Postal Service will send letters to Santa Claus

The U.S. Postal Service’s Letters from Santa Program offers families an opportunity to have their children receive a letter from Santa, complete with a North Pole postmark.

Here are the steps for your child to get a letter back from Santa:

Have your child write a letter to Santa and place it in an envelope addressed to: Santa Claus, North Pole.

Later, when alone, open the envelope and write a response. Make the response as personal as possible by highlighting your child’s accomplishments over the past year — for example, helping around the house, receiving good grades in a particular subject at school or participating in community service activities.

Insert the response letter in an envelope and address it to the child.

Add the return address: “Santa, North Pole” to the envelope and affix a first-class Mail stamp.

Place the complete envelope into a larger envelope — preferably a Priority Mail Flat Rate envelope — with appropriate postage and address it to North Pole Postmark, Postmaster

4141 Postmark Drive, Anchorage, AK 99530-9998

“Letters from Santa” must be received by the Anchorage postmaster no later than Dec. 15.

The Letters from Santa Program adds to the excitement of Christmas and is ideal for interesting youngsters in letter writing, stamps and penmanship.

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