Politics: Want your Christmas gifts to arrive on time? Here are the shipping deadlines

(KTXL) — Christmas is only weeks away, and now until then, millions of Americans will work on getting gifts shipped to their loved ones.

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While it’s better to take care of shipping earlier, there are lots of people who will wait until the last minute to ship Christmas gifts.

The United States Postal Service, UPS and FedEx — the three largest carriers in the country — recently published their deadlines for holiday shipping this year.

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United States Postal Service

These are the USPS’ recommended “send-by” dates to ensure a gift is delivered in the lower 48 states by Christmas Day:

• Retail ground — Dec. 17
• First-class mail — Dec. 17
• Priority mail — Dec. 19
• Priority mail express — Dec. 23

You can find the USPS send-by dates for international mail and military mail here, and the hours for post office locations during the days around Christmas and the New Year here.

UPS

These are the UPS’ recommended send-by dates to ensure a gift is delivered before Christmas:

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• Ground shipping — Use this calculator
• Three-Day Select — Dec. 20
• Second-day air — Dec. 21
• Next-day air — Dec. 22

Information on shipping to other countries and the services available on the days around Christmas and the New Year here.

FedEx

These are FedEx’s recommended send-by dates to ensure delivery by Christmas Day.

• Ground economy — Dec. 8
• Ground contiguous, Alaska and Hawaii — Dec. 14
• Express Saver — Dec. 20
• Express 2Day — Dec. 21
• Express SameDay — Dec. 23

Information on freight shipping and shipping to other countries here.

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