Christmas is once again upon us and as always ample delivery time is needed for ordering online for the holiday season. This year Christmas falls on a Wednesday, making Royal Mails last guaranteed post dates quite early, and that means Zen-oh-tee's last order dates are even earlier still.

As always make sure you order early to avoid disappointment, but please take extra care this year as I would hate for anyone to miss the cut off and not get their gifts in time.

Below is Zen-oh-tee's last order dates for pre-Christmas delivery, as always please remember that delivery is not guaranteed as delays can occur, I rely on Royal Mail and various other postal services around the world to get parcels delivered on time, so once it's left my hands we just have to trust that others will do their jobs. Some items are too big for the post box, so please make sure the address you give has someone available to receive a parcel.

Last order dates, any orders placed after these dates should expect delivery after Christmas

UK deliveries

Monday 16th December

Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg

Friday 13th December

Austria, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland

Wednesday 11th December

Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Italy, Poland, Sweden, USA

Monday 9th December

Australia, Greece, New Zealand and Turkey

Friday 6th December

Cyprus, Malta Wednesday 4 December Eastern Europe (except Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia)

Tuesday 3rd December

Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Central and South America, Far and Middle East

Monday 2nd December

Why are these post dates so early compared to Royal Mail's? You may not be aware but each item here at Zen-oh-tee is made to order, they are not readily available to just pull off a shelf and post. So each order needs time to be created and posted, which at such a busy time of year, the workload may be huge.

After each cut off date all orders will still be processed and posted as normal, and there is a possibility of delivery before Christmas, but I would suggest expecting delivery after Christmas and possibly even in the new year depending on when your order is placed.

Hopefully this gives everyone ample time to get their orders in for Christmas! And if not, well I've done my best. Good luck on your Christmas shopping and happy holidays from me here at Zen-oh-tee