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Canada Post elves hard
at work helping Santa
Once again, postal employees in hundreds
of post offices large and mall across
southwestern Ontario are devoting much of
their spare time in an annual labor of love —
helping a certain old fellow from the North
Pole with his Christmas correspondence.
Since 1982, Canada Post has helped Santa
Claus answer nearly three million letters
from children across Canada and around
the world. Replies have been sent out on
behalf of Santa in English and French, but
also in at least a dozen other languages in-
cluding Spanish, Greek, Polish, Viet-
namese, Chinese and German. To ensure
that sight isn't a requisite to receiving this
slice of Christmas magic, replies have also
been prepared in braille.
The sheer volume of letters addressed to
Santa (More than 65,000 in southwestern On-
tario alone last year) translates into a for-
midable amount of work for the volunteer
army. To help them, Canada Post provides
envelopes and letters for the volunteers —
and a promise that all replies are approved
by Santa himself before they're sent back to
the children.
For their part, children are asked to write
to Santa as follows: Santa Claus, North
Pole, Canada HOH OHO and to make sure
they include their name and return address,
along with the postal code.
As more and more children learn about
this unique seasonal service, many
volunteer elves find themselves working in-
to the night, trying to decipher a youngster's
scrawl of puzzling over an incomplete
return address. The hours may be long and
the work may be occasionally frustrating,
but most of the volunteers say they wouldn't
trade the job for anything.
For more information, call the local post
office and ask for the local Santa Letter Pro-
gram co-ordinator or elf, or contact Rid
Bowness, Divisional co-ordinator in London
at (519) 679-5050 ext. 206.
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