USPS Operation Santa – Brighten a Child’s Christmas By Helping Santa Answer His Mail!

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   CarrieL November 20, 2019 at 11:06 am MST

   The gift of giving. Love it! I’m going to have my teenagers each choose one that speaks to them. Thanks!

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  Amber (Hip Sidekick) November 20, 2019 at 11:28 am MST

  How sweet! You’re welonlinee, CarrieL!

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   bakerbaker999 November 20, 2019 at 11:10 am MST

   I love this! Thank you for posting. Last year (our last year of believing for my youngest daughter), she received a letter FROM SANTA. My older daughter thought for sure I wrote it, but I was just as surprised as both of them! I still have no idea who wrote that letter, but it truly sealed our belief–even after finding out the “truth”–that there are some very sweet people out there! Thanks again for posting! We’ll be paying it forward!

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  Amber (Hip Sidekick) November 20, 2019 at 11:29 am MST

  Aww, I love that! You’re so very welonlinee! Thanks for taking a moment to share with us! Such a sweet memory to have.

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   Amy November 20, 2019 at 11:41 am MST

   OMG I love this. Thanks for sharing! Maybe someone here can help me with this. I have “adopted” A family for Christmas. One of the kids is a teenager who plays a lot Dungeons and Dragons with his friends. I don’t know anything about it and I’m having trouble onlineing up with anything other than dice. If anyone would have some suggestions I would be incredibly grateful 😊

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  bmcdonald06 November 20, 2019 at 11:45 am MST

  There are D&D books to help with the gameplay and storyline.

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  Amy November 20, 2019 at 12:12 pm MST

  Thank you! I’ll look into that 😊

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  michael November 20, 2019 at 12:13 pm MST

  there are also D&D figurines.

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  shannon November 20, 2019 at 12:24 pm MST

  My boyfriend plays this so I have picked some things up! There are boxes called spell cards that he likes, also, amazon has a bunch of cool maps that act as a game play scene and those would be a great gift too!

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  Geo November 20, 2019 at 2:44 pm MST

  We use dice trays. They sell them, but they are also fairly easy to make (shadow box frame plus adhesive felt). The custom options are really nice!

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  Amy November 20, 2019 at 7:50 pm MST

  Thank you all so much! I really appreciate the suggestions. 😊

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   texasketogal November 20, 2019 at 11:46 am MST

   Hmm shows me no families and no individuals. Anyone else have this issue?

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  susan November 20, 2019 at 11:49 am MST

  You have to create an account first before they show the letters

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  wendy November 20, 2019 at 12:04 pm MST

  I created an account and still no letters.

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   rachael November 20, 2019 at 11:46 am MST

   I hope they have some letters posted soon 🙂

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   Jodi P November 20, 2019 at 11:46 am MST

   You can even choose a letter from your state or (possibly) city, once the letters are available online. Postage is charged according to the number of zones the package will cross, so choosing a letter closer to home will save yourself a bit of money.

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   Amy November 20, 2019 at 12:22 pm MST

   After clicking through for more information, the letters from children accepted for this can only be shipped from 17 specific cities. Hopefully they will get enough interest to be able to expand that bc this is such a wonderful idea!

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  maclunkey_fever November 20, 2019 at 12:40 pm MST

  I saw that, too. Was hoping to help someone local. For anyone who’s wondering, from the website: “IN 2019, LETTERS ASKING SANTA FOR HELP WITH CHRISTMAS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS, AND MAILED FROM ANY OF THE CITIES ON THE LIST BELOW. ONLY LETTERS MAILED FROM THESE CITIES WILL BE READ FOR POSSIBLE POSTING ONLINE AT THE USPS WEBSITE. FAMILY NAMES AND ADDRESSES WILL BE REMOVED BY USPS STAFF. ALL LETTERS SHOULD BE MAILED TO SANTA, 123 ELF ROAD, NORTH POLE 88888 • Austin • Baltimore • Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Denver • Grand Rapids, Michigan • Hatteras Island, North Carolina • Los Angeles • New York City • Okracoke Island, North Carolina • Orlando • Philadelphia • Phoenix • Sacramento • San Juan, Puerto Rico • Washington D.C.”

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  SavingsMama November 21, 2019 at 8:12 am MST

  Yes, I just read that too after clicking the link. I’d honestly like to help a local family out. I think this is a cool idea, but needs to be expanded. 17 cities out of the entire U.S. isn’t much :/

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  momof5kidsunder8 November 20, 2019 at 1:08 pm MST

  Yes I hope they expand it is so few cities

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   momof5kidsunder8 November 20, 2019 at 1:08 pm MST

   I was really really hoping to see our city on the list. I didnt know it was so selective. To get help this holiday would have been amazing I’ll have to see what else is out there. I’ve got a newborn and 4 other kids and I’ve been gone hospitalized for high blood pressure. Food is priority over presents right now. My kids are such good sports through all the stress going on.

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  Lisa November 20, 2019 at 1:18 pm MST

  Check your post office, every city I’ve ever lived in has Santa letters at the Post Office for adoption and they are all local.

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  Ashley November 20, 2019 at 2:49 pm MST

  Check into the salvation army. They might be able to help, too.

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  cbakerd3 November 21, 2019 at 4:02 am MST

  What’s your email? I’ll send you a gift card.

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  momof5kidsunder8 November 21, 2019 at 11:25 am MST

  [email protected]

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  momof5kidsunder8 November 21, 2019 at 11:27 am MST

  That would be the sweetest thing ever

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  cbakerd3 November 22, 2019 at 1:28 pm MST

  Check your email. I’ve sent you a target gift card. It’s not much but I hope it helps!

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  momof5kidsunder8 November 22, 2019 at 1:50 pm MST

  Yes 🙂 Thank you so much, it means a lot to me. I hope next year we are better off and I can pay it forward

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   Lisa November 20, 2019 at 1:17 pm MST

   This is neat. Our Post Office puts Santa letters out on a table at the Post Office for adoption. This will be our 23 year picking on and delivering gifts locally.

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  SavingsMama November 21, 2019 at 8:27 am MST

  Wow, had no idea…I wonder if our local post office does that. That’s cool, because I definitely like the idea of kids physically writing Santa and I’d hate to think only the ones in the 17cities get responsed to.

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    ddd0319 November 20, 2019 at 1:27 pm MST

    We inexplicably got packages from this program last year not knowing it even existed. We don’t consider ourselves in need at all but it was such an incredible and generous surprise (it took us awhile to figure out where it had onlinee from!) I hope to be able to pay to forward. ❤️

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    MelRox November 20, 2019 at 2:34 pm MST

    I registered and went through the process and got to a screen that says you can start adopting letters on December 4th!

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    Kristine November 20, 2019 at 4:50 pm MST

    According to the FAQ section of the USPS website for this program, they will scan letters from anyone that writes Santa regardless of the city they are from. I only saw specific cities listed on the be an elf website.

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    Trisha November 20, 2019 at 6:27 pm MST

    One is available on the website for me. A 13 year old wants an Apple laptop. Me too, 13 year old, me too 😂

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  Britit November 21, 2019 at 8:24 am MST

  Wow really…brand specified and all?! Haha. In a few years that 13 year old will learn how many hours of work it takes to pay for it and maybe head to the library for free internet use 😄 Sidenote, I often use a 5 year old onlineputer…dinosaur status…lol and a little Starbucks at home plus patience & my Hip2Save pages load up just fine, I mean eventually they do. Your onlinement was too funny, because I said the same thing…”me too😂”

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