Here’s the holiday schedule for Palm Coast and Flagler County government services, and the court system.
Courts will not be in session from Dec. 24 through Dec. 28.
The City of Palm Coast offices will be closed on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, and Thursday, December 25, 2025, in observance of the Christmas holiday. Regular office hours will resume on Friday, December 26 through Wednesday, December 31. Offices will close again on Thursday, January 1, 2026, and Friday, January 2, 2026.
There will be no change to waste collection services on Wednesday, December 24, 2025. On Thursday, December 25, 2025, garbage collection will not be available. Bulk collection will be rescheduled for Monday, December 29, and recycling collection will be rescheduled for Saturday, December 27, 2025.
On Thursday, January 1, 2026, garbage collection will not be available. Bulk collection will be rescheduled for Monday, December 26, 2025, and recycling will be rescheduled for Saturday, January 3, 2026. As always, collection may occur anytime between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.
For more information, please visit https://www.palmcoast.gov/public-works/garbage or submit a question or concern regarding FCC Environmental through Palm Coast Connect, by visiting https://www.palmcoast.gov/connect.
Additionally, several parks and recreation facilities will have amended hours during the holiday season. Those hours will be as follows:
December 24, 2024
- Palm Coast Aquatics Center – CLOSED
- Southern Recreation Center – CLOSED
- Palm Coast Community Center – Open for Permitted Programs
- Palm Harbor Golf Course – Modified hours (7 a.m. – 12 p.m.)
December 25, 2024
- Palm Coast Aquatics Center – CLOSED
- Southern Recreation Center – CLOSED
- Palm Coast Community Center – CLOSED
- Palm Harbor Golf Course – CLOSED
December 31, 2024
- Palm Coast Aquatics Center – CLOSED
- Southern Recreation Center – Modified hours (8 a.m. – 1 p.m.)
- Palm Coast Community Center – Modified hours (Open until 6 p.m.)
- Palm Harbor Golf Course – Open
January 1, 2024
- Palm Coast Aquatics Center – CLOSED
- Southern Recreation Center – CLOSED
- Palm Coast Community Center – CLOSED
- Palm Harbor Golf Course – Open
January 2, 2024
- Palm Coast Aquatics Center – CLOSED
- Southern Recreation Center – Open
- Palm Coast Community Center – Open
- Palm Harbor Golf Course – Open
Also, please save the date for the Palm Coast holiday tradition that preserves the environment and beautifies our City. The 17th Annual Christmas Tree Recycling Event will be held on Saturday, January 10, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Palm Coast Fuel Depot at 22 Utility Drive.
Recycle your Christmas tree in exchange for a free three-gallon evergreen tree, while supplies last. Residents should remove all decorations, lights, tinsel, and ornaments from trees before donation.
All trees donated for recycling will be ground and used as mulch to beautify Palm Coast’s parks and trails. The City will offer free paper shredding at the tree recycling event. For more information, contact Carol Mini at [email protected].
Flagler County Government Closures:
Flagler County administrative offices will be closed Thursday, December 25, and Friday, December 26, in observance of the Christmas holiday and again on January 1 and 2. Some county services will operate on a revised schedule.
Flagler County Public Library
- Closed at 5 p.m. system wide on Wednesday, December 24
- Closed all day on December 25 and 26
- Normal hours for both the Palm Coast Library and Bunnell Library @ Nexus that weekend
- Closed all day on January 1 and 2
- Normal hours for both the Palm Coast Library and Bunnell Library @ Nexus that weekend
Flagler County Public Transportation
- Closed completely on December 25 and January 1
- Open December 26 and January 2 to transport Dialysis Clients only
Solid Waste – in unincorporated areas
- Those with Thursday pick-up (Christmas Day and New Years Day) will have service on Saturday, December 27 and January 3
- The Hazardous Waste site will be closed at noon on Tuesday, December 22, in addition to Christmas and New Years Day
- For additional Solid Waste information, go to: https://www.flaglercounty.gov/Government/Departments/Solid-Waste
Flagler Beach and Bunnell government offices are closed Dec. 24 and 25.
barbara says
Your dates for the Monday pickups don’t make sense.
Gregorian Calendar says
I’d give the blog a little grace on this since they’re just republishing what the city says, but….
…you’re right, it doesn’t make sense. Seems like they’re bending over backward to avoid saying “sorry, but due to Christmas and New Year’s both being on Thursdays this year, you only get one trash pickup per week.”
Why not just come right out and say that?
Just say one pick up a a week. says
Why don’t they just say one trash pick up per week. I’m so tired of this where collection was rescheduled to the past Monday. Can I do at work? Boss I’m not coming into work this Monday as I’ve rescheduled it to this past Monday, so therefore, I’ve already worked.
Mark says
Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year all fall on the same day. A Thursday. Those of us with Thursday pickup are getting shafted. Why? Because of all of the Monday holiday’s too. If you have a Tuesday/Friday pickup, how many pickup days have you lost. Not nearly as many as those with Monday/Thursday pickups have. Yet we pay the same monthly fee in our water bill for trash collection. We’re not getting what we’re paying for. I’ll say it again. The solution is really simple. On any holiday, push the collection out by 1 day. So when a holiday is on Monday, the Monday collection is on Tuesday. Tuesday’s is on Wednesday and so on ending up with Friday collection being on Saturday. When a holiday is in the middle of the week, like a Thursday, pause the collection 1 day whereas Thursdays collection is on Friday, Friday’s is on Saturday. Normal collection restarts on the following Monday. This way everyone is treated equally no matter what day a holiday falls on. And we all get what we’re paying for, equally. As it is, those of us with Thursday collection have overflowing trash containers waiting for the next pickup and while we wait, or trash rots, stinks and builds up even more. It’s just stupid the way it is…
Nephew Of Uncle Sam says
Better one would be 96 gallon wheeled containers for garbage and recycling picked up once per week, less confusing for all and less trucks through the neighborhoods.
One pick up a week says
Yea it’s not right. And the worst is when they say the pick up was rescheduled to a day last week. How Ami supposed to go back in time to put my trash out.
Soprano Sanitation says
I’ve been in the garbage business for 40 years. It’s as simple as this.
They just not to provide service on that day.
Missing one day services won’t be a big deal.
Or:
No yard waste pick-up then Monday pick-up becomes Tuesday pick-up and Tuesday becomes Wednesday pick-up.
Pick one it not a big deal.