The holidays are right around the corner, so now is the time to plan ahead if you’re shipping gifts.
USPS says the deadline for ground and First-Class Mail is about two weeks before Christmas. The Priority Mail deadline is December 18, but that does not include deliveries to Hawaii or Alaska.
FedEx recommends shipping between December 17 and 23, depending on the service you choose. UPS advises sending packages by December 19 for standard shipping to arrive by Christmas.

September 11, 2001 is a day most associate with terror and tragedy. Austin Pollack shares a story from that day about hope and persistence: the effort to save a little girl’s life – with an organ donation. The problem? The young patient was in Houston, and her life-saving liver here in Nashville. With the grounding of all civilian aircraft, how could it be done? “Nobody ever said this isn’t possible.”
- Rhori Johnston