Mail Delivered on Christmas? Is UPS or FedEx or Post Office Open?

Mail Delivered on Christmas? Is UPS or FedEx or Post Office Open?
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Jack Phillips
12/25/2015
Updated:
12/25/2015

Mail delivery doesn’t happen on Christmas Day, which is Friday, Dec. 25

UPS and FedEx don’t deliver on the holiday. This includes pickup and delivery at locations, which will be closed.

The post office is also closed.

UPS also does not deliver on New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day. Mail delivery is halted on New Year’s Day as well.

 

Meanwhile, Queen Elizabeth II will use her Christmas broadcast to emphasize that light can triumph over darkness after a difficult year.

The queen will note there have been “moments of darkness” in the last year, which has been marked by extremist attacks and a migrant crisis that has overwhelmed Europe, but cites the Bible as offering solace.

“The Gospel of John contains a verse of great hope, often read at Christmas carol services: ‘The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it,’” the queen plans to say, according to excerpts released by Buckingham Palace.

The prerecorded speech will be broadcast on radio and television in Britain at 3 p.m. (1500 GMT, 10 a.m. EST) and in many parts of the British Commonwealth on Christmas Day. It will also be posted on the royal YouTube channel.

The 89-year-old queen writes the brief speech herself, often reflecting on her own personal beliefs and stressing the importance of family. She plans to note the 70th anniversary this year of the end of World War II by thanking those who served in the conflict.

The queen, her husband Prince Philip and senior members of the royal family plan to attend church services Christmas morning and spend most of the day at her sprawling Sandringham estate in Norfolk, 110 miles (175 miles) north of London. There is usually a gala Christmas lunch after church, followed by a walk outside.

With The Associated Press.

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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