With the winter holidays looming, retailers and delivery services are urging consumers to act fairly soon if they want their packages to arrive in time for Hannukah (Dec. 11), Kwanzaa (Dec. 19), and Christmas (Dec. 25). To give you a heads up, we scoured the deadlines of dozens of retailers, then checked FedEx, The U.S. Postal Service, and UPS for their schedules, too.
If you’d like to take advantage of the free shipping deals that many merchants are dangling this season, be aware that the freebies typically pertain to orders made via standard ground delivery. Such deliveries can reach their destination in as few as three business days (Saturdays and Sundays don’t count) from the time they’re leave the warehouse to as long as 12 days, depending on the merchant and the destination. Don’t forget to allow an additional day or two for your order to be processed before it actually leaves the warehouse. If an item’s backordered, all bets are off.
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