A FedEx worker wears a face mask while loading a truck on Fifth Avenue in NYC.(Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images) Time is running out for gift-givers to get their packages delivered by Christmas Day.
FedEx, USPS and UPS said Dec. 15 is the recommended deadline for people to choose ground delivery to ship their gifts in order to have delivered by Christmas Day in the United States.
FedEx said after Dec. 15, customers should probably pay for freight, overnight or 2-day shipping. The last option would be same-day delivery in the same city on Dec.
25.“We are warmed up for what we’re calling the ship-a-thon,” said Brie Carere, chief marketing and communications officer at FedEx. “Like everything else in 2020, this is going to be an unprecedented.