Today is the last day to post to European countries if you want your parcel to arrive before Christmas day.
With many of us having family and friends living over seas there will be a huge amount of gifts being sent via post rather than being exchanged in person on Christmas day.
Having loved ones living in other countries myself, I like to keep an eye on the final posting dates to countries outside of Ireland when Christmas rolls around.
The final posting dates were released by An Post last month.
While you can send both cards and parcels all the way up to December 20 for Ireland if you want your loved ones to receive their gifts in time for Christmas you may want to leg it to the post office!
The final posting date for the United States has come and gone but you still have time to get parcels out to Europe and the UK.
Final posting dates for Christmas are:
Ireland
Standard Post Letters & Parcels
December 20, 2018
Express Post
December 21, 2018
Northern Ireland
Standard Post Letters & Parcels
December 19, 2018
Express Post
December 20, 2018
United Kingdom
Standard Post Letters & Parcels
December 18, 2018
Express Post
December 19, 2018
Rest of Europe
Standard Post Letters
December 18, 2018
Standard Post Parcels
December 12, 2018
United States
Standard Post Letters
December 10, 2018
Standard Post Parcels
December 07, 2018
Rest of the World
Standard Post Letters & Parcels
December 07, 2018
Express Post
December 10, 2018
