All Chicago Post Office Stations Open Christmas Eve, Will Close at Noon

Noon set as day’s final mail collection

CHICAGO — All Chicago Post Office stations and branches will be open Christmas Eve, but will shorten retail lobby hours to enable retail employees to spend more time with their families. Regular mail delivery for Dec. 24 will be unaffected by the change.

“As many businesses close early Christmas Eve,” said District Manager/Postmaster Gloria Tyson, “the number of customers visiting our lobbies greatly diminishes. We view this as an opportunity to afford retail employees more time with their families by closing retail operations in most of our locations early Dec. 24.”

Chicago stations and branches will close retail operations at noon on Dec. 24. The Cardiss Collins Postal Store, 433 W. Harrison Street, and the O’Hare Airport Mail Center, 11600 Irving Park Road, will be open until 5 pm for last-minute holiday mailing needs.

Tyson said noon will be the last collection for mail deposited in blue collection boxes for Dec. 24 processing. Revised hours will be posted at each Post Office. Commercial customers are asked to check with their Bulk Mail Acceptance Unit for Dec. 24 hours of operation. To obtain the phone number of a specific Post Office, customers may call 1-800-ASK-USPS.

Post Offices will be closed Dec. 25. Express Mail will be delivered Christmas Day and regular mail delivery will resume Dec. 26.

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