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PHOENIX<\/strong> – With Christmas just days away, Arizonans are navigating packed parking lots and crowded post offices in a final scramble to complete their holiday<\/strong><\/a> to-do lists.<\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n At local U.S. Postal Service locations, customers expressed a mix of hope and resignation regarding shipping deadlines. While some shoppers, like Kim Sierka, are hoping last-minute gifts arrive by Christmas Eve, others have already accepted that their packages may arrive late.<\/p>\n “I just think people will be excited to get a package, even after Christmas,” said Erika Hunter, who was shipping gifts Friday. “Everything\u2019s over on the 25th. Well, now you got something coming on the 26th!”<\/p>\n The rush extends to Valley shopping centers, where retailers are seeing a massive influx of customers ahead of the final weekend before the holiday. Shoppers reported gridlocked parking lots and long checkout lines, leading store employees to ask for patience.<\/p>\n “Please don\u2019t take it out on the workers,” said Savannah, a retail employee. “We are just trying to get by.”<\/p>\n What’s next:<\/p>\n While the window for standard shipping has closed, major carriers continue to offer expedited services for those willing to pay a premium to ensure delivery by Dec. 25.<\/p>\n Click here<\/strong><\/a> for more information on holiday shipping deadlines.<\/p>\n Holidays<\/a>Consumer<\/a>Arizona<\/a>News<\/a>Phoenix<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX – With Christmas just days away, Arizonans are navigating packed parking lots and crowded post offices in…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":459742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,2436,7709,1588,50,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-459741","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-consumer","12":"tag-holidays","13":"tag-maricopa-county","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-phoenix","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115751199526592370","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}