Deadlines To Ship Your Packages In Time For Christmas
December 10, 2023 7:47PM EST
Postal workers wearing Santa hats drive through the facility during a media tour hosted by the US Postal Service at the Los Angeles Processing and Distribution Center, the largest in the country, equivalent to 29 football fields, on November 30, 2023. The tour is meant to offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the Los Angeles Processing and Distribution Center ahead of the holiday peak shipping season where about 30 million packages are expected to be processed and delivered from this facility. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
If you want those holiday packages to arrive by Christmas, it’s probably best to get them in the mail this week.
Here are a few deadline dates for holiday shipping this year:
- USPS Retail Ground or First-Class Mail: Dec. 16th
- USPS Priority Mail or Priority Mail Express: Dec. 20th
- FedEx Ground Economy: Dec. 13th
- FedEx Ground 5-Day: Dec. 15th
- FedEx Express Saver: Dec. 19th
- UPS Three-Day Select: Dec. 19th
- UPS Ground Shipping: check online at wwwapps.ups.com
Reminder: shipping deadlines might be even earlier for international shipping or to Hawaii or Alaska.
Do you get your holiday shopping done early, or wait until the last minute?
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