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Holiday shipping deadlines to keep in mind this season

Jasmine Vaughn-Hall
York Daily Record

The season of giving is in full swing. And, since the spirit of giving stretches far and wide, you may need to send off your gifts. 

If you want your packages to get to their destination with the same timing of good old Santa, you'll need to know these shipping deadlines. The following shipping dates are for U.S. delivery by Dec. 25. 

Other key shipping dates can be found here. 

Amazon holiday shipping dates:

  • Dec. 14 - Free shipping by Amazon for non-Prime members on qualifying orders of $25 or more. 
  • Dec. 18 - Standard shipping for non-Prime members. Items ship in 3-5 business days.
  • Dec. 22 - Free shipping on tens of millions of items for Prime members. No minimum purchase.
  • Dec. 23 - Free one-day delivery on over ten million items. No minimum purchase.
  • Dec. 24 - Free same-day delivery on qualifying orders of $35 or more. 
  • FedEx key holiday shipping dates:
  • Dec. 13 - FedEx Home Delivery® and FedEx Ground® to Alaska and Hawaii.
  • Dec. 16 - FedEx Home Delivery® in the contiguous U.S. and last day to ship via FedEx Ground® 
  • Dec. 20 - FedEx 2Day® A.M. and FedEx 2Day®.
  • Dec. 23 - FedEx First Overnight®, FedEx Priority Overnight®, FedEx Standard Overnight and FedEx 1Day® Freight.
  • Dec. 25 - FedEx SameDay® City Direct, FedEx SameDay® City Priority and FedEx SameDay®.

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UPS holiday shipping dates:

  • Dec. 13 - Some UPS® Ground packages scheduled for delivery on Tuesday, Dec. 24. 
  • Dec. 19 - UPS 3 Day Select® packages scheduled for delivery on Tuesday, Dec. 24. 
  • Dec. 20 - UPS 2nd Day Air® packages scheduled for delivery on Tuesday, Dec. 24. 
  • Dec. 23 - UPS Next Day Air® packages scheduled for delivery on Tuesday, December 24 with a UPS On-Call, or scheduled, Pickup, or by visiting a The UPS Store location or a UPS Authorized Service Location.

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USPS holiday shipping dates:

  • Dec. 14 - USPS Retail Ground® (excluding Alaska and Hawaii). 
  • Dec. 18 - First-Class Mail® Service to Alaska.
  • Dec. 19 - Priority Mail® Service to Alaska and Hawaii and last day for First-Class Mail® Service to Hawaii.
  • Dec. 20 - First-Class Mail® Service (excluding Alaska and Hawaii).
  • Dec. 21 - Priority Mail® Service for U.S (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) and Priority Mail Express® Service to Alaska and Hawaii. 
  • Dec. 23 - Last day for Priority Mail Express® Service (excluding Alaska and Hawaii)