Christmas delivery deadlines

Yahoo have today run a small, but I thought, very useful piece which I thought I would put on my blog. No one wants to miss giving a Christmas present to family and friends due to the fact that it was not delivered on time, so below is a list of deadlines for posting parcels and letters to make sure that they are delivered before Christmas. (Arctic weather depending!)

Christmas dates

Beat the Christmas rush and the elbow digs in the post office and make sure you get your Xmas parcels signed, sealed and delivered in time for Christmas day. This means:

Getting your standard parcels posted by Wednesday 14th December
Your second class and recorded signed items in by Saturday 17th December
  • Your first class recorded signed for items in by Tuesday 20th December

    Avoid having a nightmare before Christmas by being organised and using the special delivery service, which offers delivery before Christmas if you post your items by:

    Thursday 22nd December, or
  • Friday 23rd December with a Saturday guarantee

    Christmas overseas

    For those of you with family or friends on further shores then keep in mind that international delivery in time for Christmas has a tighter schedule! (The reindeer have to travel further, you see):

    Airmail services to South & Central America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Far East (including Japan), Australia and New Zealand must be made by Monday 5th December
  • Get your parcels in by Friday 9th December  for Eastern Europe, USA and Canada
  • Get your parcels in by Monday 12th December for Western Europe

    So if you are ordering your pet portrait from us, please allow ten days for us to create it from placing your order and we need to post it to you by the 14th December using standard parcel post. So get your orders in prior to the 4th of December to avoid disappointment.

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