Christmas ordering deadlines

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Get your order in plenty of time for Christmas 2008 by ordering early and choosing an appropriate shipping method.

United States orders

Before December 1: Our standard shipping is USPS First Class Mail for small orders and USPS Priority Mail for large orders.

Please allow 3 calendar days for standard shipping to the central states and 7 calendar days to the eastern and western states, Alaska and Hawaii.

December 5: Last day to ship orders to military (APO, FPO) addresses using USPS First Class and USPS Priority Mail.

December 1-9: Our standard shipping for all orders is USPS Priority Mail (3-7 days.) Get it faster: Pay instantly with a credit card or PayPal balance and choose Express (2-4 business days) or Next-day (1-2 business days.)

December 10-16: For delivery before Christmas, we strongly recommend instant payment with a credit card or PayPal balance and Express or Next-day shipping. Standard shipping is NOT reliable -- choose it only if you will not mind a possible after-Christmas delivery.

December 17-22: Instant payment with a credit card or PayPal balance and Next-day shipping is required for timely delivery. Please note that bad weather may delay cause unavoidable delays in delivery.

December 22: Last day to place an order for Christmas delivery.

International orders. To help control shipping costs, we use US Postal Service (USPS) Flat Rate shipping for any international order small enough to fit into a flat-rate envelope. Flat-rate shipping does not provide detailed tracking after the package is accepted by our Post Office. If you need tracking, we can ship your small order by regular USPS or UPS shipping for additional cost. Larger orders that cannot fit into a flat-rate envelope are always shipped by regular USPS or UPS shipping methods that provide detailed tracking.

Before December 9: Standard shipping is by USPS International Priority Mail (6-10 business days.) Get it faster -- Choose USPS International Express Mail (4-7 business days.)

December 10-16: USPS International Express Mail (4-7 business days) is required for timely delivery.

December 16: Last day to place an order for Christmas delivery.