Nothing worse than shopping online, finding that perfect gift, then realizing it’s too late to get it delivered by Christmas morning. With that in mind, I did the research and figured out the holiday shipping deadlines for FedEx, UPS, and the U.S. Postal Service. I also broke down the deadlines when shopping online at the big 3: Amazon, Walmart, and Target.

USPS

December 14th: USPS Retail Ground

December 18th: Alaska to Mainland 1st Class Mail

December 19th: Hawaii to Mainland 1st Class Mail and Priority Mail

December 19th: Alaska to Mainland Priority Mail

December 20th: 1st Class Mail

December 21st: Priority Mail

December 21st: Alaska/Hawaii to Mainland Priority Mail Express

December 23rd: Priority Mail Express Service

FedEx

December 9th: FedEx Smart Post

December 16th: Ground & Home Delivery

December 20th: FedEx 2Day and 2Day a.m.

December 23rd: Standard Overnight, Priority Overnight and First Overnight

December 25th: SameDay, SameDay City Direct, SameDay City Priority

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UPS

December 13th: UPS Ground

December 19th: UPS 3-Day Select

December 20th: UPS 2nd Day Air

December 22nd: UPS Express Critical

December 23rd: UPS Next Day Air

What About Amazon Prime Members?

Amazon has a slightly different holiday delivery schedule for it’s Prime members…

December 22nd: Last day for free Prime 2-day shipping.

December 23rd: Last day for free Prime 1-day shipping.

Non-Prime Members: Place your orders by December 18th and select 3-5 standard shipping.

It should be noted that these shipping dates from Amazon are highly weather dependent as a big storm could easily delay delivery until after Christmas.

Moral of the story: Shop early and not have to worry about it.

See Also: Amazon Prime Package Arrives Late? Here’s What You Can Get for FREE

What About Target and Walmart?

Glad you asked. Here is how their holiday shipping schedules currently break down:

Target

December 17th: 3-5 day Standard Shipping

December 20th: 2-Day Shipping (Contiguous U.S. Only)

December 23rd: Express Shipping (Contiguous U.S. Only)

Walmart

December 17th: 3-5 day Standard Shipping

December 20th: 2-Day Shipping (Contiguous U.S. Only)

December 23rd: Next Day Shipping (Contiguous U.S. Only)

Ask the Reader: When are you planning on wrapping up your holiday shopping this year?

By Kyle James