{"id":27344,"date":"2019-10-01T08:07:16","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T13:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=27344"},"modified":"2019-10-01T08:07:16","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T13:07:16","slug":"usps-santa-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2019\/10\/01\/usps-santa-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS Ask Employees To Share Their Santa Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-twentyfourteen-full-width wp-post-image alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SantaStories_large-story.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SantaStories_large-story.jpg 500w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SantaStories_large-story-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SantaStories_large-story-57x85.jpg 57w\" alt=\"Santa looks into mailbox\" width=\"447\" height=\"671\" \/><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"link-caption\"><em>If you have stories about this guy, USPS wants to know.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>USPS News Link &#8211; 9\/30\/19 &#8211; If you\u2019re a Postal Service employee who has special memories involving Santa Claus, the organization wants to hear from you.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, USPS offers Operation Santa, a program that allows employees to aid families in need by \u201cadopting\u201d their letters to St. Nick and\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2018\/01\/09\/thats-the-spirit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">granting their holiday wishes<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>To help promote this year\u2019s program, the Postal Service wants testimonials from employees who\u2019ve participated in the past, as well as those who\u2019ve had unique experiences involving Santa.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what USPS is seeking:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Testimonials.<\/strong>\u00a0Have you ever adopted a letter through Operation Santa and made a child\u2019s wish come true? If so, what made you adopt the letter? How did the experience make you feel?<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Memories.<\/strong>\u00a0When you were a child, did your family participate in Operation Santa or a similar program? Did you write a letter to Santa that was adopted by someone else? If so, what did you request, and how did you feel when your wish came true?<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Stories.<\/strong>\u00a0Have you had any memorable interactions with Santa, either as a child or as an adult?<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Pictures.<\/strong>\u00a0Do you have poignant or historical photos of you and Santa?<\/p>\n<p>Email your memories to\u00a0<a><em>OperationSanta@usps.gov<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Your contributions \u2014 whether they\u2019re sweet, funny or sentimental \u2014 could be used to promote Operation Santa in Link stories and other communication channels this holiday season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have stories about this guy, USPS wants to know. USPS News Link &#8211; 9\/30\/19 &#8211; If you\u2019re a Postal Service employee who has special memories involving Santa Claus, the organization wants to hear from you. Each year, USPS offers Operation Santa, a program that allows employees to aid families in need by \u201cadopting\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27344"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27346,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27344\/revisions\/27346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}