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Holidays by the Numbers
| 232 | Number of years the U.S. Postal Service has been delivering holiday cheer. |
| 20 billion | Number of cards, letters and packages to be delivered between Thanksgiving and Christmas |
| 3.6 billion | Number of letters mailed over the holidays. |
| 82 million | Average daily number of First-Class cards and letters mailed. |
| 275 million | Number of First-Class cards and letters to be mailed on Dec. 17, the busiest mailing day of the year. |
| 703 million | Average number of pieces of mail processed daily. |
| 1 billion | Average number of pieces of mail processed daily during the holidays. |
| 20 million | In pounds, the amount of mail the Postal Service will process for overseas military installations, including war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
| 7,400 | Number of Post Offices with expanded hours. |
| 55,000 | Number of places other than Post Offices where stamps can be purchased. |
| 216,000 | Number of vehicles used to transport holiday mail, including 188,336 half-ton trucks |
| 2.7 billion | Number of holiday stamps the Postal Service printed this year. |
| 128 million | Number of customers who visit the Post Office during the holidays. |
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