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The letters are then opened and reviewed at Santa’s U.S. “satellite workshop,” personal information is redacted, and they are uploaded onto the USPS Santa website.USPSOperationSanta.comThe last day to send letters this year is Dec. 12; Dec. 19 is the last day to adopt. When someone adopts a letter, they receive instructions and a QR code that will allow them to send up to six packages for an individual adoption or up to 12 for family adoptions, Brennan said.
USPS decided to open the program much earlier this year, she said, to have more letters with correct information available for adoption on opening day. Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock conjured up Santa’s first mailroom in 1912, instructing local postmasters to let workers and citizens respond to Santa letters that were popping up in post offices. By the 1940s, the volume of mail increased so much that Operation Santa opened to charities, corporations and beyond.
In 2017, Santa dipped his toe in the digital waters with the first online program in New York, which expanded across the U.S. in the following years.Operation Santa hit the big screen in 2020, with the premiere of the documentary “Dear Santa.” The program – and the needs – continue to grow. Last year saw almost 25,000 letters adopted and more than 21,000 packages shipped. In polite but potent language, children share tender stories of loss and lives with simple yearnings. They ask for clothes, food, school supplies – and often gifts for siblings or parents. “This year was tough for me,” Kassandra wrote last year, telling Santa how her mom wasn’t working and her dad and brother were just trying to pay the rent.
“And something else bad was that one of my classmates went up to heaven to rest – he had cancer. I was really sad.” Kassandra’s wishes were small: A sketch pad and art material.“All I want for Christmas is for my family to be happy,” he wrote. “Please Santa, I have been really good this year. Don’t forget about me.”
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