Christmas parcel traffic
With the Christmas packet traffic is from the postal company the transport peak for the annual Christmas party referred. This swelling of the parcel traffic means that special precautions are required to cope with the mass of parcels .
history
Before 1900
In an 1893 issue of the Archive for Post and Telegraphy magazine , the Christmas parcel traffic was honored in an article. It says:
“The number of parcels received by the post offices of the Reich Postal Area was 2,267,200 for the period from November 19 to 25, 1892 (1891: 2,149,913), while for the period from December 19 to 25, 1892, 4,570. 616 pieces; consequently, Christmas traffic was calculated at 2,303,416 units compared to 2,148,417 units in the previous year and the increase compared to normal parcel traffic to 101.60% compared to 99.93% in 1891, so it was 1.67 percentage points more in 1892. "
How the Christmas
traffic in 1892 was distributed to the individual districts can be seen from the following summary: Compared with normal traffic, the increase in traffic for the individual districts fluctuated between 53.45% and 180.27% (1892) against 39.33% and 176 .58% in the previous year 1891. The weakest increase was attributable to the districts:
- Aachen with 53.45%
- Münster with 62.61%
- Cöln (Rhine) with 66.95%
- Opole with 69.13%
- Trier with 71.19%
- Düsseldorf with 71.57%
- Strasbourg with 73.73%
the strongest increase on the other hand on the districts:
- Schwerin (Mecklenburg) with 180.27%
- Szczecin with 142.98%
- Kiel with 138.91%
- Cassel with 134.04%
- Hamburg with 130.14%
- Potsdam with 125.24%
23 districts showed an increase in the percentage of traffic increases during the Christmas season compared to the previous year, the other 17 districts a decrease.
The increase was fraudulent
- up to 5% in the districts: Bromberg , Cassel, Darmstadt, Erfurt, Frankfurt (Main), Hamburg, Konstanz, Magdeburg, Oldenburg, Schwerin (Mecklenburg) and Stettin .
- over 5 to 10% in the districts: Arnsberg, Berlin, Braunschweig, Coblenz , Gumbinnen , Kiel, Münster
- over 10 to 15% in the districts: Aachen, Cöln (Rhine), Düsseldorf, Karlsruhe (Baden) and Trier.
The reduction is calculated
- up to 5% for the districts: Breslau , Danzig , Halle (Saale), Königsberg (Prussia) , Liegnitz , Metz, Minden and Potsdam.
- over 5 to 10% for the districts: Cöslin , Dresden, Frankfurt (Oder), Hanover, Leipzig, Opole and Posen .
- over 10 to 15% for the districts: Bremen and Strasbourg (Els.)
The mail and parcel traffic in the Reich's postal area during the Christmas period 1892.
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1900 to 1945
In December 1917, the Austrian Reichspost-Zeitung recommended that “the delivery of the Christmas parcels shouldn't be done in the last days before Christmas, but the sooner the better”.
There was already an increase in parcel traffic in the first half of December, as the shops were still stocking Christmas goods and many mail-order shops that had sent their price lists in November took care of the orders that were then received. Shortly before the festival, the actual Christmas packages, the gift packages, were delivered. Parcel traffic from December 19 to 25 was sometimes more than double that of normal traffic; but this Christmas increase was still very different in the individual areas of Germany in the 1920s. The Deutsche Reichspost regularly had to take special measures to cope with the extraordinary mass of parcels. In the larger post houses, special cellars were usually kept free as Christmas packing rooms. Means of transport and personnel had to be strengthened.
