If you are panning on shipping packages using Amazon, Fed Ex, UPS or the Postal Service to people for Christmas, you don’t have much time to waste if you want them there by Christmas. For the Postal Service, it’s the 15th for Retail Ground, the 18th for First Class, the 19th for Priority and the 23rd for Priority Express.
For UPS it’s the 15th for Ground, 21st for Three Day Select, the 22nd for 2 Day Air and 23rd for Next Day.
Fed Ex packages must be shipped by the 15th for Ground and Home Delivery, 21st for Express Save, and 23rd for Overnight.
Amazon offers free delivery for regular customers with orders over $25.00 until the 14th. For Prime Members, Standard Shipping until the 18th, 22nd for 2 Day and 23rd for One Day Delivery.
Any way you decide to ship those packages, all services highly suggest you not wait until last minute as they are expecting a huge jump in deliveries this year.