New Orleans — Post offices throughout Louisiana will be open Christmas Eve, Friday, Dec. 24, and New Year’s Eve Friday, Dec 31st, but most will have shortened retail lobby hours and close at noon. The Post offices listed below will remain open as follows:  

Revised hours will be posted at each Post Office and commercial customers are asked to check with their Business Mail Entry Unit for Dec. 24 and Dec. 31 hours of operation.

Customers may call 1-800-ASK-USPS for information about specific Post Offices. In addition mail should be deposited into blue collection mailboxes before noon for early pickup on Dec. 24 and Dec. 31.  Customers requiring postal services later that day are encouraged to contact their local Postmaster.

Post Offices will be closed Saturday, Dec. 25, and Saturday, Jan. 1.  Express Mail only will be delivered on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day in most major metro areas.  Post Offices will be open regular hours on Monday, Dec. 27 and Monday. Jan 3.

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A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 150 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no direct support from taxpayers. With 36,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, the Postal Service relies on the sale of postage, products and services to pay for operating expenses. Named the Most Trusted Government Agency five consecutive years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $68 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 28th in the 2009 Fortune 500.