Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas.

Cast as a mock piece of holiday advice, the line uses deadpan irony to puncture the seasonal pressure to mail gifts “early.” The punchline hinges on a familiar grievance—bureaucratic inefficiency—by pretending the post office’s real need is extra time to misplace parcels. The humor works through reversal (a civic service becomes an obstacle) and exaggeration (loss is treated as routine), turning private frustration into a shared joke. In the tradition of late‑night monologue comedy, it also functions as topical social commentary: a small, everyday complaint becomes a vehicle for bonding with an audience during the high-stakes Christmas shipping season.