BOSTON, MA — All Post Offices 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, Wanda Santos-Dwyer manager, Greater Boston District Marketing, “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.”

List of offices open until 5 pm on December 24
Cambridge- Central Square - 770 Mass. Ave.
Framingham – 330 Cochituate Rd.
Malden – 109 Mountain Ave.
Peabody – 4 Essex Center Dr.
Quincy – 47 Washington St.
Waltham – 776 Main St.
Woburn – 462 Washington St
Worcester – 4 E. Central St.

Open until Midnight on December 24
Boston- Fort Point – 25 Dorchester Ave

Santos-Dwyer said noon will be the last collection for mail deposited in blue collection boxes for Dec. 24 processing. Revised 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.

Fort Point Post Office located at 25 Dorchester Ave., Boston will be the only retail unit open on Christmas Day. Hours of operation will be 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Express Mail will be delivered Christmas Day and regular mail delivery will resume Dec. 26.

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