BOSTON — Post Offices in the Greater Boston Area will be open Christmas Eve, Tuesday, Dec. 24, until noon and closed on Christmas Day, Wednesday, Dec. 25, with the exception of the following offices:
| Tuesday, December 24: | Wednesday, December 25: | ||
| 6 a.m. to 12 a.m. | Fort Point Station | 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. | Fort Point Station |
| 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. | Malden | ||
| 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. | Framingham Woburn Waltham Worcester |
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| 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. | Brockton Peabody Norwood Quincy |
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| 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. | Hyannis | ||
On New Year’s Eve, Tuesday, Dec. 31. All Post Offices will be open during normal business hours and will be closed on New Year’s Day, Wednesday, Jan. 1, except for Fort Point Station which will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Revised hours will be posted at each Post Office and commercial customers are asked to check with their business mail entry units for specific information regarding holiday hours of operation. For the most up-to-date holiday information, go to: usps.com/holidaynews. There you’ll find holiday mailing and shipping deadlines and packing tips.
Worried about not making it your local Post Office during operating hours?
You still have access to postal services online at usps.com and at Self Service Kiosks (SSKs). You can also buy stamps at select local retailers in the Greater Boston Area. Available hours and street addresses of SSK locations and local retailers can be found on www.usps.com by using the Locate A Post Office search function.
| Acton | Brookline | Leominster | Needham | Salem |
| Andover | Burlington | Lexington | Newton Center | Wakefield |
| Arlington | Central Square | Lowell | Northborough | West Roxbury |
| Back Bay | Fort Point Station | Malden | Peabody | Westborough |
| Beverly | Framingham | Mansfield | Prudential Center | Woburn |
| Braintree | Jamaica Plain | Marblehead | Randolph | Worcester |
| Brighton | Kendall Square | Milk Street | Reading |
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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A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation: 152 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. With more than 31,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $65 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world's mail. If it were a private-sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 42nd in the 2012 Fortune 500. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency for seven years and the fourth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.
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