Among all the mail ferried by the U.S. Postal Service every year, there’s one name and address that arguably receives more correspondence than any other in the country: Santa Claus, North Pole. Considering Santa’s busy schedule, however, it’s no surprise that the famed Christmas patron needs some help answering fan mail.
For the past three decades, local Santa-designated aides have been providing that assistance, making sure that Santa not only receives the letters, but dutifully taking dictation after a fashion to make sure every letter writer receives a response. For years, the letters have been filed away presumably for naughty-or-nice record-keeping. Now the letters have found a new home at the YS Library, where past letter writers or their grown-ups are invited to take home their holiday missives.
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