Springfield Post Office Open until Noon on Christmas Eve

Southwest Station Open until 2 PM for Express Mail and Package Pickup

SPRINGFIELD — Most Springfield Post Office stations and branches will be open until 12 noon on Christmas Eve, Monday, December 24.

The Southwest Station located at 1760 Wabash Avenue, will be open until 2 pm on Christmas Eve to accept Express Mail.

Customers needing to mail packages after noon on Christmas Eve can also purchase postage and schedule a free Carrier Pickup at usps.com.

All postal retail facilities will be closed on Christmas Day, and reopen at their regular times Wednesday, December 26, 2007.

Letter carriers will make their regular deliveries on all routes on Christmas Eve. All available Express Mail, Priority Mail and holiday packages will be delivered on Christmas Day. Express Mail is delivered 365 days a year.

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An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that visits every address in the nation, 146 million homes and businesses, six days a week. It has 37,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products, and services to pay for operating expenses, not tax dollars. The Postal Service has annual revenues of $75 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail.