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Message From USPS: Mail Your Packages Today
USPS, FedEx, and UPS set specific cutoffs from Dec. 16 to Dec. 24 to manage over 5 billion holiday packages nationwide, ensuring on-time Christmas delivery.
- On Dec. 17, United States Postal Service, Federal Express and UPS published recommended shipping cutoffs to ensure packages arrive before Christmas, covering ground to same-day options.
- Facing more than 5 billion packages this season, carriers prepared by boosting capacity, with USPS increasing daily processing to 88 million using more than 600 package sorters.
- USPS recommends Ground Advantage and First‑Class Mail by Dec. 17, Priority Mail by Dec. 18, and Priority Mail Express by Dec. 20, while FedEx and UPS list similar deadlines.
- Procrastinators will face significantly higher costs for expedited options, and local postal and shipping shops report long lines with shops averaging 100 to 200 packages a day and corporate drops of 500 to 1,000 packages.
- Postal officials advise verifying addresses carefully, placing mail holds when traveling, and packing fragile items tightly, with Matt Lee recommending one box inside another, while USPS warns against prohibited items like perfume, ammunition, and mercury.
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Message from USPS: Mail your packages today
Wednesday is the last day to get your cards and packages in the mail in order to ensure they arrive at their destination by Christmas, according to the U.S. Postal Service. WTOP recently took a tour of the USPS facility in Sterling, Virginia. Thousands of letters and cards whizzed by in mail sorters, packages were transported along conveyor belts to various bins for delivery, and dozens of workers scanned packages and prepared them for delivery.…
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