No Mail on Christmas Eve This Year

Sellers won’t have Christmas Eve to deliver late holiday orders this year, generally speaking. That’s because the day before Christmas falls on a Sunday, when normal Postal closures apply. The last time that happened was in 2017. (Last year, Christmas fell on a Sunday.)

And of course there’s no mail service on December 25th – the USPS will close all branches on Christmas Day. The following week, the USPS will be closed for another 2 consecutive days: Sunday, December 31st, and Monday, January 1st, in observance of New Year’s Day.

Shippers using USPS will have the option of paying for Priority Mail Express – the Postal Service delivers PME 365 days a year (in select locations) for an additional fee.

The Postal Service said in its reminder notice on Wednesday that it had no plans for limiting hours on Saturday, December 23 or Saturday, December 30th.

Ina Steiner

Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). She is a member of the Online News Association (Sep 2005 - present) and Investigative Reporters and Editors (Mar 2006 - present). Follow her on Twitter at @ecommercebytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com. See disclosure at EcommerceBytes.com/disclosure/.