Pick the service most of your orders ship with, enter your handling time, and get the last day customers can order for Christmas delivery, plus a line to paste on your store. Nothing you enter is sent or stored.

Carrier and service UPS Ground depends on the route; check UPS's time in transit for your lanes.

Handling time (business days) From order to carrier scan, in peak season.

Buffer (business days) One day covers a missed pickup.

This calculator needs JavaScript. The carrier dates and the method are in our 2026 holiday shipping deadlines guide.

How it works

Your cutoff is the carrier's last day to ship, minus your handling time, minus a buffer, counting business days only. Carrier dates come from USPS, FedEx and UPS schedules published or reported in late October 2026; see the holiday deadlines guide for sources.