Postal Service offers kids responses to letters to Santa

WASHINGTON — If your kid is writing a letter to Santa, the U.S. Postal Service has devised a way for Santa to respond.

The Letters From Santa program lets kids receive responses from Santa (with a little secret help from their parents) complete with a North Pole postmark. Here’s how to do it:

  • When your child writes to Santa, have them put it in an envelope addressed to Santa Claus, North Pole.
  • Later, when your kid’s not around, open the envelope and write Santa’s response. (Have someone else in the family do it if your child knows your handwriting.)
  • Put the response in an envelope and address it to your child, and use “Santa, North Pole,” as the return address.
  • Put a first-class stamp on it.
  • Put the envelope, with the stamp on it, into a larger envelope, and mail it (with the proper postage) to:

North Pole Postmark
Postmaster
4141 Postmark Drive
Anchorage, AK 99530-9998

It’s got to get there by Dec. 15.

The Postal Service advises that you write the response on the back of your child’s original letter — not only does it save paper; it serves as a reminder of what he or she wrote. And make the response as personalized as you can: Santa sees you when you’re sleeping as well as when you’re awake, so your child will be impressed that Santa’s been paying attention.

Rick Massimo

Rick Massimo came to WTOP, and to Washington, in 2013 after having lived in Providence, R.I., since he was a child. He's the author of "A Walking Tour of the Georgetown Set" and "I Got a Song: A History of the Newport Folk Festival."

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