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December has arrived, and the USPS has kicked off its
Operation Santa program. This program allows individuals, charities,
businesses, and more to respond to letters that children have written to Santa.
This program is held at select post offices across the United
States. People may go to the post office and select a letter from a child, and
then are encouraged to return to the post office with a gift. Letters are often
asking for items such as warm coats and gloves, toys, and presents for friends
and family.
This annual program has been running every December for 102
years. It kicked off in New York City with a ceremony on December 2nd
to celebrate the start of the program for the season.
Some post offices are accepting the return of packages
through Christmas Eve, though most participating locations have a cut off
around mid December to give post offices ample time to deliver the gifts. Some
cities that are participating this year are Cleveland, Ohio, Chicago, IL,
Boston, MA, and more.
For a full list of participating post offices, including
days and times of operation, click HERE.
You can also read about the program on the USPS site, HERE.
We have just one more link for you. To see the USPS full
list of holiday items, from resources and mailing dates to information about
holiday programs, you can follow THIS
LINK.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. We hope that this month
is magical and special for all of our customers this year.
