With Christmas just five days away, ecommerce businesses and late shoppers are now in a mad scramble to ship packages to ensure that holiday gifts are received just in time.
For last-minute shoppers, there's still time to ship gifts for your loved ones, but make sure to take note of the following cutoff dates for Christmas delivery shipping. Knowing these Christmas shipping deadlines will help you avoid delays.
Amazon Shipping Deadline
Two-Day (Free with Prime): Thursday, Dec. 22.
One-Day: Friday, Dec. 23.
Same-Day Delivery (Free with Prime): Saturday, Dec. 24, 9:30 a.m.
Two-Hour Delivery (Free with Prime): Saturday, Dec. 24, 9:30 p.m.
Walmart Shipping Deadline
Two-Day Shipping for Toys (Free): Wednesday, Dec. 21
Rush Delivery: Thursday, Dec. 22, noon
Dell Shipping Deadline
Expedited: Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 2 p.m. Central time
Express: Thursday, Dec. 22 at 2 p.m. Central time
Best Buy Shipping Deadline
Standard: Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 10:30 a.m. Central time
United States Postal Service Holiday Cutoff Dates
Priority Mail: Wednesday, Dec. 21
Priority Mail Express: Friday, Dec. 23
FedEx Last Days To Ship
FedEx 2-Day: Wednesday, Dec. 21
FedEx Standard Overnight, Priority Overnight, First Overnight: Thursday, Dec. 22
FedEx SameDay (Standard): Friday, Dec. 23
FedEx SameDay (Priority): Sunday, Dec. 25
Newegg Shipping Deadline
2-Day Shipping: Wednesday, Dec. 21
1-Day Shipping: Thursday, Dec. 22
Will-Call Pickup: CA, IN, and NJ only. Friday, Dec. 23
UPS Year-End Holiday Schedule
UPS 2-Day: Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 4 p.m.
UPS Next Day: Thursday, Dec. 22 at 4 p.m.
