Shipping

Holiday Ordering Information

Our products will continue to be produced and shipped in our normal service times throughout the holiday season.

To help you plan, and set expectations for your clients, we have put together some dates that will help ensure packages arrive in time for your holiday and Christmas deadlines. H&H service time does not include carrier transit time, so it is important to allow for possible irregular and slower deliveries from shipping carriers during the holiday season.

2026 Holiday Order Dates

These dates are when we need to receive your orders to allow for normal H&H in-house service time plus the carrier’s published Holiday scheduled transit time. It is important to consider the shipping transit time when placing your orders to allow for possible irregular and slower deliveries from shipping carriers during the holiday season. In some cases, you may want to consider upgrading your shipping.

Mon, Nov 30
Album Design
Acrylic Album Covers
Fri, Dec 4
Acrylic Prints & Acrylic Blocks
Framed Prints – any type
Mon, Dec 7
Album Design Approval
Blankets
Wed, Dec 9
Albums / Pano Books / Press Books
Banners / Wall Clings
Mon, Dec 14
Schools & Sports
Schools & Sports (Ship to Home – USPS)
Order early

We encourage you to order early, even before our deadline dates, to ensure delivery by the holidays. And don’t hesitate to reach out to us with any concerns, questions, or suggestions.

December 2026

Order must be received at H&H Christmas Day
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Nov29
Monday
Nov30
  • Album Design
  • Acrylic Album Covers
1
2
3
Friday
Dec4
  • Acrylic Prints & Acrylic Blocks
  • Framed Prints – any type
5
6
Monday
Dec7
  • Album Design Approval
  • Blankets
8
Wednesday
Dec9
  • Albums / Pano Books / Press Books
  • Banners / Wall Clings
10
11
12
13
Monday
Dec14
  • Schools & Sports
  • Schools & Sports (Ship to Home – USPS)
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
Friday
Dec25
Christmas
26
27
28
29
30
31
Jan1
Jan2

Album design service

If you are using our design service for albums, the following dates apply for design approval:

November 30

Design form and images must be submitted if you are ordering any type of Album or Photographic Pano Book.

December 7

Designs must be approved if you are ordering a Cincotta Album, Gallery Album, Leather Wrap or Guest Book Album, as well as Photographic Pano Books.

Upgraded shipping

Upgraded shipping can be checked in hhstudio at the time you place your order.

FedEx Standard Overnight

You can easily check a box in hhstudio and request your order to be upgraded to FedEx Standard Overnight shipping service.

FedEx Standard Overnight is a next-day shipping service that is scheduled to arrive by 3:00 pm, the next afternoon. You may want to upgrade to this when the regular default shipping service used by H&H for your account will not arrive at your doorstep in time to meet a special needs order. Examples could be last–minute holiday orders or other special rush service requests.

H&H does not automatically upgrade default shipping services to expedite orders for Christmas. So be sure to request Standard Overnight for those orders you must have before Christmas when ground or 2-day shipping services will not assure delivery in the time you need.

Here is some important information about this hhstudio feature:

  • Your invoice will reflect the extra charge for this upgraded shipping service.
  • Charges are calculated by weight, box dimensions, and zone.
  • We will package your order in a “right-sized” box, but shipping carrier’s rules default to the dimension of the box, not the weight of the package. (whichever is greater). So, a product that only weighs 4 or 5 pounds, could be charged at a much higher dimensional weight based on the actual size of the product and box needed for safe shipping.
  • Although your cost is calculated and based on our discounted rates, be aware that air shipping can be expensive.
  • Exclusions apply to these products:
    acrylic prints and blocksblanketslenticulars
  • If your zone is not available for FedEx Standard Overnight, to meet your expedited shipping service request, the order will be upgraded and charged Priority Overnight to make sure it arrives per your request.
  • For other FedEx service changes, (2-day air; Priority Overnight or Sat Delivery) please contact customer service.

2026 carrier holiday deadlines

This information is provided to help determine if you should request FedEx Standard Overnight shipping. For your convenience, we are including links to holiday shipping guidelines from FedEx, USPS, and UPS. Based on this information, you can determine if you should request overnight shipping to assure the order arrives at your doorstep before Christmas.

FedEx

Scheduled to arrive by December 24, 2026

ServiceLast day
FedEx Ground® EconomyTue, Dec 15
FedEx Ground® & Home Delivery®
5 day transitThu, Dec 17
4 day transitFri, Dec 18
3 day transitMon, Dec 21
2 day transitTue, Dec 22
1 day transitWed, Dec 23
FedEx Express Saver®Mon, Dec 21
FedEx 2Day® & 2Day® AMTue, Dec 22
FedEx First Overnight®, Priority Overnight®, Standard Overnight®, Extra HoursWed, Dec 23
FedEx SameDay®Thu, Dec 24

USPS

Recommended send-by dates for expected delivery before December 25

ServiceLower 48AK, HI, PR & territories
USPS Ground Advantage®Thu, Dec 17Wed, Dec 16
First-Class Mail®Thu, Dec 17Thu, Dec 17
Priority Mail®Fri, Dec 18Fri, Dec 18
Priority Mail Express®Sat, Dec 19Sat, Dec 19

UPS

Last days to ship for Christmas delivery

ServiceLast day
UPS® Ground / Ground SaverVaries by origin and destination; check the UPS Time and Cost Calculator for your ZIP code pairTypically Dec 16–18
UPS 3 Day Select®Dec 19
UPS 2nd Day Air®Dec 22
UPS Next Day Air®Dec 23