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NEW YORK<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\u2014 With a little help from the U.S. Postal Service, neither rain, nor snow, nor heat, nor gloom of night will keep Santa Claus from delivering dreams this holiday season. Today marks the start of the Postal Service\u2019s annual Operation Santa program, a campaign that has helped fulfill holiday wishes of children and their families for more than a century.<\/p>\n Operation Santa is an annual letter-writing program for individuals, businesses and charitable organizations to respond to children\u2019s letters addressed to Santa Claus, the North Pole and other seasonal characters. To mark the start of the letter adoption period, a ceremony was held today at New York City\u2019s Operation Santa command center \u2014 the iconic James A. Farley building \u2014 with a special appearance by Santa Claus.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are delighted to once again kick off the holiday mailing season with the start of our annual Operation Santa program,\u201d said William Schnaars, Postal Service district manager of New York. “What better way to celebrate the season than to help Santa and his elves read the thousands and thousands of letters we have on hand.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOperation Santa has made dreams come true for those in need for 102 years,\u201d added Schnaars. \u201cThis is a time to celebrate how Postal Service employees, charitable organizations, businesses and others have made a difference in the lives of children coast to coast.\u201d<\/p>\n