Are your kids questioning if there really is a Santa? Let the United Postal Service help you prove to your kids that Santa is real and get them believing again. Kids can write a letter to Santa, send it off and receive a reply. Best thing is, the reply comes with a North Pole Postmark. The Greetings from the North Pole Post Office program is a fun and exciting way to share in the joy kids have at Christmastime. It is also a great opportunity and experience for young kids who are learning to write, working on their penmanship and/or are interested in stamp collecting.
Here’s how to send a letter to Santa and get a reply sent to your kids from Santa:
- Have your child write out a letter to Santa and place it in an envelope.
- Address the envelope to “Santa Claus, North Pole.”
- When the child is not around, write a personalized response to your child’s letter and sign it “From Santa,” “Love Santa” or anything similar. TIP: To show Santa received the letter and to save paper, write the response on the back of your child’s letter.
- Put your response in a separate envelope (if not writing on the back of the child’s letter) and address it to your child.
- Put the return address of “Santa, North Pole” on the envelope with Santa’s letter in it.
- Put a First-Class Mail stamp on the envelope.
- Place the envelope from Santa into a larger envelope with appropriate postage and address it to: North Pole Postmark, Postmaster, 4141 Postmark Dr., Anchorage, AK 99530-9998.
It is recommended that letters to Santa be sent by December 7 so they can be received by the Anchorage Postmaster in time for a response to be sent to your child by Christmas.
