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Busiest day of the year for Postal Service

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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Americans will entrust more than 15.2 billion pieces of mail with the U.S. Postal Service from Thanksgiving to Christmas. This Monday, Dec. 17, is anticipated to be the busiest mailing day for holiday packages, cards and letters with volumes to reach an estimated 658 million pieces on that day.

As the U.S. Postal Service prepares for its busiest mailing day of the year, shop­pers are scrambling to send their holiday gifts and cards in time for Christmas. Here are the recommended mail-by dates:

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