Postal Service Ready for Christmas Day Delivery

Sending Packages by Express Mail Assures on Time Arrival

MILWAUKEE, WI — All Post Offices in the Milwaukee area will be open Christmas Eve, but many 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 Milwaukee Postmaster Bob Cavinder, “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 many locations early Dec. 24.”

Customers who need even later hours to cover their last minute mailing needs can go to the Milwaukee Airport Facility, 5500 S. Howell Ave., which will be open until 10:00p.m on Christmas Eve to accept Express Mail packages and other mailings. The Airport Facility is also open from 7:00a.m. to 3:00p.m. on Christmas Day.

Cavinder said noon will be the last collection for mail deposited in blue collection boxes for Dec. 24 processing. Revised retail lobby 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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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.