The U.S. Postal Service is expecting to ship a record number of packages during the holiday season. The shipments are on pace to increase 12% over last year, handling approximately 750 million packages.

The post office is pushing full throttle ahead with their annual holiday rush. They say this year is setting a record.

The United States Postal Service in Reno is putting in some overtime in the next couple weeks, to help with the holiday rush.