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5 LV post offices to be open Sundays before ChristmasLas Vegas Review-JournalFive local post offices will open their doors for two extra days to help with the stress of the holiday season. They are among many around the country that will be open in the afternoons of the next two …

One post office in Wisconsin becomes extra busy during the holiday season, because of a special postmark for people in the spirit of the season. More: continued here

Athens post office offering Sunday deliveryNews CourierThe Athens post office has moved up to three “dispatches” per day, with as many parcels as possible going on the earliest dispatch, Hill said. Normally, 35 of the office's 50 carriers deliver mail throughout the year, but the holiday rush means 45 … …

Open house at post office MondayThe Daily News of NewburyportNEWBURYPORT — Postal officials will hold an open house throughout the day Monday at the Pleasant Street post office to help shoppers buy stamps and learn more about mailing packages. Local postal director Paul Bolas said customers will be able to …

CBC.ca Post Office hours for the holidays, and everything you can and cannot shipAL.comThe U.S. Postal Service won't deliver mail on Christmas Day (Thursday, Dec. 25) or on New Years Day (Thursday, Jan. 1). Post offices will be closed those days, as well. Post offices will be open on Christmas …

Fort Worth Star Telegram Ex-Texas store owner guilty of food stamps fraudFort Worth Star TelegramA former South Texas convenience store owner faces up to 20 years in prison for running a $275,000 food stamps scheme. Aijaz Aslam remains free on bond pending sentencing next year. Prosecutors in San Antonio say …

Appeal-Democrat Post office pays homage to famous reindeerAppeal-DemocratThis undated handout provided by the United States Postal Service shows a Limited Edition Forever stamp depicting Rudolph, which was created from still television frames from the “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" television special. Thousands of … More: continued here

Himmelpfort, which translates as 'Heaven's Gates' has been the unofficial postal address for Father Christmas for 30 years More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk The tiny German village post–office answering letters to SantaTelegraph.co.ukBy 1995, she and her helpers were overwhelmed with thousands of letters, and the German postal service, Deutsche Post, took over, setting up an official Christmas Post Office in the village for two months each year. Today, the post office answers …

December is the busiest time of year for shipping companies, with FedEx projecting it will ship 290 million packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas alone. More: continued here