Indiana Woman Fears Items She Mailed To Her Son In Georgia For Christmas May Be Gone For Good – And She’s Not Alone

CROWN POINT, Ind. (CBS) — Chances are Christmas is coming a little later than usual for some in the Chicago area, as gifts sent through the U.S. Postal Service were still in limbo a day after Christmas for many people.

That includes one local grandma whom CBS 2’s Steven Graves spoke to. She sent packages weeks in advance.

Peggy McBride of Crown Point, Indiana prepared for delays from the USPS. But now, she worries a valuable gift might be gone for good.

“I took them to the local post office on December 4th, and I have the receipt,” McBride said. “You can see I mailed a lot of packages that day.”

The estimated arrival time was days later using Priority Mail. It has now been three weeks.

“I checked this morning and here is the paperwork from the computer,” McBride said.

The paperwork she showed us displayed a tracking history on a package to her son near Atlanta, Georgia, which stopped at Dec. 8. It said, “In transit, arriving late.”

For McBride, it’s too late.

“I don’t know if it will ever get there. I worry about that,” she said. “And then the Christmas check. Where’s that at?” Read more at CBS Chicago