{"id":9170,"date":"2014-11-22T11:20:40","date_gmt":"2014-11-22T16:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=9170"},"modified":"2014-11-22T11:20:50","modified_gmt":"2014-11-22T16:20:50","slug":"postal-service-letters-from-santa-program-keeps-childrens-holiday-spirit-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2014\/11\/22\/postal-service-letters-from-santa-program-keeps-childrens-holiday-spirit-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Postal Service Letters FROM Santa Program Keeps Children\u2019s Holiday Spirit Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"

USPS – November 21, 2014<\/p>\n

\"Letters<\/p>\n

NORTH POLE<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\u2014 Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. And the Postal Service can help you prove it when Santa replies to your child\u2019s letter to Santa \u2014 complete with a North Pole postmark!<\/p>\n

Here are the steps for your child to get a letter back from Santa:<\/p>\n

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  1. Have your child write a letter to Santa and seal it in an envelope addressed to: Santa Claus, North Pole.<\/li>\n
  2. Tell your child that you\u2019ll place a stamp on the envelope and mail it to St. Nick for him or her.<\/li>\n
  3. Later, when alone, open the envelope, read the letter and write Santa\u2019s response on the back of the child\u2019s letter. Have Santa write: \u201cIt\u2019s important to be green and save paper. That\u2019s why I\u2019m writing on the back.\u201d<\/li>\n
  4. When responding as Santa, reference your child\u2019s accomplishments not included in his or her letter, i.e., Santa is so proud that you volunteered to help ____, or Santa is really impressed with the great job you\u2019re doing in school \u2014 especially with math, etc. Sign it Santa Claus with a P.S. to get to bed early Christmas Eve.<\/li>\n
  5. Place the letter into a new envelope addressed to the child at his or her home. Be sure to include: Santa Claus, North Pole, as the return address on the envelope. Don\u2019t forget to apply a First-Class stamp \u2014 such as a recently issued\u00a0<\/span>Santa or Rudolph<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Forever stamp.<\/li>\n
  6. Place the stamped envelope in a larger envelope (or Priority Mail envelope) with adequate postage addressed to:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    NORTH POLE HOLIDAY POSTMARK\u00a0<\/span>
    \nPOSTMASTER
    \n4141 POSTMARK DR
    \nANCHORAGE AK 99530-9998<\/p>\n

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    1. Letters from Santa must be received by the Anchorage, AK, Postmaster no later than Dec. 15, 2014.<\/li>\n
    2. The Anchorage Postmaster will open the envelope, remove Santa\u2019s letter addressed to your child, apply the North Pole postmark and mail it back home.<\/li>\n
    3. When Santa\u2019s letter arrives, have your camera ready when you ask your child to open the letter and read it to you.<\/li>\n
    4. Share the photos on Twitter and Facebook using the hashtag #SantaLetters. Keep the letters and the photos in a scrapbook as a great family keepsake.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The Letters to Santa program adds to the excitement of Christmas and is perfect for interesting youngsters in letter writing.<\/p>\n

      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

      Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer \u00a9 & \u00ae or \u2122 The Rudolph Co., L.P. All elements under license to Character Arts, LLC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      USPS – November 21, 2014 NORTH POLE\u00a0\u2014 Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. And the Postal Service can help you prove it when Santa replies to your child\u2019s letter to Santa \u2014 complete with a North Pole postmark! Here are the steps for your child to get a letter back from Santa: Have your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9170","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=9170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9172,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9170\/revisions\/9172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}