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 …
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Himmelpfort, which translates as 'Heaven's Gates' has been the unofficial postal address for Father Christmas for 30 years More: continued here
Read More »The tiny German village post-office answering letters to Santa – Telegraph.co.uk
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 …
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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
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Read More »Royal Mail to open 229 delivery offices on Sundays before Christmas – Supply Chain Digital
Supply Chain Digital Royal Mail to open 229 delivery offices on Sundays before ChristmasSupply Chain DigitalRoyal Mail's network of almost 1,400 delivery offices is currently open six days a week. Many other offices in the main cities and towns also have increased weekday opening hours in the run up to …
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AUSTRALIA Post has allayed fears jobs in Griffith will be lost as a result of streamlining postal services. More: continued here
Read More »Sundays will aid mail rush
THE pre-Christmas postal rush will be eased with the Bradford North Royal Mail delivery office open on the next two Sundays. More: continued here
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