USPS Operation Santa Deadline to Adopt a Letter And Mail a Gift is Dec 18

Children around the country are writing letters to Santa through the U.S. Postal Service’s Operation Santa, hoping to leave the gifts they’re wishing for under the tree Christmas morning.

Since November 20, Operation Santa Adopt a Letter has been open for adults to make a child’s Christmas wish come true.

The USPS is reminding those who picked a letter from their Operation Santa website to mail their gift before Monday, December 18 so it arrives on time for Christmas.

It’s also the last day to pick a letter, buy a gift, and send it out.

Once the letters are received from children they’re uploaded to the USPS Operation Santa Website where you can go to click on the Adopt a Letter button and scroll through to find a letter you would like to answer.

Then you go out and buy the toy or gift in the child’s letter to Santa, wrap it, and take it to your local post office to ship.

Each letter comes with a return address so you know where to ship your gift.

The Postal Service recommends using one of their Priority Flat-rate boxes for your gift.

Hunt said the gifts are shipped on behalf of the North Pole, and together you and the Postal Service deliver a little holiday magic for a hopeful child.

The letters travel to Santa’s U.S. satellite workshop, where they are opened and reviewed, personal information is redacted, and the letters are uploaded to the USPSOperationSanta.com website.

For more information on Operation Santa you can visit the Operation Santa Facebook page.