On New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2026, there is no mail delivery or collection, as the post office observes this day as a holiday.

The idea of mailing babies and children wouldn't cross most peoples' minds. But after the parcel post law went into effect in 1913, children were routinely weighed, stamped and "mailed" with postal ...

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