Order Your Christmas Gifts Online Today or You’re Out of Luck
If you still need to order your Christmas gifts online, you can do so by tomorrow and receive them by the 25th.
Of course, if you’re willing to spend more money, you can speed up your Christmas Eve gifts. But for most standard shipping options today and tomorrow, December 22nd, your deadlines are tight.
Specifically, here are the Amazon deadlines (if you have Prime):
- December 22 : Deadline for free 2-day Prime delivery.
- Dec 23: Prime one day free shipping (not available everywhere).
- December 24th: Deadline for free same day shipping (not available everywhere, limited items).
Delivering gifts to someone else is another matter entirely. In many cases, this deadline has expired, although today and tomorrow are the deadlines for overnight or priority delivery in many cases.
- UPS: December 21st deadline for Next Day Air airing.
- FedEx: December 21st – FedEx Overnight packages will no longer be accepted, and FedEx SameDay, FedEx SameDay City Direct and City Priority will end on December 25th.
- USPS: December 22 – Priority Mail Express will end.
And if you’re a real last minute shopper, always try to keep it in place.