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Right now, there’s a mailman in Cleveland named Aaron having an unseasonably light Christmastime. “It’s been really kind of wild, and nothing like what I’ve ever seen in the four years I’ve been working here,” the United States Postal Service carrier told me recently, describing mail volumes that look like a third of what he’s used to in December. Aaron (who asked that his full name not be printed) hasn’t gotten lucky, though he’s very, very concerned. Advertisement Package volumes in Northern Ohio are up 70 percent compared with this time last year, and sorting facilities that distribute mail to post offices are slammed trying to process everything, leading to major backlogs. Customers on Aaron’s route are complaining they’ve been waiting ages for certain items. At some point, it just might all come at once. “Everybody’s nervously joking about ‘When is the flood going to hit?’ ” Aaron said. “We’re all seeing that backup getting bigger and bigger

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