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Post offices in pre-Christmas frenzy

  • A postwoman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post sorts mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group, transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
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    A postwoman of Deutsche Post sorts mail at a sorting office in Berlin

    A postwoman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post sorts mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group, transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
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  • A postman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post sorts mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group, transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
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    A postman of Deutsche Post sorts mail at a sorting office in Berlin

    A postman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post sorts mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group, transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
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  • Sabine Standke, 32-year-old postwoman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post, sorts mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group, transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
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    Postwoman Standke of Deutsche Post sorts mail at a sorting office in Berlin

    Sabine Standke, 32-year-old postwoman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post, sorts mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group, transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
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  • Sabine Standke, 32-year-old postwoman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post, sorts mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group, transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
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    Postwoman Standke of Deutsche Post sorts mail at a sorting office in Berlin

    Sabine Standke, 32-year-old postwoman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post, sorts mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group, transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
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  • Sabine Standke, 32-year-old postwoman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post, pushes a trolley with mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group, transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
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    Postwoman Standke of Deutsche Post pushes a trolley with mail at a sorting office in Berlin

    Sabine Standke, 32-year-old postwoman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post, pushes a trolley with mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group, transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
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  • Transport boxes are pictured next to a postman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post who is sorting mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group, transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
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    Transport boxes are pictured next to a Deutsche Post postman in Berlin

    Transport boxes are pictured next to a postman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post who is sorting mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group, transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
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  • A postwoman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post sorts mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group, transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
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    A postwoman of Deutsche Post sorts mail in Berlin

    A postwoman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post sorts mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group, transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
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  • Sabine Standke, 32-year-old postwoman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post, sorts mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
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    Postwoman Standke of Deutsche Post sorts mail in Berlin

    Sabine Standke, 32-year-old postwoman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post, sorts mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
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  • Sabine Standke, 32-year-old postwoman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post, sorts mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
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    Postwoman Standke of the Deutsche Post sorts mail in Berlin

    Sabine Standke, 32-year-old postwoman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post, sorts mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
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  • A man carries mail at a post office of Portugal's CTT in Lisbon December 4, 2013. Portugal's government has set the price in the privatisation of postal service CTT at 5.52 euros a share, at the top of its previously announced range, meaning the state should raise 580 million euros ($786 million) from the stock offering. REUTERS/Hugo Correia (PORTUGAL - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)
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    A man carries mail at a post office of Portugal's CTT in Lisbon

    A man carries mail at a post office of Portugal's CTT in Lisbon December 4, 2013. Portugal's government has set the price in the privatisation of postal service CTT at 5.52 euros a share, at the top of its previously announced range, meaning the state should raise 580 million euros ($786 million) from the stock offering. REUTERS/Hugo Correia (PORTUGAL - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)
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A postwoman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post sorts mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group, transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
A postman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post sorts mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group, transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
Sabine Standke, 32-year-old postwoman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post, sorts mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group, transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
Sabine Standke, 32-year-old postwoman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post, sorts mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group, transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
Sabine Standke, 32-year-old postwoman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post, pushes a trolley with mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group, transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
Transport boxes are pictured next to a postman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post who is sorting mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group, transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
A postwoman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post sorts mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group, transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
Sabine Standke, 32-year-old postwoman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post, sorts mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
Sabine Standke, 32-year-old postwoman of the German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post, sorts mail at a sorting office in Berlin's Mitte district, December 4, 2013. Deutsche Post, the world's number one postal and logistics group transported around 18 billion letters in 2012. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
A man carries mail at a post office of Portugal's CTT in Lisbon December 4, 2013. Portugal's government has set the price in the privatisation of postal service CTT at 5.52 euros a share, at the top of its previously announced range, meaning the state should raise 580 million euros ($786 million) from the stock offering. REUTERS/Hugo Correia (PORTUGAL - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)

With the holidays in full swing, postal workers in North America and Europe are working in overdrive to try and get all the last-minute cards and packages delivered. If you put anything in the mail after today, you'll probably find yourself out of luck!