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How to get your child a personalized letter from Santa this Christmas

The United States Postal Service will send your reply letters from Santa, adding a touch of authenticity with a special North Pole Postmark.

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Need help convincing your kid that Santa Claus is real? The United States Postal Service is here to help.

As part of a 100-year-old program, the USPS will send your reply letters from Santa - adding a touch of authenticity this year with a special North Pole Postmark.

All “Letters from Santa” have to be received by the postmaster no later than December 8 in order to participate in the program,

Here’s what you need to do to get your child a personalized response from St. Nick:

  1. Have your kid write a letter to Santa and address the envelope to "Santa Claus, North Pole."
  2. When alone, open the envelope and write a personalized response! If you're stumped, the USPS suggests highlighting your child’s accomplishments from over the past year.
  3. Place the reply letter in an envelope addressed to the child with the return address “Santa, North Pole."
  4. Add a First-Class Mail stamp to the envelope.
  5. Following that, get a larger envelope, like a Priority Mail Flat Rate envelope, and place the addressed envelope to your child inside. The larger envelope will need appropriate postage and has to be addressed to:

North Pole Postmark

Postmaster

4141 Postmark Drive

Anchorage, AK 99530-9998

The end result will be a personalized letter from Santa to your child with a special North Pole Postmark.

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