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There is no single last day to ship for Christmas.

The date depends on the carrier, the service level, where it starts, where it is going, and for anything crossing a border, customs.

Christmas Day falls on a Friday this year. Some carriers have published their holiday schedules and some have not, which is exactly why a plan built on last year's dates is only a guess.

The more useful approach: treat published deadlines as the latest recommended planning point rather than a target, and ship earlier whenever you can. As the date gets closer, the slower services stop being options, and you end up choosing on speed alone.

Shipping deadlines move. A good plan doesn't have to. Bookmark our holiday shipping guide for the weeks ahead: https://www.postnet.com/blog/holiday-shipping-deadlines/

Bring us the destination and the date it needs to arrive, and we will compare all major carriers for that specific package.

A label is one of the simplest ways to put your name on something you didn't manufacture.

Plain boxes, blank bags, unbranded jars, generic mailers. A label turns any of them into packaging that belongs to you.

And they can do a lot more than packaging. Product labels, mailing and return address labels, event labels, name tags, brand stickers and even organization labels can all be customized for your use case.

For the holidays, that flexibility becomes especially useful. A seal on a gift box, a label on a jar, a sticker closing a bag. One small piece can make something simple feel finished and unmistakably yours.

Custom sizes and shapes are available, and short turnaround is too!

The most important thing at your fundraiser might be the paddle numbers.

Great programs set the tone. But it’s the less glamorous pieces that keep the night running:

📖 Programs guests reference all night
🪧 Table numbers, signs + directions
🔢 Paddle numbers, item cards + bid sheets
🎪 Event banners that make it into every photo
💌 Donor thank-you cards ready to send after the event

And when the auction ends? Those items still need to reach their winners. Framed art, glassware, gift baskets and more, packed properly and shipped with care.

Fall is full of community events, and they run on the details nobody notices until they’re missing.

Save this checklist now. Thank yourself when someone asks where the bid sheets are.

Fall fundraiser season is starting, and most of what an event needs is printed, packed, or both.

On the print side: paddle numbers, table signs, programs, donor thank-you cards, and a banner that shows up in every photo taken that night.

On the shipping side: auction items that have to reach the winner in one piece. Framed art, glassware, signed memorabilia, gift baskets — packed properly and quoted across carriers.

Running a gala, auction or school event this fall? Give us a call, and we’ll help organize the print and shipping pieces around your timeline.

Week one of a new business tends to go the same way.

The sign isn't up. The cards are ordered. And someone asks for a brochure that doesn't exist yet.

Ordering the kit in one pass fixes most of it — cards, brochure, flyers, banner, window graphics, folders, thank-you cards. Less back-and-forth, and everything matches because it was designed together.

Opening this fall? Tell us what you're launching and we'll build the list with you.

A new business gets judged on its materials before anyone has used the product.

Ten pieces cover it: business cards, brochures, flyers, postcards, banners, yard signs, window graphics, presentation folders, business forms and thank-you cards.

Ordered together, all ten match. Ordered one at a time as each need appears, they usually don't.

The full breakdown: https://www.postnet.com/blog/printed-materials-every-new-business-should-have/