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The holiday season is always a busy time for deliveries, and this year will be especially hectic. With more people spending the holidays at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more gifts will be shipped to their destinations rather than handed off in person. If you ve been putting off mailing out your gift pile, you don t have much longer to wait: The shipping deadlines for Christmas 2020 are coming up fast. To ensure your packages arrive by December 25, here are the dates you need to know when using UPS, USPS, and FedEx.
FedEx Christmas Shipping Deadlines 2020
The deadline for FedEx s slowest option FedEx SmartPost passed on December 9. If you want to use FedEx Home Delivery or FedEx Ground, you need to get your package out by Tuesday, December 15. December 21 is the Christmas deadline for FedEx Express Saver and FedEx 3Day Freight, and December 23 is the latest date for shipping via FedEx 1Day Freight, FedEx Extra Hours, FedEx Standard Over
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Holiday shipping deadlines are fast approaching for Amazon and other retailers. Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The holiday shipping season is upon us. Whether you re sending gifts direct from Amazon or another online retailer or shipping boxes of gifts yourself, you ve got some important deadlines fast approaching. The combination of the holiday crunch and COVID-induced supply-chain challenges means waiting until the last minute to shop and ship is an even riskier proposition in 2020 than past years.
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Christmas falls on a Friday this year, which means your packages will need to reach their destination by Thursday, Dec. 24. We ve rounded up cutoff dates for guaranteed Christmas delivery from mail services such as USPS, UPS and FedEx, and retai