Shoppers: Is the Post Office Open Christmas Day and December 24?
ST LOUIS (LALATE) – Is the Post Office open Christmas Day and on December 24? Is there mail service on Christmas December 25 or will the post office be closed? The USGS tells news this week that that it will close its doors on Christmas Day to give its employees a federal holiday to celebrate with its families. But on Monday, Christmas Eve, the Post Office branches will be open and providing mail service.
As with each year, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day prompt confusion for holiday shoppers. But while other federal holidays change, Christmas always stays the same. The Post Office is open on Christmas Eve December 24. There is also mail delivery on Christmas Eve, officials remind news. But the following day, that changes. For Christmas Day the Post Office will be closed, USPS tells news. There will be no mail delivery on December 25.
While the Post Office branches will be open on December 24, officials tell news that collection hours and branch hours could be shortened. Each branch may differ based upon hours of operation Monday, officials remind news.
Tuesday December 25 marks the final federal holiday of the year, reps indicate to news.. Each year, the Office of Personnel Management issues the federal holidays by which federal, state, and local agencies must follow. But it’s time to mark the calendar for next year. Next Tuesday January 1 and then Monday January 21 are both federal holidays as well.
As officials tell news “Federal law (5 U.S.C. 6103) establishes the following public holidays for Federal employees.” They add “Please note that most Federal employees work on a Monday through Friday schedule. For these employees, when a holiday falls on a nonworkday — Saturday or Sunday — the holiday usually is observed on Monday (if the holiday falls on Sunday) or Friday (if the holiday falls on Saturday).”
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