HARTFORD, Conn — For those feeling the holiday spirit this year, you can adopt a letter written to Santa online.
For the first time ever, the U.S. postal service opened the program before Black Friday.
USPS has been doing Operation Santa for the past 111 years so far. The program relies on acts of kindness by strangers, which helps children and families have a magical holiday.
Since Sept. 18, the Postal Service received letters from across the country and has been delivering them to Santa’s U.S. workshop at 123 Elf Road, North Pole 88888.
Letters sent with First-Class Mail postage and complete, accurate, and legible return addresses have been opened, reviewed, and posted on USPSOperationSanta.com.
To adopt a letter: visit the USPS Operation Santa website, register, and verify your identity. Once verified, you will receive an email on how to participate in the program. Potential adopters can read letters and choose one or more to fulfill. Once a letter is chosen, adopters must follow the directions they were sent in their welcome email to ship gifts. Packages must be shipped via Priority Mail service. Letter adopters are responsible for postage fees to ship the gift packages.
Here are important dates to keep in mind:
- Sept. 18: The Postal Service began accepting letters to Santa.
- Nov. 6: Registration for letter adopters opened.
- Nov. 20: Letter adoption opens.
- Dec. 11: Last day to send letters to Santa.
- Dec. 18: Last day to adopt letters and the recommended date to ship packages.
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