OAKLAND, CA — While many will be “Walking in the Winter Wonder Land,” the Postal Service plans to make it a beautiful sight by helping customers get their holiday packages shipped. To make shipping convenient for customers, the Postal Service is extending hours at Post Offices across the nation.

Select Postal facilities across Alameda, Napa, Contra Costa, and Solano counties are extending their hours including special weekend hours through December 24th and will provide full retail services, including stamp sales and package acceptance. Customers may click this link for the USPS holiday service schedule. Enter a ZIP Code to search for a Post Office near you to see the available services and holiday hours.

“We want to make this holiday season bright and easy for our customers and do our part to help reduce the stress that comes during the busiest time of the year,” said East Bay District Manager Jagdeep Grewal. “We’ve delivering Priority Yule by adding more days and hours for our customers to bring us their mail, and our carriers are prepared to pick-up any click-n-ship pre-paid packages as they make their appointed rounds.”

Many local Post Offices have 24-hour self-service kiosks in the lobby, allowing customers to bypass lines.

More tips for a successful holiday mailing and shipping season:

• Use free Priority Mail Flat Rate boxes. They are available at Post Office locations or online at usps.com/freeboxes.
• Make it easy with the Click-N-Ship feature. You can create shipping labels and pay for postage online at usps.com/ship.
• Schedule a free Package Pickup when the carrier delivers your mail. It’s free regardless of the number of packages. Pickups can be scheduled at usps.com/pickup.
• Mail and packages that weigh more than 10 ounces or are more than a half-inch thick and using stamps as postage cannot be dropped into a collection box or left for a carrier to pick up. Instead, take them to a local Post Office.

2022 Holiday Shipping Deadlines

The Postal Service recommends the following mailing and shipping deadlines for expected delivery by Dec. 25 to Air/Army Post Office/Fleet Post Office/Diplomatic Post Office (APO/FPO/DPO) and domestic addresses*:

• Overseas Military Mail (Priority Mail Express) – Dec. 16
• USPS Retail Ground, First Class– Dec. 17
• Priority Mail – Dec. 19
• Priority Mail Express – Dec. 23

Additional news and information, including all domestic, international and military mailing and shipping deadlines, can be found on the Postal Service Holiday Newsroom at usps.com/holidaynews.

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