Chicago, IL — 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, but will observe revised hours of operation.

All Chicago Post Office stations and branches (ZIP Codes 606, 607 and 608) will open at their regular times and close at noon Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, except for the Main Post Office, 433 W. Harrison St., which will close at 5 pm.

All 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, with the following exceptions:

• Opening at its regular time and closing at 3 pm:  Saint Charles.
• Opening at their regular times and closing at 4pm:  Carol Stream and Oak Park (Main Post Office).

• Opening at their regular times and closing at 5 pm:  Aurora East, Batavia, Berwyn, Bolingbrook, Joliet, Naperville (Main Post Office), Orland Park (Main Post Office), Palatine, Plainfield, Schaumburg (Main Post Office), Skokie and Woodridge.
• Opening at their regular times and closing as indicated Christmas Eve only: Bourbonnais (5:30 pm), Calumet City (7 pm), Lansing (7 pm) and Matteson (6 pm).
• Opening at their regular times and closing as indicated New Year’s Eve only: Chicago Heights (6 pm), Kankakee (6 pm), Oak Forest (6 pm), and South Holland (7 pm).

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 Priority Mail Express will be delivered on those days in most major metropolitan areas. Post Offices will resume regular business hours on Thursday, Dec. 26 and Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014.

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.

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