In statistics compiled by the Deutsche Reichspost between January 1936 and March 1937, one can see the significant increase in mail and parcel traffic in December.
| Month year | Letters (in millions) |
Packages (in millions) |
|---|---|---|
| 01/1936 | 478 | 21.0 |
| 02/1936 | 457 | 22.0 |
| 03/1936 | 496 | 24.7 |
| 04/1936 | 507 | 24.6 |
| 05/1936 | 493 | 24.5 |
| 06/1936 | 490 | 21.2 |
| 07/1936 | 555 | 22.7 |
| 08/1936 | 522 | 21.9 |
| 09/1936 | 539 | 24.5 |
| 10/1936 | 566 | 28.3 |
| 11/1936 | 525 | 27.0 |
| 12/1936 | 638 | 35.1 |
| 01/1937 | 511 | 21.0 |
| 02/1937 | 505 | 22.9 |
| 03/1937 | 584 | 26.7 |
During the Second World War , the number of field post parcels from November to January also increased significantly compared to the remaining months. This is probably due to the fact that winter clothing was sent to the front from home.
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German field post shipments in World War II Shipments (news mail and parcels )
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1950s
November 20, 1953)
After the currency reform in June 1948 in West Germany , parcel traffic increased more rapidly in October each year because the retail trade was stocking up on goods for Christmas. This increase continued into November. In December the actual Christmas traffic began, in which the large mail order companies , who had sent out their price lists and product catalogs in November and were now handling the orders, were to a large extent involved. But the number of private gift packages is now also increasing day by day in November. Although many consignor with a longer journey times than expected in times of ordinary traffic and give up their packages so earlier and although particular from the Federal territory for the Soviet occupation zone , achieved certain number of gift packages that because of the limited postal links long duration have, are usually brought in at an early stage of Christmas parcel traffic only peaked in the days from December 18 to 24 . During this period, up to 1952, increases compared to normal traffic of 50 to 150% were ascertained.
Every year , the Deutsche Bundespost made special preparations to cope with the extraordinary mass of parcels . Already in autumn, rail mail cars (Bpw) and sack truck runs for the Christmas traffic were arranged with the Bundesbahn and measures for the transport and handling of the parcels were prepared in cooperation between the upper post office management , the upper post office and the offices mainly involved in traffic. Most post offices had to work overtime or increase staff; If necessary, parcels were received and delivered on Sundays; Renting rooms and vehicles was often necessary.
It was also a regular topic in the federal postal calendar at the end of November.
2000s
With the advent of the Internet and the possibility of ordering via it, Black Friday, known in the retail sector as Cyber Monday , “spilled” into the Internet from the United States .
Most postal companies indicate the relevant deadlines as early as the beginning of December and after the festive season announce in press releases that mostly twice the usual amount of mail was sent over the Christmas period. According to the Federal Association of Parcel and Express Logistics (BIEK), up to 20% of all consignments in end customer business occur in the last weeks of the year.
From 2000 to 2011, Swiss Post carried around 15 million parcels and around 20 million letters every day from the beginning of December to Christmas Eve . While on normal working days an average of half a million parcels pass through the sorting systems of the three parcel centers / sorting centers in Daillens , Frauenfeld and Härkingen , on the peak days from December 13 to 21, 2005 there were over a million parcels each. Parcel traffic has increased since then. In 2012 there were 16 million parcels and 20 million letters a day. In 2013 already 17 million parcels and 30 million letters. From December 1 to Christmas Day 2014, Swiss Post processed around 18 million parcels.
After strong growth in 2015, the leading delivery companies in Germany expect a rush in the parcel business in 2016 as well. According to their own statements, more than 20,000 temporary workers are hired by the four largest parcel service providers to guarantee smooth delivery. Around half of this is accounted for by Deutsche Post. DPD wants to provide around 4,000 temporary jobs, the other two parcel companies are: Hermes and GLS . The driving force behind the development is and will remain the booming online trade, which, according to estimates by the German trade association, will increase by around 11 percent to around 44 billion euros this year.
Others
- Many children write to Santa Claus , the Christ Child or Santa Claus as early as the Advent season . These letters will be answered in the Christmas post office.
