DENTON, TX—Postmaster Landon Thornton today announced adjusted Post Office retail hours for the upcoming Christmas Holidays. Due to anticipated low customer demand, Post Offices in Denton—the Denton Main Post Office, 101 E. McKinney St., and the Golden Triangle Station Post Office, 2101 Colorado Blvd.—will close early, at 2 p.m., on Christmas Eve, Thursday, Dec. 24; however, full delivery services and mail collections will be provided on this day.

The TWU Station Post Office, located in the Union Building, on the TWU campus, will be closed for the duration of the Holiday Season observed by the school.

All Post Offices will be closed Dec. 25 in observance of the Christmas Day holiday and also closed on Jan. 1, in observance of the New Year’s Day holiday. There will be no mail collections and only Express Mail deliveries will be provided on the Christmas Day and New Year’s Day holidays.

Regular Post Office retail hours of operation and full mail delivery services will resume on the Saturdays following the holidays, Dec. 26 and Jan. 2.

Postal customers are reminded the Post Office is always open at www.usps.com.

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