ORLANDO, Fla. — As more and more people shop online this holiday season, the U.S. Postal Service wants to make sure packages arrive in time for the holidays.
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That’s why carriers will be out making early morning deliveries in many communities throughout Florida.
According to the Postal Service, between 850 million and 950 million packages will be delivered in time for the holidays.
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This year the Postal Service said it had converted 63,000 pre-career employees into career positions and hired more than 40,000 seasonal positions to help process and deliver the mail.
The Postal Service, which generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations, said since April it has made significant investments to process an additional 4.5 million packages each day.
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Traditionally the peak holiday delivery season is between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, with the estimated number of cards and packages delivered at more than 12 billion nationwide.
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