Christmas Shipping Deadlines
The United States Postal Service (USPS), UPS and Fed-Ex has the recommended send-by dates for expected delivery before December 25.
USPS Christmas shipping deadlines (within the U.S.):
- Dec. 19 (Thu) – Deadline for First Class Mail and Priority Mail shipments. Includes greeting cards
- Dec. 22 (Sun) – Deadline for Priority Express Mail shipments
The Shipping deadline for UPS (within the U.S.) is as follows:
- UPS 3 day select - 18 December
- UPS 2nd Day Air - 20 December
- UPS 2nd Day Air - 21 December
- UPS Next Day Air - 22 December
- UPS Express Critical - 24 December and 25 December
For Fed Ex, the here's the shipping deadline (within the U.S.):
- FedEx SmartPost - 11 December
- FedEx Ground - 15 December
- FedEx Home Delivery - 18 December
- FedEx Express Saver - 19 December
- FedEx 2day - 20 December
- FedEx 2day AM - 20 December
- FedEx Standard Overnight - 21 December
- FedEx Priority Overnight - 21 December
- FedEx Priority Overnight - 21 December
So if you're shipping packages to friends and/or family, these Christmas shipping deadlines will hopefully help during the holidays so that every parcel of the customer can be delivered before Christmas Day.