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Letters will make it to the North Pole / photo: Sam Harrel /AP
For decades, the town of North Pole, Alaska has been responding to children's letters to Santa Claus. The volunteer program was going to be stopped by the Postal Service, due to a sex offender being recognized as one of the volunteers last year.
When the Postal Service announced its decision to end the program, many were upset. Residents of North Pole referred to them as the Grinch, trying to steal Christmas.
"We never wanted to spoil people's Christmas," said agency spokesman Ernie Swanson. "It was just a decision we had to make based on privacy concerns, and it is labor-intensive. But it's still nice that we're able to resume this and still make people's holiday."
The letters will be answered, but under stricter privacy rules set forward by the agency.
The North Pole residents are thrilled to have the program back. North Pole prides itself on its Christmas identity, with streets named Kris Kringle Drive and Santa Claus Lane, and light costs that are curved and striped like candy canes. North Pole is also the home of Santa Claus house, a store featuring everything Christmas (similar to Christmas Place in Pigeon Forge.) And at the local post office, tourists can have postcards stamped with the North Pole postmark.
Children can also send letters to a private agency in North Pole, which bypasses the stringent new rules set forth by the Postal Service. To write a letter to Santa using private programs, address your letters to:
- 1 Santa Claus Lane, North Pole, AK 99705
- 101 St Nicholas Drive, North Pole, AK 99705
Democratic Sen. Mark Begich says "This is a perfect Christmas present for Alaskans and children across the country who love to write to and get a letter back from Santa."
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