Don’t look now but the holidays are here and Christmas is right around the corner. The Manhattan Post Office wants to help you get those holiday cards, letters and packages mailed to your loved ones in plenty of time. Below are the post office’s customer service hours this holiday season.

Holiday retail hours

Main Post Office: 500 Leavenworth St 8:30 to 5:00 M-F; 9:30 to Noon Sat.

The busy holiday mail season started the day after Thanksgiving. The Postal Service expects 20 billion pieces of holiday mail nationwide.

Says Postmaster Marvin Roth, "on behalf of our post office and employees, we thank our many customers for their business; remind them all to mail early; and we wish them the best this holiday season."