Santa Claus

USPS: Operation Santa gets earlier start

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September 15, 2022 The most wonderful time of the year has received a jump start. The USPS Operation Santa program began accepting letters from people in need on Sept. 15 — six weeks earlier than last year. The Postal Service made the announcement at the stamp dedication celebrating the new Holiday Elves stamps in North … Read more

Video explains USPS Operation Santa

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A new video shows how customers can participate in USPS Operation Santa. The program allows Postal Service employees, customers and organizations to “adopt” letters to Santa Claus and fulfill holiday wish lists from children and others who are less fortunate. The one-minute animated video is hosted by Holly, the program’s “spokeself.” She offers instructions for … Read more

USPS: Operation Santa program has new website, other changes

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Santa Claus will get a helping hand from the Postal Service again this year. Operation Santa, the annual USPS program that allows employees and customers to aid families in need by “adopting” their letters to St. Nick and granting their holiday wishes, will run from Nov. 18-Dec. 20. The program will have a new website: … Read more

USPS wants employees to share memories of Santa

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If you’re a Postal Service employee who has special memories involving Santa Claus, the organization wants to hear from you. Each year, USPS offers Operation Santa, a program that allows employees to aid families in need by “adopting” their letters to St. Nick and granting their holiday wishes. To help promote this year’s program, the … Read more

USPS holiday TV ads debut

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The Postal Service’s new holiday television commercials will begin airing Friday, Nov. 9. The commercials show a letter carrier delivering mail and packages to a home when she spots Santa Claus’s sleigh and reindeer on the snow-covered roof. The carrier then encounters Santa and shows him an envelope that bears one of the new Sparkling … Read more