Each year, for more than 100 years, the U.S. Postal Service has received countless letters containing children’s Christmas wishes addressed to Santa Claus in the North Pole.
Letters to Santa Claus are pinned to a notice board at Lapland UK on Nov. 20, 2009, in Lamberhurst, England. (Credit: Dan Kitwood / Getty Images)
This week, USPS announced it will help parents secure a personalized response to their child’s wish list sent from Santa Claus himself.
As usual, your child should compose their letter and placed it in an envelope addressed to Santa, the postal service says.
Once alone, USPS instructs parents to write a personal reply and put this in a separate envelope addressed to their child with the return address “Santa, North Pole.”
Both of these can be sent in a larger, postmarked envelope, addressed to:
North Pole Postmark
Postmaster
4141 Postmark Drive
Anchorage, AK 99530-9998
The letters must be received by Dec. 15 for a response to be sent. “Santa’s helpers at the Postal Service will take care of the rest,” USPS states.
This isn’t the first time the postal service has worked to respond to children’s Christmas wishes. Beginning in 1912, the program now known as Operation Santa started enlisting local postmasters and community volunteers to field to letters.
For more information on Letters From Santa, visit the USPS website.
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