The U.S. Postal Service was electronically notified by the shipper on December 22, 2008 to expect your package for mailing. This does not indicate receipt by the USPS or the actual mailing date. Delivery status information will be provided if / when available. Information, if available, is updated every evening. Please check again later.--Answer1:it means what it says.duh..--Answer2:It means the seller has asked the post office to come by and pick up the package, it has not been shipped yet. Should be soon, however..--Answer3:you item is comingthats what is saying.--Answer4:no it has not been shipped.--Answer5:if it has been shipped you can go on thier website and put in your tracking number and it will tell you where it is at.--Answer6:it means that ur postal service has been notified that they should be expecting your package but the date it will arrive is uncertain and they will update you to when it will arrive..--Answer7:I got a message like this when I ordered something off of ebay! I assume you ordered something online?! Anyways, I am pretty sure this means the package has not actually been dropped off at the post office yet, but the seller creates a tracking number for you prior to the post office recieving it. This probably occures when a person gets postage via the internet rather than going to the post office and standing in line. This would occur if a person has a way of accurately weight the package or uses a standard USPS box to ship with. I would think your package will be shipped out tommorrow (or next business day depending on who is sending it)..--Answer8:It simply means that the shipper has purchased a shipping label for the package online, but it does not mean that the package has been taken to the post office or that the USPS mail man has picked up the package. If your still receiving this message at this time of evening then the package will probably not be delivered until after christmas unless it is in USPS possession but not scanned yet. then if it was in USPS possession and it was shipped today with express shipping you could still receive it tommorrow. USPS will deliver next day express shipping on christmas eve.