With the holidays inching closer and the U.S. Postal Service suspending service to Canada, it's leaving consumers with fewer and sometimes more expensive options for gift-giving.

The U.S. Postal Service announced Friday it is not taking mail ear-marked for Canada. The USPS move comes after roughly 55,000 Canada Post employees went on strike last month. SEE ALSO: Mail carrier celebrates Thanksgiving with Illinois man after helping save his life

The U.S. Postal Service says it will indefinitely suspend deliveries of international mail to Canada due to a strike by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.