- In Switzerland, the Post offered the Colis Noël (Christmas parcel campaign) in 1996 and 1997 , where private individuals could send their Christmas parcels at discounted prices. The 2 x Christmas charity campaign that supports the needy in Eastern and Southeastern Europe is also known as the “Christmas Parcel Campaign” in Switzerland .
- Another charity campaign is the issuing of Christmas stamps :
literature
- 23. The post-parcel traffic in the Reich's postal area during the Christmas period 1892. in: Archive for Post and Telegraphy 1893; Pp. 146-149
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Handheld dictionary of postal services
- 1st edition; Deutsche Reichspost, published by Julius Springer, Berlin 1927; P. 680
- 2nd Edition; Deutsche Bundespost, Bundesdruckerei 1953; P. 776
- Figures of the Deutsche Reichspost (1871 to 1945) Published by the Federal Ministry for Post and Telecommunications ; edited by Oberpostrat a. D. Richard Maetz ; Second, expanded and completed edition 1957. Printed in the Bundesdruckerei
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive 1893; P. 146 ff.
- ↑ Archive 1893; P. 146
- ↑ Archive 1893; P. 148
- ↑ Archive 1893; P. 147
- ^ "Wink for the Christmas parcel traffic" in the Reichspost (newspaper) of December 7, 1917
- ↑ Concise dictionary of the postal system ; 1st edition; P. 680
- ^ "Figures of the Deutsche Reichspost (1871 to 1945)"; “Total letters” p. 34 and “Total parcels and valuables” p. 46
- ^ "Figures of the Deutsche Reichspost (1871 to 1945)"; P. 44
- ↑ Concise dictionary of the postal system ; 2nd Edition; P. 776
- ↑ Concise dictionary of the postal system ; 2nd Edition; P. 776
- ↑ November 21, 1953 - “Deliver Christmas parcels early” ( Memento of November 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on the DGPT website of November 21, 2013
- ↑ Peter Lessmann: Hell job for the deliverer - parcel services - Before Christmas things are going to be really good / working conditions are difficult ; in: Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz from December 4, 2014; P. 27
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↑ Notices from Swiss Post:
- Parcel post: over 15 million Christmas parcels processed ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. December 28, 2000
- Post processes over 15 million Christmas parcels ( Memento from January 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) December 28, 2001
- Post processes over 15 million Christmas parcels ( Memento from January 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) December 27, 2002
- Post processes over 15 million Christmas parcels ( Memento from January 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) December 29, 2003
- Processed over 15 million Christmas packages ( Memento from January 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) from December 27, 2004
- Again record volumes in Christmas parcel traffic ( Memento from December 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) from December 27, 2005
- Parcel delivery: Post delivered millions of Christmas gifts ( memento from January 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) from December 27, 2006
- Swiss Post delivered millions of Christmas gifts ( memento from January 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on December 27, 2007
- Swiss Post processed around 15 million parcels ( Memento from January 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) from December 26, 2008
- Swiss Post processed around 15 million Christmas parcels ( Memento from January 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) from December 24, 2009, and Swiss Post delivered millions of holiday greetings ( Memento from January 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) from December 31, 2009
- Post has delivered millions of parcels and letters ( memento from January 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) from December 26, 2010
- Holiday mail: Swiss Post delivered millions of letters and parcels ( memento from December 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) from December 26, 2011
- ↑ Another record volume in Christmas parcel traffic ( memento of December 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) of December 27, 2005
- ↑ Festive Post: Swiss Post has delivered millions of letters and parcels ( memento from December 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) from December 26, 2012
- ↑ Swiss Post has delivered millions of letters and parcels ( memento from December 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) from December 26, 2013
- ↑ Swiss Post has delivered millions of letters and parcels ( memento from December 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) at post.ch from December 26, 2014
- ↑ Online retail - even more packages for Christmas in: Internet World Business Issue 23 of November 7, 2016, p. 6
- ↑ Christmas parcel campaign ( memento of December 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) of December 8, 1997
- ↑ Questions & Answers about the Christmas Parcel campaign
