Most local governmental offices will be closed Monday or Tuesday, or both, in observance of the Christmas holiday on Tuesday.

All offices in the Greene County Courthouse and Courthouse Annex will be closed Monday, Dec. 24, Tuesday, Dec. 25, and Wednesday, Dec. 26, as well as on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013.

The Greene County Clerk's office will be closed Saturday, Dec. 22, Monday, Dec. 24, Tuesday, Dec. 25, and Wednesday, Dec. 26, as well as on Saturday, Dec. 29, and Tuesday, Jan. 1.

Closed on Tuesday, Dec. 25, and Jan 1 will be the James H. Quillen United States Courthouse and the Social Security office.

Greeneville Town Hall will close at noon on Monday, Dec. 24 and be closed on Dec. 25. Town Hall will also be closed on Jan. 1.

The town halls in Baileyton and Mosheim will be closed Tuesday, Dec. 25, and Wednesday, Dec. 26, and on New Year's Day, Tuesday, Jan. 1.

Mosheim Town Hall will also close early on Monday, Dec. 24.

The Tusculum City Hall will be closed Monday, Dec. 24, and Tuesday, Dec. 25.

For garbage collection, all county convenience centers will be closed on Tuesday, Dec. 25. The centers may close early on New Year's Day if the containers are full before 6 p.m., the usual closing time.

The Town of Greeneville Public Works Department will be closed Tuesday, Dec. 25, and Jan. 1.

Garbage normally collected on Tuesday will be picked up on Wednesday, Dec. 26, and on Wednesday, Jan. 2.

The Greeneville-Greene County Transfer Station and Demolition Landfill will observe Tuesday, Dec. 25, and Tuesday, Jan. 1, as holidays. Normal hours of operation of 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. will resume on Wednesday, Dec. 26, and again on Wednesday, Jan. 2.

The U.S. Post Office will close at noon on Monday, Dec. 24, and Monday, Dec. 31. Mail will be delivered both days.

The Post Office will be closed Tuesday, Dec. 25, and Tuesday, Jan 1, and there will be no mail delivery on those days.

The Greeneville Light & Power System will close at noon on Monday, Dec. 24, and reopen on Wednesday, Dec. 26, on a regular schedule. The GL&PS will also be closed Tuesday, Jan. 1.

The Greeneville Water Department will close at noon on Monday, Dec. 24, and Monday, Dec. 31, and will be closed all day Tuesday, Dec. 25, and Tuesday, Jan. 1.

Closed on Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 24-25, and Dec. 31 to Jan. 1, will be the Tennessee Department of Human Services and the Greene County Health Department.

The Greene County Partnership will be closed Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 24-25, and on Tuesday, Jan. 1.

The Greeneville-Greene County Public Library will be closed Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 24-25 and Dec. 31- Jan. 1.

The University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service office will be closed from Monday, Dec. 24, through Friday, Dec. 28, and will reopen on Monday, Dec. 31. The office will be closed on Tuesday, Jan. 1.

The YMCA of Greene County will be closed on Monday, Dec. 24, Tuesday, Dec. 25, and Tuesday, Jan. 1. The YMCA will close early, at 7 p.m., on Monday, Dec. 31.

The Boys & Girls Club of Greeneville & Greene County will be closed Monday, Dec. 24, through Wednesday, Dec. 26, and Monday, Dec. 31, and Tuesday, Jan. 1.

The Greeneville Sun will publish on its regular schedule on Monday, Dec. 24, but will close at noon that day and reopen at 8 a.m. on Wednesday morning, Dec. 26.

The Sun edition of Tuesday, Jan. 1, will be a morning issue, and the office will be closed that day for the New Year's holiday.