Here Are 10 Facts About Santa Claus And His Mailing List FastTip#99

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1. Santa used to write letters, not receive them.
Santa letters were actually sent to children as letters. They were utilized as tools by parents to promote good behavior. Fanny Longfellow, the wife of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Longfellow wrote letters to her children every season, offering feedback on their previous actions. As Christmas became more important as time passed, the tradition of writing letters to children changed. But some parents continued sending letters to their children with Santa's elves. J.R.R. could be the most notable of these. The most remarkable of these could be J.R.R. Tolkien, who over the course of nearly 25 Christmases, gave his children elaborately illustrated updates on Father Christmas as well his life at the North Pole. They were filled with red gnomes, North Polar bears, and snow elves. Check santa letters to kids for info.

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Before the Post Office Department (as it was known until 1971) provided an option to get Santa letters to their destinations, children came up with inventive methods to get their letters there. Children from the U.S. would take their Santa mails to Santa and drop them off at the fireplace. Children from Scotland would accelerate the process by sticking their heads up to the chimney, and shouting out Christmas wishes. In Latin America, kids attached their messages to balloons watching their letters fly into the sky.

3. It Used To Be Unlawful to Answer These Questions.
Santa was unable to respond to children's letters, which was another reason as to why they shouldn't send them through the mail. Santa's letters used to be addressed to the Dead Letter Office. While Santa received many letters, there was no legal means for them to respond. Certain postmasters, however, broke the rules. The rules were changed in the year 2000 when the Postmaster General allowed approved institutions and individuals to answer Santa's letters. If Santa Claus is to answer their mail, the letters must be addressed to Santa Claus. Families whose names are "Kringle", "Nicholas," or "Nicholas," won't have their mail sent to the wrong address .

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4. A cartoon spread the popularity of Writing to Santa.
Thomas Nast's illustrations published in Harper's Weekly's Dec 1871 issue are among the most significant. They are responsible for the genesis of Santa Claus's practice of writing letters. The illustration shows Santa sorting his mail on his desk. He is sorted into two piles, one of which is for "Letters of the naughty Children's Parents" the other for "Letters from good Children's Parents." Nast illustrated many of the most beloved characters from the past of the magazine. Nast was featured in one of its largest-circulation magazines in the 1850s. The number of Santa letters that ended up in local post offices rose after Nast's illustration was published.

5. Newspapers Are The Answers.
Prior to the time that the Post Office Department released Santa letters, local newspapers urged youngsters who wanted to write to Santa directly to send them letters. In the year 1901, Monroe City Democrat offered "two premiums," to the letter that was the most successful. In 1922, Ardmore's Daily Ardmoreite offered prizes to the three best letters. The winners were often published with their personal information and addresses. This changed as Santa's letters were more closely monitored by the post office.

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6. These Charity Groups Won.
Many established charities protested when the Post Office Department changed rules to respond to Santa's letters. They claimed that the needs of the children who wrote them were not verified and that it was an inefficient way to assist the less fortunate. The Charity Organization Society made a typical complaint to the Postmaster General. Their representative wrote that "Santa Claus letters" were getting unwholesome publicity in the city and elsewhere during Christmas last year. The public lost interest in such pleas, as the Postmaster General decided to respond to the letters in order to "encourage children's belief in Santa Claus."

7. They do not always refer to their parents as the North Pole.
Although most children today send letters to the North Pole, it was only one of the possibilities for Santa letters in the early decades. St. Nick was also believed to have established his business in Iceland, Ice Street or Cloudville. Today, there are certain exceptions. While most U.S. letters addressed to "Santa Claus" end up at the local postoffice to be processed as part of the Operation Santa program, if they are addressed to Anchorage, Alaska, or Santa Claus, Indiana (a real name for a city) the letters will be delivered to those cities' post offices, and receive a special response from local letter-answering campaigns. Children from England can write messages to Santa's Grotto in Reinderland, XM4/5HQ. Canadian youngsters can write "North Pole" and include the postmark "H0H 0H0" to ensure that Santa gets their letters.

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8. Not everyone who answers the letters Is Squeaky Clean.
Many who received Santa letters were kind people. However, there were some tragic stories about some of the more impressive efforts. Elizabeth Phillips was the "Miss Santa Claus" in Philadelphia in the early 1900s. She died shortly after being not allowed to respond to Santa's mail due to a change of the policy of the post office. John Duval Gluck assumed responsibility for New York City's Santa correspondences a couple of years after. But after 15 years and a quarter-million letters were answered, Gluck was found to be using the group to enrich himself, and the group lost the ability to respond to Santa's letters. Recently the news broke that a New York City postal worker pled guilty this October to taking money from Santa: Utilizing the USPS's Operation Santa Claus to get generous New Yorkers to donate gifts.

9. The Post Office tracks them all in the Database.
In 2006 in 2006, the U.S. attempted to formalize Santa's letters being responded to. The U.S. Postal Service developed guidelines for national use in Operation Santa. These guidelines were implemented in individual post offices across the nation. The guidelines required that those wanting to receive letters be present in person and carry a photo ID. The USPS changed its rules to ensure that children's addresses be deleted from all letters prior to when they were delivered to donors three years later. Instead of having a code and a name, the new rules require the names of children be removed. The whole thing is kept in Microsoft Access database, to which only "elves" from the Post Office have access.

10. Santa Already has an email Address
Always one to evolve with the changes in the world, Santa now answers email. You can contact Santa through various channels, including Letters to Santa and Email Santa.com. Macy's encourages kids to email St. Nick as part of their annual "Believe" campaign (children can also go the traditional route of dropping an email in the red mailbox located at their local Macy's store) The folks who run The Elf on the Shelf empire provide their own relationship with St. Nick.
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