MELVILLE – Postal workers are pushing through one of their busiest times of year.

News 12 Long Island’s Doug Geed was in Melville, getting a behind-the-scenes tour of the USPS processing plant there.

About 19 million cards and letters have been postmarked this month in Melville, where there’s a separate tray dedicated to letters for Santa.

There are 7,000 USPS employees on Long Island. Long Island News