Most Hawaii Post Offices Open on Christmas Eve

45 to Close Early; Final Mail Collection at Noon

Honolulu — All but two Post Offices across the state will be open for business on Christmas Eve, but 45 offices will shorten their retail lobby hours on Christmas Eve to enable some postal employees to enjoy the holidays with their families. Regular mail delivery out of those offices for Dec. 24 will be unaffected by the changes.

Two small postal facilities serving Pearl Harbor Naval Air Station will be completely closed, at the request of the base commander. Those two offices do not provide delivery service.

“As many businesses close early Christmas Eve,” said Postal Service Honolulu District Manager Daryl Ishizaki, “the number of customers visiting our lobbies greatly diminishes. We view this as an opportunity to afford some of our postal employees more time with their families by closing retail operations in many locations early on Dec. 24.”

Ishizaki added that the final collection of mail from all blue collection boxes on Dec. 24 will occur at noon.

The list of Post Offices with early closures follows:
Aiea
Anahola
Barber's Point
Camp Smith
Captain Cook
Eleele
Ewa Beach
Hanalei
Hauula
Hilo Main Office
Hilo Downtown
Honokaa
Honomu
Hoolehu
Kalaheo
Kailua-Kona
Kamuela
Kaneohe
Kapaa
Kapolei
Kealakekua
Kihei
Kualapuu
Kilauea
Kurtistown
Lahaina Main Office
Lahaina Downtown
Laie
Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH)
Maunaloa
Mountainview
Ocean View
Papaaloa
Pearl City
Pepeekeo
Princeville
Pukalani
Puunene
Volcano
Wahiawa
Waialua
Waikiki
Waikoloa
Wailuku
Waipahu

Most of the above offices will be closing at 2 p.m. Specific revised hours will be posted at each Post Office. To obtain the phone number of a specific Post Office, customers may call 1-800-ASK-USPS. Commercial customers are asked to check with their Bulk Mail Acceptance Unit for Dec. 24 hours of operation.

All Post Offices will be closed Dec. 25. Express Mail will be delivered in major cities on Christmas Day and regular mail delivery will resume Dec. 26.