Last recommended posting dates for Christmas:

Tuesday 20 December 2011 - Second Class Recorded Delivery

Wednesday 21 December 2011 - First Class Recorded Delivery

Thursday 22 December 2011 - Special Delivery

Monday 5 December 2011 - South and Central America, Caribbean, Middle East, Africa, Asia, Far East (including Japan), Australia and New Zealand.

Friday 9 December 2011 - Eastern Europe, USA and Canada.

Monday 12 December 2011 - Western Europe.

BFPO

Friday 2 December 2011 - Airmail to Operational BFPOs

Thursday 15 December 2011 - Airmail to Static BFPOs.

Please note these are dates provided by Royal Mail and do not guarantee delivery by Christmas.