Left Christmas shopping til the last minute? Don't panic! We've rounded up the last posting dates for Christmas 2021. You still have time to get your gifts and cards signed sealed and delivered.
Remember: certain supermarkets sell toys, Argos is part of Sainsbury's, too, so you can click and collect presents there. If not, Amazon offers same-day delivery, as do Selfridges (if you are in London) and there are always e-gift cards.
Use our Christmas Countdown for more helpful dates, deadlines and must-dos for getting ready for festivities.
Christmas posting last dates: cut-off dates
We've listed retailers in alphabetical order to make life easier. Here you can find Next Day delivery dates as well as Click & Collect when applicable and, of course, Standard Delivery.
Royal Mail Christmas posting dates
- Royal Mail 2nd Class: Saturday, 18th December
- Royal Mail 1st Class: Tuesday, December 21st
- Royal Mail special delivery: Thursday, December 23rd
- Royal Mail Tracked 24*: 22nd December ?
If you want to send sned post internationally, many of the deadlines have now passed. Thursday, December 16 is the deadline for Austria, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, and Switzerland.
Saturday, December 18 is the cut-off date for Belgium, France, and Luxembourg.
Hermes Christmas posting dates
- Last day for courier collection: Saturday 19 December
- Last day for Standard Parcelshop drop-off: 12pm 21st December
- Last day for Next Day drop-off: 12pm 22nd December
For more information, visit the Hermes website.
Amazon Christmas posting dates
Note: these dates are for Prime members only.
- One-Day Delivery: 23rd December
- Same-Day Delivery: 24th December
- Grocery: 24th December
- eGift Cards: 25th December
When you're shopping, it should tell you when the item is expected to arrive, so you can make sure it's going to come in time before clicking 'buy'. If you're not a Prime member, you can still nab free shipping on orders over £20.
Gifts and homeware Christmas posting dates
- Amara: Standard Delivery: 6 pm 17th December
- Anthropologie:UK Standard Delivery: 7pm 19th December, Express Delivery: 6pm 21st December
- Argos: No date released yet, but Argos offers same-day delivery on some gifts, or in-store collection – perfect for last-minute toy shopping!
- Cox & Cox: No guarantee for deliveries placed from 1st December to arrive before Chrstimas red from the 1st December onwards will arrive before Christmas. All orders placed before this time will arrive as planned.
- Cuckooland: No date released yet
- Dunelm: Standard Delivery: on or before 17th December.
- Furniture Choice: No date released but you can shop the 'in time for Christmas' range
- Groupon: Varies depending on seller
- Habitat: No date released yet for standard delivery.
- House of Fraser:
- IWOOT: Standard Delivery, Click & Collect, InPost Lockers or Eco Delivery: on or before 15th December.
- John Lewis: Standard: 7pm 18th December. Named Day: 8pm 22nd December. Click & Collect: 8pm 22nd December
- La Redoute: Standard: 19th December
- Made.com: No date released yet
- Oliver Bonas: Standard: Order by 3:30pm, Monday 20th December, Next Day delivery not available
- Selfridges: Standard: 6pm Sunday 19 December, Next Day: 9pm 22 December,
Same day: 12pm 23 December - Swyft: Standard: December 22nd
- The Range: Regular Express Delivery: 21st December Saver Delivery: 20th December, Order & Collect: 20th December
- The White Company: Standard and Collect PLus: Midnight 19th December.
- Wayfair: Varies depending on seller
Electrical and appliance Christmas posting dates
- Amazon: One-Day Delivery: 23rd December
- AO.com: Not date released yet – next day delivery available
- Appliances Direct: Next Day: 23rd December (small), 22rd December (medium), 22nd December (large items).
- Argos: Not date released yet – same-day delivery and click and collect available
- Currys: Standard: 7pm on 20th December, Collect: 5pm on 24th December
- eBay: Varies depending on seller
- John Lewis: Standard: 7pm 18th December. Named Day: 8pm 22nd December. Click & Collect: 8pm 22nd December
- Selfridges:Standard: 6pm Sunday 19 December, Next Day: 9pm 22 December, Same day: 12pm 23 December
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