{"id":661,"date":"2009-12-22T16:26:57","date_gmt":"2009-12-22T21:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=661"},"modified":"2009-12-22T16:26:57","modified_gmt":"2009-12-22T21:26:57","slug":"holiday-classic-tunes-at-a-post-office-near-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2009\/12\/22\/holiday-classic-tunes-at-a-post-office-near-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Classic Tunes at a Post Office Near You"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_662\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-662\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/USPS-ChristmasTunes.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-662\" title=\"USPS-ChristmasTunes\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/USPS-ChristmasTunes-150x150.gif\" alt=\"USPS Christmas\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-662\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USPS Christmas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>12.18.2009<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Letters to Santa CD Climbs Billboard Charts; Great Stocking Stuffer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON\u2014Michael Bubl\u00e9. Nat King Cole. Frank Sinatra. Natalie Cole. The U.S. Postal Service delivers the perfect holiday playlist with the hit CD, Letters to Santa.<\/p>\n<p>More than 70,000 copies have been sold since the CD went on sale in November and the album is on track to become the Postal Service\u2019s best-selling holiday collection of all time. It\u2019s also currently the number 15 title on the Billboard holiday chart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople don\u2019t naturally think of going to the Post Office to buy a CD, but Letters to Santa is a great CD at a great price,\u201d said Tim Healy, vice president, Retail Products and Services. \u201dCustomers can buy and ship their gift from the same, convenient location.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Letters to Santa is available at a select group of 9,800 Post Offices across the country in major metropolitan areas and also can be purchased online at usps.com\/shop for $9.99.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe holidays are a wonderful time for reflection and gratitude, and the music on this collection evokes that sentiment perfectly,\u201d said Natalie Cole, whose rendition of \u201cMerry Christmas, Darling\u201d is a highlight of the CD.<\/p>\n<p>The CD consists of contemporary and classic stars singing 13 holiday favorites, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cLet it Snow\u201d \u2013 Michael Bubl\u00e9<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Christmas Song\u201d \u2013 Nat King Cole<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSleigh Ride\u201d \u2013 Diana Krall<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhite Christmas\u201d \u2013 Rosemary Clooney<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Christmas Waltz\u201d \u2013 Frank Sinatra<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSanta Claus is Coming to Town\u201d \u2013 Ray Charles<\/li>\n<li>\u201cChristmastime is here\u201d \u2013 Vince Guaraldi\u2019s classic from A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Perfect for last-minute holiday gifts and stocking stuffers, Letters to Santa is on sale for a limited time while supplies last. It was produced in association with the Concord Music Group.<\/p>\n<p>The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the Postal Service\u2019s interactive holiday press room at usps.com\/news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>12.18.2009 Letters to Santa CD Climbs Billboard Charts; Great Stocking Stuffer WASHINGTON\u2014Michael Bubl\u00e9. Nat King Cole. Frank Sinatra. Natalie Cole. The U.S. Postal Service delivers the perfect holiday playlist with the hit CD, Letters to Santa. More than 70,000 copies have been sold since the CD went on sale in November and the album is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661","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=661"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":664,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661\/revisions\/664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}