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BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — Planning on shipping a gift this holiday season? Deadlines to get your gift to its shipping location by Christmas are coming up.
The United States Postal Service recommends shipping gifts and cards using ground service and first-class mail service by December 17 in order to get them delivered by December 25. For priority mail service, USPS recommends sending items by December 19, while priority mail express service can send as late as December 23.
FedEx's ground shipping recommended ship-by deadlines have passed, but there is still time to get packages delivered by Christmas using FedEx express options. To ship packages using two-day shipping, packages must be sent by December 21. Using FedEx express saver, a three-day shipping service, packages need to be sent by December 20.
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To ship internationally most standard deadlines have passed, but deliveries can still make it on time for Christmas. Using FedEx's international next flight service packages can make it, but need to be sent by December 23. Recommended shipping times vary based on where packages are being sent internationally. Using USPS, packages can be sent using global express guaranteed service by December 20 through 22 depending on where there are being sent.
If packages haven't been sent yet, UPS recommends using their three-day select service, two-day air service, or next-day air service to get packages delivered by December 24. Using UPS's three-day service, packages must be sent by December 20. For two-day air service, packages must be sent by December 21, and for next-day service, items must be sent by December 22. There is still time to ship internationally, but deadlines vary depending on where.
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