You better hurry! Holiday shipping and mailing deadlines are here

Still have Christmas presents you need to order?

You better hurry! Sunday and Monday are the last days you can get free shipping from Amazon if you’re a Prime member. If you’re not a member, it’s too late.

Here are the dates you need to know if you want your package to arrive before Dec. 25:

Amazon

For Prime members:

Sunday, Dec. 22 - Last Day for Free Delivery. No minimum purchase.

Monday, Dec. 23 - Last Day for One-Day Delivery. No minimum purchase.

USPS

Domestic Mail (excluding Alaska & Hawaii)

Priority Mail Express Service - Monday, Dec. 23

UPS

If you want your gifts to arrive by Christmas Eve, here are the last days to ship UPS recommends.

UPS Next Day Air - Monday, Dec. 23

To learn about the different shopping options and prices, visit ups.com

FedEx

These are the last days you can ship a package if you want them to arrive by or on Christmas.

FedEx First Overnight, FedEx Priority Overnight, FedEx Standard Overnight and FedEx 1 Day Freight - Monday, Dec. 23

FedEx SameDay City Direct, FedEx SameDay City Priority and FedEx SameDay - Wednesday, Dec. 25

To learn about the different shipping options and prices, visit fedex.com

This story was originally published December 9, 2019 at 11:09 AM.

Michelle Marchante

Miami Herald

305-376-2708

Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow.  Support my work with a digital subscription