Your Guide to Sending Holiday Snail Mail

You still can’t send a package through the Internet, so as of next week all the major carriers will have Santa’s helpers in place to handle the huge volume of packages that go to and fro for the holidays.

Below is a list of holiday dates and a chart showing the United States Postal Service's drop-dead mailing dates to make sure your packages, boxes or bags (and cards, too) arrive at their destinations in time.

Holiday dates to keep in mind:

• First night of Hanukkah (Chanukah) - Dec. 20 at Sunset
• Christmas Eve - Dec. 24
• Christmas Day - Dec. 25
• Kwanzaa - Dec. 26, 2011 - Jan. 1, 2012

Domestic Mail Class

Deadline

FIRST CLASS MAIL®

DEC. 20

PRIORITY MAIL®

DEC. 21

EXPRESS MAIL®

DEC. 22 (Check with your local post office)

PARCEL POST®

DEC. 15

Military Mail Addressed To

Express Mail® Military Service

First-Class Mail® Letters/Cards

Priority Mail®

Parcel Airlift Mail

APO / FPO / DPO AE
(Iraq and Afghanistan)
ZIP 093

N/A

Dec. 3

Dec. 3

Dec. 1

APO / FPO / DPO AE
(all others)
ZIPs 090-092, 094-098, 340, 962-966

Dec. 17

Dec. 10

Dec. 10

Dec. 3

For a complete list of deadlines for shipping overseas, go to the USPS website, call 1-800-ASK-USPS (1-800-275-8777) or ask at .

The Hellertown Post Office, which is located at 660 Delaware Ave., has the following hours:

Mon - Fri, 8:30am to 5pm

Sat, 8:30am to noon

Sun, CLOSED

, which is located at 1866 Leithsville Road in Lower Saucon Township, has the following hours:

Mon - Thurs, 8am to 6:30pm

Fri, 8am to 6pm

Sat, 8am to 3pm

Sun, CLOSED