It's the Busiest Week of the Year

The Postal Service is ready for its busiest week of the holiday season.

The organization predicts it will deliver about 200 million packages and almost three billion pieces of First-Class Mail — including greeting cards — during the week of December 17.

Overall, USPS plans to deliver about 15 billion mailpieces and more than 900 million packages during the 40-day stretch between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day.

In addition to more deliveries and bigger crowds at Post Offices, USPS is preparing for more customers online. The organization predicts usps.com will have its busiest day of the season December 17, when the site is expected to receive eight million customers, including 400,000 Click-N-Ship users.

To keep things moving this season, USPS hired extra help, boosted transportation capacity and expanded Sunday package deliveries in several markets.

Additionally, the organization is encouraging customers to use Informed Delivery, a free feature that allows consumers to view incoming mail, track packages and reschedule deliveries.

No matter what the week brings, employees will get the job done.