{"id":64399,"date":"2018-10-10T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-where-did-the-time-go-holidays-are-just-around-the-corner\/"},"modified":"2018-10-10T08:32:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T12:32:18","slug":"a-donde-se-ha-ido-el-tiempo-los-dias-festivos-estan-a-la-vuelta-de-la-esquina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/a-donde-se-ha-ido-el-tiempo-los-dias-festivos-estan-a-la-vuelta-de-la-esquina\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Did the Time Go? Holidays are Just Around the Corner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WASHINGTON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 10, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; The calendar says October, and you&#8217;re contemplating fall-related items, such as pumpkin spiced anything, seasonal festivals, or what to wear for Halloween. The holidays seem so far away, but they&#8217;ll be here before you know it. With that in mind, the U.S. Postal Service has the mailing deadlines for the expected delivery of cards and gifts to your loved ones this holiday season.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg911fleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg911fleft\" title=\"  \" border=\"0\" alt=\"  \" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/645058\/US_Postal_Service_Logo.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><b>2018 Holiday Shipping Deadlines<br \/><\/b>The Postal Service recommends the following mailing and shipping deadlines for expected delivery by <span class=\"xn-chron\">Dec. 25<\/span> to Air\/Army Post Office\/Fleet Post Office\/Diplomatic Post Office and domestic addresses*:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 6<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 APO\/FPO\/DPO (all ZIP Codes) USPS Retail Ground<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Dec. 4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 APO\/FPO\/DPO (<b>ZIP Code 093 only<\/b>) Priority Mail<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> and First-Class Mail<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Dec. 11\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 APO\/FPO\/DPO (all other ZIP Codes) Priority Mail and First-Class Mail <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-chron\">Dec. 14<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 USPS Retail Ground <\/li>\n<li>Dec. 18\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 APO\/FPO\/DPO (<b>except ZIP Code 093<\/b>) USPS Priority Mail Express<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-chron\">Dec. 20<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 First-Class Mail (including greeting cards) <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-chron\">Dec. 20<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 First-class packages (up to 15.99 ounces) <\/li>\n<li>Dec. 20\u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 \u00a0Hawaii to mainland Priority Mail and First-Class Mail <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-chron\">Dec. 20<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 Priority Mail <\/li>\n<li>Dec. 20\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 <span class=\"xn-location\">Alaska<\/span> to mainland Priority Mail and First-Class Mail <\/li>\n<li>Dec. 22\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 <span class=\"xn-location\">Alaska<\/span> to mainland Priority Mail Express <\/li>\n<li>Dec. 22\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 <span class=\"xn-location\">Hawaii<\/span> to mainland Priority Mail Express <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-chron\">Dec. 22<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 Priority Mail Express<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*Not a guarantee, unless otherwise noted. Dates are for estimated delivery before <span class=\"xn-chron\">December 25<\/span>. Actual delivery date may vary depending on origin, destination, Post Office acceptance date and time and other conditions. Some restrictions apply. For Priority Mail Express\u00ae shipments mailed <span class=\"xn-chron\">December 22 through December 25<\/span>, the money-back guarantee applies only if the shipment was not delivered, or delivery was not attempted, within two (2) business days.<\/p>\n<p><b>Busiest Mailing and Delivery Days<br \/><\/b>Thanks to more people shopping earlier and shopping online, the Postal Service&#8217;s &#8220;busiest day&#8221; notion is now a thing of the past. Instead, the Postal Service now has a busiest time, and it starts two weeks before Christmas. Beginning the week of <span class=\"xn-chron\">Dec. 10<\/span>, customer traffic is expected to increase and the Postal Service expects to deliver nearly 200 million packages <b>per week<\/b> during these two weeks. The week of <span class=\"xn-chron\">Dec. 17-23<\/span> is predicted to be the busiest mailing, shipping and delivery week. During this week alone, the Postal Service expects to process and deliver nearly 3 billion pieces of First-Class Mail, including greeting cards. <\/p>\n<p><b>Skip the Trip and Ship Online<br \/><\/b>Consumers don&#8217;t even have to leave home to ship their packages, simply visit <i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usps.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">usps.com<\/a><\/i>. The Postal Service anticipates <span class=\"xn-chron\">Dec. 17<\/span> will be the Postal Service&#8217;s busiest day <b>online<\/b> with more than 8 million consumers predicted to visit <i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usps.