Christmas Covers

Post you Christmas day covers here. I start with a Scott 25 position7R4 White Hall, Washington Co., New York to New York City Dec. 25, 1857

Scott 501 3 cent war rate Manitou, Colorado to Las Angeles, California Dec 25, 1917 with American Red Cross Christmas seal.

Very nice.

Nice material. An interesting tidbit on the second cover, is the cancellation and/or sender's address (courtesy of Wiki):

"Originally known as Manitou, the town tried to change the name to Manitou Springs in 1885, but the proper paperwork was not filed. In early 1935 the voters officially approved the name change to Manitou Springs, and the change was endorsed by the Colorado Secretary of State later that same year."

So Manitou would be the correct cancellation from 1917, but since it is noted that in 1935 the name was changed to Manitou Springs, technically Manitou became a discontinued post office (if only in its name) and was thereafter known as Maintou Springs.

Manitou Springs is at the base of Pikes Peak and is known for its natural soda springs that are throughout the city.

So... Trivia question (that I do not know the answer to):

What is the last year that one could actually have a Christmas Day cover?
We all know that somewhere in history, the day became holiday for postal workers.
When was that?
I would think that from that point on, it would be technically impossible to have
a cover cancelled on December 25... Correct?

Here's a 1954 cover, but I assume that they're still doing this at Christmas, FLA?

this is what I got for christmas

just the mail early cancel

I'm pretty sure you can still get a Christmas day postmark here in the US. The main Postal facility where I live (Minneapolis) runs 24/7 , 365 days a year.

Wow! that is very surprising.

The USPS offers on demand pickup for priority and express mail on Christmas. The cost is $15.30 per pickup. Christmas delivery is also available for priority and express at a cost of %12.50 per item.

This one have a "Christmas cancellation" on the both sides...

And this one is canceled only on one side, but twice :)

Wow. Christmas is a public holiday in our country so no postmarks of that day for us

Hmm my contribution to the thread, but not really a USA cover eventhough it ended up being mailed here. Will post the contents in another thread as I am curious about what it says.

About the time of the year to get this thread moving again.