Make sure you send that letter to Santa Claus this week! An Post reminding customers of final postal dates for Christmas 2018
By Kim O'Leary
With just over a week to go until Christmas Day, people living in Co Kildare are being reminded to send their Christmas cards and presents to loved ones over the new few days with the final deadlines for postal delivery looming.
An Post has revealed those all-important post dates you need to know to ensure that your cards and presents get to locations across the world by December 25.
The company has released all the dates for Ireland, the North, Europe, the USA and the rest of the world this Christmas.
An Post's last postal dates from Ireland:
Sending to the Republic of Ireland
- Standard Post letters and parcels: December 20
- Registered Post: December 20
- Express Post: December 21
Sending to Northern Ireland
- Standard Post letters and parcels: December 19
- Registered Post: December 19
- Express Post: December 20
Sending to the rest of the UK
- Standard Post letters and parcels: December 18
- Registered Post: December 19
- Express Post: December 19
- International Courier Service: December 19
Sending to Europe
- Standard Post letters and parcels: December 18
- Standard Post parcels: December 12
- Registered Post: December 18
- Express Post: December 17
- International Courier Service: December 18
Sending to the USA
- Standard Post letters and parcels: December 10
- Standard Post parcels: December 7
- Registered Post: December 7
- Express Post: December 12
- International Courier Service: December 18
Customers are advised that international mail delivery times are estimates and subject to local postal operator delays.
For more information visit https://www.anpost.com/Post-Parcels/Sending/Christmas-2018/christmas-2018-postal-dates