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40,1E post offices . i Huron Div ian
(southwestern°tnlle on+again busy
in an annual la 4zheininghelping Santa
Claus with his s corres„pondenee.
This year, Cana: fist expeetssto handle
letters from more than SO tin:4000rlh and
boys (and a fewadulbs)_in thearea on behalf
of the jolly old fellow.
Canada Post has . helped Santa.• answer
more than one and a half million letters
the .:Sa ifa Letter Pro
augurated on a cross -count sis a
The program was ins,a to.anhance 1; r
individual efforts' that fid. been018 mg o�n or
• years, and to give children ilk Aar of
the co u tryan opportunity to get a letter
fronstr . for the fir time. rA
Toward :,eta end, replies • have been
prepared in several Languages (in addition
toi"English and French) including Polish,
Portuguese, Vietnamese, Dutch and
Chinese. When postal.officials learned that
'Several .chiidren .attendin , a Owl the
bid-li Whitford,hald Written to ;
replies' were prepared.. sand sent'hack n
braille:
For the most party letters to Santa are
culled from the male' stream, 'although
several post officesH have set up a box
especially for Santa's mail in the lobby. In
18 cities and towns in Huron Division, letter
carriers marching in. local Santa Claus
parades are .collecting thousands of letters
fro.i'tho iryaiongthe paraderout .
or tter4, ehiidren whin . write to
St. Nick -are asked to: a sure•to clude a
return addresse'(and postal code) and to be
sure tq get their letters in no later than Dec.
13 (to ensure Santa's reply gets back to
them before Dee. 251).
Santa's address is:
SANTA CLAUS
NORTH POLE
CANADA
HOH OHO
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