Mailing Before A Holiday

Generally speaking, it is not wise to bring a mailing into the Post Office for processing right before a holiday.  The Post Office tends to run a skeleton crew the day before the holiday, especially when the holiday falls on a Monday or Friday as most of them do.  The net effect of this is that if you bring a mailing in for processing, it will likely sit until the first working day after the holiday.

Further, when the postal employees come in to work the first day after the holiday, they start helping new customers and, to nobody’s surprise, the new mail is put on top of the mail that was brought in before the holiday.  As is human custom, the mail that is worked first is the mail that is on top.

Therefore, mail that is brought in after the holiday is usually worked and processed before the mail that was brought in just before the holiday.  Bottom Line: try to avoid bringing mail in for processing to the Post Office until just after the holiday.  If you have the time, I highly recommend waiting until the second working day after the holiday – this ensures timely processing of your mail.