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">usps.com<\/a><\/i> for help shipping that special holiday gift. It&#8217;s predicted that nearly 105 million consumers will visit the USPS website between Thanksgiving and New Year&#8217;s Day. And <i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usps.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">usps.com<\/a> <\/i>is always open.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s estimated nearly 400,000 consumers will use the <i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usps.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click-N-Ship<\/a><\/i><sup>\u00ae<\/sup> feature and other online services on <span class=\"xn-chron\">Dec. 17<\/span> to order free Priority Mail boxes, print shipping labels, purchase postage and even request free next-day Package Pickup. <\/p>\n<p><b>New for this Year<br \/><\/b>Packages and cards have been sent on time, now what? <i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/informeddelivery.usps.com\/box\/pages\/intro\/start.action\" rel=\"nofollow\">USPS Informed Delivery<\/a><\/i>\u2122 is the Postal Service&#8217;s free daily digital preview of what&#8217;s coming to your mailbox. This holiday season, not only can you manage your packages and sneak a peek at cards headed your way, you can also see some exterior images of magazines and catalogs \u2014 all from your mobile app, dashboard, tablet or computer. <i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/informeddelivery.usps.com\/box\/pages\/intro\/start.action\" rel=\"nofollow\">Informed Delivery<\/a><\/i>\u2122 is one more way the Postal Service is helping you anticipate, communicate and celebrate this holiday season. <\/p>\n<p>Additional news and information, including all domestic, international and military mailing and shipping deadlines, can be found at the Postal Service Holiday Newsroom: <i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/about.usps.com\/holidaynews\/?utm_source=direct-vanity-url&amp;utm_medium=vanityurl&amp;utm_term=Direct%20vanity%20URL&amp;utm_campaign=Holiday%20news%20vanity%20URL\" rel=\"nofollow\">usps.com\/holidaynews<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.<\/p>\n<p><b>Please Note:<\/b> For U.S. Postal Service media resources, including broadcast quality video and audio and photo stills, visit the <i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/about.usps.com\/news\/welcome.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">USPS Newsroom<\/a><\/i>. Follow us on <i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usps\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uspostalservice\" rel=\"nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/uspsstamps\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pinterest<\/a><\/i>, and <i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/usps\" rel=\"nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/i>. Subscribe to the <i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/uspstv\/custom\" rel=\"nofollow\">USPS YouTube Channel<\/a><\/i>, like us on <i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/usps\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook<\/a><\/i> and enjoy our <i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uspsblog.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Postal Posts blog<\/a><\/i>. For more information about the Postal Service, visit usps.com and <i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/facts.usps.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">facts.usps.com<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>More USPS holiday news, including shipping deadlines and Santa mail, can be found at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/about.usps.com\/holidaynews\/?utm_source=newsrelease&amp;utm_campaign=holiday2016\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>usps.com\/holidaynews<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For reporters interested in speaking with a regional Postal Service public relations professional, please go to <i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/about.usps.com\/news\/media-contacts\/usps-local-media-contacts.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">about.usps.com\/news\/media-contacts\/usps-local-media-contacts.pdf<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Contact: <span class=\"xn-person\">Kim Frum<\/span><br \/><i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:kimberly.a.frum@usps.gov\" rel=\"nofollow\">kimberly.a.frum@usps.gov<\/a> <br \/><\/i><i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/about.usps.com\/news\/welcome.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">usps.com\/news<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/645058\/US_Postal_Service_Logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/645058\/US_Postal_Service_Logo.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  U.S. Postal Service<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WASHINGTON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 10, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; The calendar says October, and you&#8217;re contemplating fall-related items, such as pumpkin spiced anything, seasonal festivals, or what to wear for Halloween. The holidays seem so far away, but they&#8217;ll be here before you know it. With that in mind, the U.S. Postal Service has the mailing deadlines for the expected delivery of cards and gifts to your loved ones this holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;div id=&quot;prni_dvprnejpg911fleft&quot; style=&quot;WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left&quot;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-familia-y-vida"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}