It will be delivered on the 24th no matter what else you see.
Apple does huge business with the carriers and they will hold all deliveries until the 24th.
EXACTLY. When UPS showed up on Saturday to deliver the iPad. The driver said he was delivering these all day (it was late afternoon). He also said that this was a very important delivery for UPS and that they couldn't screw it up. Whoever the carrier is they WILL hold it until the 24th. What they do is stop updating the status on it once it gets to your towns depot. You won't see another update until it goes out for delivery.