Last Holiday Shipping Deadlines

Whether you're last-minute online shopping, mailing out Christmas cards or sending a holiday gift in the mail, knowing the shipping deadlines will make the holiday hysteria a bit more bearable. The week leading up to Christmas is supposed to be the busiest week for mail and deliveries. About 3 billion pieces of First-Class Mail are expected to be delivered. Make sure yours is one of them and keep these deadlines in mind:

US Postal Service shipping deadlines:

First-Class Mail Service: Dec. 20

Priority Mail Service: Dec. 20

Priority Mail Express: Service2 Dec. 22

Fedex shipping deadlines:

Dec. 20: Last day to ship via FedEx 2Day and FedEx 2Day A.M.

Dec. 21: Last day to ship via FedEx Standard Overnight, FedEx Priority Overnight, and FedEx First Overnight.

Dec. 25: Last day to ship via FedEx SameDay City Direct, FedEx SameDay City Priority, and FedEx SameDay.

UPS shipping deadlines:

Dec. 20: Last day to ship UPS 2nd Day Air packages for delivery Monday, Dec. 24.

Dec. 21: Last day to ship UPS Next Day Air for delivery Monday, Dec. 24. Note: These packages must be processed and labeled for Saturday Delivery, which isn’t available to all ZIP codes.

Amazon Deadlines:

Dec. 22: Last day to order for two-day shipping (free for Prime members).

Dec. 23: Last day to order for one-day shipping.

Dec. 24: Last day to order for same-day delivery, available in certain metro areas, as well as “ultrafast delivery” with Amazon Prime Now in select cities.

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