New Year
Is the post office open on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day? Service hours on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1
Are you waiting for a package or planning to send one on New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day? Here are the postal service hours for these holidays.
As people celebrate the coming of the new year, some establishments are changing their business hours so workers can take part in the festivities.
New Year’s Day is one of the 11 federal holidays in the United States. This means public offices and services will remain closed on Jan. 1.
The measure applies to the United States Postal Service, which is a public institution. However, private delivery services are another matter under certain circumstances.
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Delivery hours for December 31 and January 1
According to official USPS information, local post offices will operate as normal on Tuesday, Dec. 31 (New Year’s Eve), while on Wednesday, Jan. 1 (New Year’s Day), they will be closed.
Mail will also not be collected from blue collection boxes and regular package deliveries will not be made on this day. Only packages that fall into the category of Priority Mail Express and have paid the extra fee will be delivered. USPS operations will return to their regular schedules on Thursday, Jan. 2.
As for private courier companies, they reserve the right to work or not to work on New Year’s Day. These are the specific hours of the most popular private mailing services in the United States.
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New Year’s Eve (Dec. 31, 2024)
- DHL: Delivery and pickup services will operate normally
- Fedex: Delivery and pickup services will operate normally
- UPS: Delivery will only be available if scheduled before December 26th. Pickup will operate normally.
New Year (Jan. 1, 2025)
- DHL: Closed.
- Fedex: Closed. Service will only be available for FedEx Custom Critical orders.
- UPS: Closed. Service will only be available for UPS Express Critical orders.
The situation may vary depending on the location or type of delivery or pickup. For more information, visit the holiday calendar for each company: DHL, Fedex, and UPS.
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