next Christmas, not in the traditional mould.”
Call the Midwife producer Pippa Harries then confirmed that the new prequel series would debut during Christmas.
Thomas added: “This is really just a very temporary pause in the usual pattern.”
The prequel was previously confirmed by the BBC, as well as a new film.
The new show will be set in Poplar, in London during World War Two and will air in 2026.
While the film will include the cast of the TV series, and will be set in 1972.
The news of the Christmas special comes ahead of the release of the 15th series.
The new series of Call the Midwife will air on Sunday, 11 January at 8 pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
The 15th series will follow up on the recent Christmas special that saw members of the Nonnatus House visit Hong Kong.
The official synopsis for the upcoming series reads: “As the Christmas action shifts between the sun-drenched Far East and a snowy East End, Sister Julienne suddenly finds herself excited about the Order’s future.
“After years of battling change, she decides to embrace it, work with it, and see what love can do.
“This change of energy reverberates throughout series 15. The new series kicks off in 1971 with several of the ladies embracing Women’s Lib and burning their bras outside Nonnatus House.
“As the year unfolds, we see the team handle cases including premature birth, placenta previa, kidney cancer, tuberculosis and slavery.”
