Yes! You may address your letters to Santa to the following address:
Santa Clause
North Pole
Canada
H0H 0H0
or
Pere Noel
Pole Nord
Canada
H0H 0H0
Volunteers, like my sister, who are postal employees; as well as retirees from the post office, write back to the children. Just about every language is covered.
This was instituted many years ago, as Canada Post received thousands of letters from children, across the globe, addressed to "Santa Clause, North Pole, Canada". If you go to the Canada Post website (www.canadapost.ca) go to the "Find A Postal Code", if you start typing Santa or Pere Noel, you'll get the correct postal code, as described above.
The postal code is in the Letter-Number-Letter Number-Letter-Number format of all postal codes. For example, my postal code is K2B 8A4.
Merry Christmas / Joyeux Noel
David
Ottawa, Ont. Canada
When I saw the title on this thread, I had to dig out my favorite Christmas stamp of all time, on cover. I rescued this gem out of the trash in the payment processing area of a local insurance company. (I have covered the return address for privacy concerns.) It was mailed from a distributing company in Fresno, California to Des Moines, Iowa. It was "pre-cancelled" SANTA CLAUS IN DEC 25 PM. This is the only one of these I have ever seen.
Anybody know where this "stamp" came from? USPS passed it right through the system.
Linus
In this instance, I think "IN" is not a preposition, but rather the two-letter USPS code for the state of Indiana. This cover may have been franked in Santa Claus, IN. I live not too far away, and happened to visit this town just last weekend. It is a popular destination this time of year, and their post office does a thriving business generating covers such as this.
I really need to get a picture of this. In my travels today, I was on a street that was divided with a grassy median. There were trees planted in the center. One tree looked like it was making its last stand. Someone had put a blue blanket around its base and hung a large red ornament from one of its bare branches.
Speaking of trees, I was in Bonita Springs, Florida last week and couldn't get into the whole bit about palm trees wrapped with Christmas lights! I'm glad to be back in Pennsylvania where it feel more like Christmas!
re: Christmas Odds and Ends
Yes! You may address your letters to Santa to the following address:
Santa Clause
North Pole
Canada
H0H 0H0
or
Pere Noel
Pole Nord
Canada
H0H 0H0
Volunteers, like my sister, who are postal employees; as well as retirees from the post office, write back to the children. Just about every language is covered.
This was instituted many years ago, as Canada Post received thousands of letters from children, across the globe, addressed to "Santa Clause, North Pole, Canada". If you go to the Canada Post website (www.canadapost.ca) go to the "Find A Postal Code", if you start typing Santa or Pere Noel, you'll get the correct postal code, as described above.
The postal code is in the Letter-Number-Letter Number-Letter-Number format of all postal codes. For example, my postal code is K2B 8A4.
Merry Christmas / Joyeux Noel
David
Ottawa, Ont. Canada
re: Christmas Odds and Ends
When I saw the title on this thread, I had to dig out my favorite Christmas stamp of all time, on cover. I rescued this gem out of the trash in the payment processing area of a local insurance company. (I have covered the return address for privacy concerns.) It was mailed from a distributing company in Fresno, California to Des Moines, Iowa. It was "pre-cancelled" SANTA CLAUS IN DEC 25 PM. This is the only one of these I have ever seen.
Anybody know where this "stamp" came from? USPS passed it right through the system.
Linus
re: Christmas Odds and Ends
In this instance, I think "IN" is not a preposition, but rather the two-letter USPS code for the state of Indiana. This cover may have been franked in Santa Claus, IN. I live not too far away, and happened to visit this town just last weekend. It is a popular destination this time of year, and their post office does a thriving business generating covers such as this.
re: Christmas Odds and Ends
I really need to get a picture of this. In my travels today, I was on a street that was divided with a grassy median. There were trees planted in the center. One tree looked like it was making its last stand. Someone had put a blue blanket around its base and hung a large red ornament from one of its bare branches.
re: Christmas Odds and Ends
Speaking of trees, I was in Bonita Springs, Florida last week and couldn't get into the whole bit about palm trees wrapped with Christmas lights! I'm glad to be back in Pennsylvania where it feel more like Christmas!