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December 17, 2007

Packing it up, but not in, at the post office / Photo

Journal photo / Frieda Squires
Dot Speakman, sales and service associate at the main U.S. Post Office, Corliss Street, Providence, puts mailing labels on a package for a customer this morning.

Last-minute holiday cards and packages have almost three-quarters of a million people working to get them delivered.

Nearly one billion pieces of mail are entering posts offices across the country today, the busiest day of the year for the U.S. Postal Service – that’s about 300 million more items than a typical day.

To help move the holiday parcels along, 700,000 postal workers and more than 200,000 trucks are on the job.

“Our employees are working tirelessly to make sure cards and presents arrive on time for the holidays,” Pat Donahoe, deputy postmaster general and COO of the USPS said in a statement.

If you want to get cards out by Christmas, First Class and Priority mail should be sent by Dec. 20 – that’s this Thursday – and Express Mail by Saturday.

For more options, visit the USPS Web site.

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