Last Minute Holiday Shipping

December 2006

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This week is the busiest of the year for package deliveries. For UPS, the week's activities will crest on Wednesday, December 20, when the company will handle more than 21 million packages worldwide through its network. That's about 240 packages every second.

Ralph Caldwell, the company's Peak Season spokesperson, says while it's getting to be crunch time, it's not too late to ship your packages.

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WE ACCEPT CHRISTMAS PACKAGES FOR GROUND SHIPPING AS LATE AS DECEMBER 21ST, DEPENDING ON DESTINATION. MOST GROUND PACKAGES WILL REACH THEIR DESTINATION IN ONE TO THREE BUSINESS DAYS, BUT TRANSIT TIMES DO VARY, SO BE SURE TO CHECK WITH YOUR SHIPPER ABOUT DEADLINES TO GET IT THERE IN TIME. TRUE PROCRASTINATORS CAN SHIP BY AIR AS LATE AS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21ST AND HAVE THEIR PACKAGES DELIVERED IN THE NICK OF TIME.

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Shippers should check www.ups.com to verify time-in-transit for their particular shipping destination.