A Post Office spokesperson said: ‘Our Postmasters know just how much local residents and businesses rely on Post Office services in the run-up to Christmas.
‘We typically have around 4,000 branches operated by independent Postmasters or our retail partners open at weekends and we would expect these branches to be open as usual on the weekends over the festive break.
The Post Office has a network of 11,500 branches across the UK, but out of those 115 are determined as ‘Crown’ Post Offices.
Post Office opening times for New Year’s 2024 The deluge of Christmas card sending is over and now it is more about thankyou notes and orders from gift vouchers.
You might also need to go out to the Post Office to pick up a parcel if you missed a Christmas delivery.
