Dear Present Procrastinators: Ship That Holiday Gift, Now

A driver with FedEx carries a package away from a van in Seattle on Dec. 8, 2020. A huge increase in online shopping this year has demand for package delivery exceeding capacity this holiday season and stretching the delivery supply chain thin.

Ted S. Warren / AP

A week remains until Christmas, and if you haven’t ordered all of your holiday gifts yet, it may be too late to ship them in time.

A huge increase in online shopping this year has demand for package delivery exceeding capacity this holiday season and stretching the delivery supply chain thin.

The deluge of packages has many package sorting, distribution and delivery workers at the U.S. Postal Service, FedEx, UPS and Amazon busier than they have ever been before.