Is UPS running on Christmas Day?
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No — UPS doesn't pick up or deliver on Christmas Day.
December 25 is a UPS holiday: no pickup, no delivery, no drop-box collection, and no exception outside Express Critical. Everything in the network waits for the next business day.
Christmas Day is the clean case in a run of messy ones — Christmas Eve delivers but takes almost no pickups, and New Year's Eve runs Air deliveries with Ground stopped in both directions. On the 25th nothing moves at all. When December 25 falls on a weekend, the table below shows the dates as UPS publishes them; UPS names its own holiday dates rather than following the federal shift rule.
| Holiday | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Christmas Eve | Thursday, December 24, 2026 | Modified Deliveries run for all services; no Ground pickup — Air pickup only if prearranged. |
| Christmas Day | Friday, December 25, 2026 | Closed UPS holiday — no pickup or delivery on Christmas. |
UPS hasn't published its 2027 holiday schedule yet — this page updates when it posts.
What else on Christmas Day?
| Who | Status |
|---|---|
| Banks | Closed No — banks are closed on Christmas Day. |
| Mail & the Post Office | Closed No — there's no mail delivery on Christmas Day, and post offices are closed. |
| The Stock Market | Closed No — the stock market is closed on Christmas Day. |
| FedEx | Closed No — FedEx is closed on Christmas Day, with no pickup or delivery. |
| Federal Offices | Closed No — federal offices are closed on Christmas Day. |
| Trash Pickup | Varies Almost certainly not — Christmas Day is on essentially every collection calendar, and the week around it usually shifts. Your city or hauler has the final say. |
| Schools | Closed No — schools are closed on Christmas Day. |
Questions people ask
Does UPS deliver on Christmas Day?
No. Christmas is one of the seven UPS holidays, so there's no delivery and no pickup. Express Critical, the emergency service, is the only thing running.
Checked against the UPS holiday schedule, verified August 2026. When a schedule for a new year has not been published yet, this page says so — it never guesses.