Just Like Old Times

"Break out the holly, as well as the last-minute holiday cards," the Washington Post tartly observes.

Due to the prodigious attention to constituent service by District of Columbia Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the nation's capital has received an early Christmas present: the restoration of the Washington, D.C., postmark.

It means that WASHINGTON, DC will replace the SUBURBAN MD and SOUTHERN MD postmarks for at least 90 percent of the stamped mail originating in the District.