{"id":29739,"date":"2020-12-03T11:04:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T16:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=29739"},"modified":"2020-12-03T11:04:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T16:04:42","slug":"dear-santa-film-about-usps-program-opens-dec-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2020\/12\/03\/dear-santa-film-about-usps-program-opens-dec-4\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dear Santa\u2019 &#8211; Film about USPS program opens Dec. 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0MhSPWfBbtE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2020\/12\/03\/dear-santa-3\/\">USPS News Link<\/a> &#8211; 12\/03\/20 &#8211; \u201cDear Santa,\u201d a documentary about USPS Operation Santa, will be released in select theaters and through video-on-demand on Friday, Dec. 4.<\/p>\n<p>The film shines a light on the annual program that allows Postal Service employees, customers and organizations to \u201cadopt\u201d letters to Santa Claus and fulfill holiday wish lists from children and others who are less fortunate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDear Santa\u201d focuses on select Operation Santa locations \u2014 some in metropolitan areas like the massive operation in New York City and others in small towns where the local Post Office is the heart of the community \u2014 and highlights poignant letters from children.<\/p>\n<p>USPS Operation Santa is credited with helping millions of children and families through the years. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-29741\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dear-Santa-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dear-Santa-2.jpg 318w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dear-Santa-2-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The program traces its roots to 1912, when Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock authorized postal workers and customers to respond to letters that Post Offices received for Santa Claus.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the Postal Service is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flink.usps.com%2F2020%2F11%2F18%2Fkindness-of-strangers%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CShawn.D.Selby%40usps.gov%7Cf1b0764096d546674b3b08d8979e36b6%7Cf9aa5788eb334a498ad076101910cac3%7C0%7C0%7C637426053065471397%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=U8VqvuI1S3GKXZyN6hACm1AKC6jDwJl1ZGMq9lmsHh4%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>taking the program nationwide<\/em><\/a>\u00a0for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDear Santa\u201d is directed by Dana Nachman, whose previous credits include \u201cWitch Hunt,\u201d \u201cLove Hate Love,\u201d \u201cThe Human Experiment,\u201d \u201cBatkid Begins\u201d and \u201cPick of the Litter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dearsanta.movie%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CShawn.D.Selby%40usps.gov%7Cf1b0764096d546674b3b08d8979e36b6%7Cf9aa5788eb334a498ad076101910cac3%7C0%7C0%7C637426053065471397%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=QcDIOb3sGnLxcni%2B6p6dwqLkbHOqOXhydz6wo%2BqkbPw%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>film\u2019s website<\/em><\/a>\u00a0has more information, including details on how to watch the movie at home.<\/p>\n<p><em>Share your feedback at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:uspslink@usps.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>uspslink@usps.gov<\/em><\/a><em>. Your comments could be included in the \u201cMailbag\u201d column.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USPS News Link &#8211; 12\/03\/20 &#8211; \u201cDear Santa,\u201d a documentary about USPS Operation Santa, will be released in select theaters and through video-on-demand on Friday, Dec. 4. The film shines a light on the annual program that allows Postal Service employees, customers and organizations to \u201cadopt\u201d letters to Santa Claus and fulfill holiday wish lists [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-video-gallery","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29739","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=29739"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29743,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29739\/revisions\/29743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}