shepard: writing a christmas wish list to santa claus a tradition for kids all over. this year the postal department reporting hard economic times. kids aren t bothering to ask for barbie dolls and computer games. heather childress with the news. live at the largest post offices all the nation. james farley here in midtown, manhattan. here, heather. this is where you find operation santa. you know, more than 100 years ago the postal service they started receiving letters for santa from the kids. and because santa receives so many letters of course santa needs a little bit of help. back in 1912 that started with operation santa. new york city s operation santa is the largest in the country. they expect 2 million letters this year. fontana says the need is greater than ever. this year the majority of the