CHICAGO – All Post Offices, stations and branches in the metropolitan Chicago area will be open on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, and New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31. Hours of operation are as follows:

• All Chicago Post Office stations and branches (ZIP Codes 606, 607 and 608) will open at their regular times and close at noon, except for the Main Post Office, 433 W. Harrison St., which will close at 5 pm.
• The following suburban Post Offices will open at their regular times and close at 5 pm:  Arlington Heights, Aurora, Aurora East, Crystal Lake, Des Plaines, Evanston (Main), Freeport, Glenview, Gurnee, Joliet, and Naperville.
• The following suburban Post Offices will open at their regular times and close at 3 pm: Batavia, Bourbonnais, Bradley, Calumet City, Carol Stream, Chicago Heights, Dolton, Downers Grove, Harvey, Hazel Crest, Hinsdale, Lombard, Matteson, Moraine Valley (Moraine Valley Station open until 4 pm), Morris, Oak Park (Main), Orland Park, Plainfield, Romeoville, Schaumburg, St. Charles, Tinley Park and Wheaton (Main Post Office, the Danada branch will close at 1 pm).
• All other Post Offices in ZIP Codes 600, 601, 602, 603, 604 and 605 will open at their regular times and close at noon Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.

Each Post Office will post its revised hours of operation for these two days. Customers are encouraged to go online to usps.com or call 800-ASK-USPS for information about specific Post Offices.

Commercial customers should check with their Business Mail Entry Units for Dec. 24 and Dec. 31 hours of operation.

Mail will be delivered on those days as scheduled.

In observance of the holidays, Post Offices will be closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Only Express Mail will be delivered on those days in most major metropolitan areas. Post Offices will resume regular business hours on Wednesday, Dec. 26 and Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013.

Postal services, including buying stamps and gifts, paying for postage and Post Office Boxes, and other transactions, are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at usps.com.

The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

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