If you were thinking this is the week to finally mail
out your Christmas cards or make a gift purchase online then you're
not alone.
   
Canada Post expects Thursday will be its busiest day of the year.
   
And FedEx is targeting Monday globally as its highest-volume day
of 2012.
   
Canada Post estimates the holiday rush will see it deliver about
one billion cards, letters and packages.
   
About nine million kilograms of mail will be delivered via Canada
Post from outside the country.
   
Northwest of downtown Toronto is Canada Post's largest parcel
processing plant, where workers are lining conveyor belts around the
clock to handle the non-stop flood of holiday packages.
   
(The Canadian Press)