Post Office releases Christmas deadlines

The Post Office says if you're sending Christmas cards or gifts off the Island, you'll need to do so soon.

Mail to armed forces personnel must be sent no later than Thursday November, 19 for operational BFPO addresses and November 26 to static addresses.

For UK family and friends, Island residents will have to post first class mail by Thursday, December 17 and Special Delivery or Parcelforce express24 by Monday, December 21.

And if you want to make sure your gifts and cards to on-Island addresses arrive by Christmas, you'll need to post them by Tuesday, December 22.