This Is the Last Day You Can Send and Receive Packages for Christmas.
If you are planning to send gifts to friends and family this holiday season, it probably won’t surprise you that you have limited time left to do so and actually get those gifts to their final destination.
The postal service, along with UPS and FedEx (and every other sender on the planet), is always overloaded with holiday mail, especially now that many of these gifts are purchased online and sent to the giver before they are shipped to the final recipient. (double mail!).
If you want your gifts to arrive at their final destination on time, the big players in space have announced when they are finished receiving them in the mail. Depending on how you ship things, this period has already passed in some cases.
Here’s a rundown of how long it will take for your package to reach its destination before December 25, and as always, weather and other factors can always delay shipment, so it’s best to mail your items sooner rather than later.
USPS
December 14: USPS retail ground shipments cease.
Dec 18: Disable for APO / FPO / DPO (except postcode 093) via Priority Mail Express
December 20: First class mail delivery ceased.
December 20: Priority mail stops.
December 22: Priority Mail Express delivery terminated
FedEx
Dec 17: End of FedExGround and home delivery.
December 19: Discontinuation of express savings packages.
December 20: Discontinued delivery of FedEx 2-day packages.
December 21: No longer accepting FedEx Overnight packages.
December 25: Disconnection of FedEx SameDay, FedEx SameDay City Direct and City Priority.
UPS
December 18: End of 3-day UPS selection
December 20: End of broadcast on the 2nd day of air.
December 21: Cessation of air the next day.