Avoid Holiday Rush

Christmas is coming soon and I'm getting ready with my shopping list. I need to shop for gifts for our friends and their kids who live in different parts of the country and Canada. I usually get their gifts earlier than the others and send them right away in shipping boxes to avoid the holiday rush and crowded post office. It pays to be prompt in sending these boxes because I hate to stand in long lines at the post office and worse, with an impatient toddler.