Is trash pickup running on December 26?
Updated August 22, 2026 · this page carries the 2026 and 2027 dates.
Trash Pickup · December 26
Varies
It depends on your city — December 26 is where the post-Christmas slide usually lands, and whether your route moves depends on how your hauler handles the holiday.
Where a city slides for Christmas, everything after the holiday moves a day: in a year Christmas falls on Friday, Thursday's customers are collected Friday and Friday's own route runs Saturday December 26. Where a city simply skips the holiday, December 26 runs as its own normal day and the missed customers wait for the next week.
When December 26 falls on a Saturday, the answer also depends on whether your hauler runs Saturday routes at all — many don't. And in the years Christmas is observed on Monday December 26, that Monday is the day most collection calendars mark. One December notice from your city or hauler covers all of it; this page never claims a particular city's schedule.
| Holiday | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Christmas Day | Friday, December 25, 2026 | Varies Nearly all cities skip Christmas — the rest of the week usually slides one day. |
| Christmas Day | Saturday, December 25, 2027 | Varies A Saturday this year — where Saturday routes run, most haulers skip; check your hauler. |
What else on December 26?
| Who | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Banks | Varies It depends on the weekday — December 26 isn't a Federal Reserve holiday, so banks keep whatever hours that day of the week normally has. | Federal Reserve holiday schedule Checked August 2026 |
| Mail & the Post Office | Varies It depends on the weekday — December 26 isn't a postal holiday, so mail runs whenever it falls Monday through Saturday, and there's no regular delivery when it lands on a Sunday. | USPS holiday schedule Checked August 2026 |
| The Stock Market | Varies It depends on the weekday — December 26 isn't an exchange holiday, so the market trades a full session whenever it's a weekday, and there's no session at all when it falls on a weekend. | NYSE holiday calendar Checked August 2026 |
| UPS | Varies December 26 isn't a UPS holiday — pickup and delivery run on whatever schedule that weekday normally carries. | UPS holiday schedule Checked August 2026 |
| FedEx | Varies December 26 isn't a FedEx holiday — service follows the normal schedule for whatever weekday it lands on. | FedEx holiday service schedule Checked August 2026 |
| Federal Offices | Varies It depends on the weekday — December 26 isn't one of the eleven federal holidays, so offices are open when it falls on a workday. | OPM federal holiday schedule Checked August 2026 |
| Schools | Closed No — December 26 sits inside winter break in nearly every district. | your school district's calendar Checked August 2026 |
Questions people ask
Is trash pickup delayed the day after Christmas?
In a slide city, yes — every route after the holiday runs a day late for the rest of that week. In a skip city nothing moves, and the holiday's own customers simply wait for their next regular day. Your hauler publishes which one it does.
Checked against your city or hauler's holiday schedule, verified August 2026. When a schedule for a new year has not been published yet, this page says so — it never guesses.