Neither snow, nor rain, nor flood of gifts will stop the United States Postal Service from trying to get Christmas presents delivered on time. Though, the most wonderful time of the year is also its busiest. USPS it expects to deliver about 800 million packages during the holiday season. In total, the Postal Service will deliver nearly 13 billion letters, cards, and packages from Thanksgiving to New Year's Eve.

The Postal Service says it's ready to deliver holiday greetings and gifts to more than 159 million addresses nationwide. The busiest mailing week this season will be December 16 to 22, when more than 2.5 billion pieces of mail, including greeting cards and packages, are expected to be processed and delivered. December 16 is expected to be the busiest day for USPS with more than 8.5 million customers predicted to visit on that day alone.

But many employees in the location at Reno say even if the workload increases during this time of year, they're ready and excited for the holiday rush.

"Christmas is awesome, it's my favorite time of the year and I've been working a lot of hours here, and it's been fun." said employee Marlo Bartista.

Jeff Moline, USPS Reno Plant manager said, "I've been working with the postal service for 25 years. Every year I get excited. I love this time of year because getting the packages home is just important to us."

But Bartista says the job doesn't come without challenges. "Some of the packages are pretty big and you have to fold it sometimes. Some people wrap it in plastic and they're torn apart. Or sometimes you see a lot of packages and it doesn't go on the machine so you have to process it manually."

USPS is asking people to package their items properly to before dropping it off. You can learn more by clicking here.

USPS is also urging people to send packages by December 20 or send packages via Priority Mail Express by December 23 for it to be delivered on time for Christmas.

 

 

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