Operation Santa Claus New York Dates

Santa, Students, and Postal Officials Kick-off Operation Santa

NEW YORK, NY — School children from PS-33 got to visit with Santa a little early in the holiday season this year at the James A. Farley Main Post Office on November 30, 2010 as they participated in a ceremony to kick-off the New York Post Office’s 2010 Operation Santa program at 421 8th Avenue in Manhattan. Operation Santa is a letter adoption program enabling the public, charitable organizations, and businesses to respond to deserving children’s letters addressed to Santa Claus, the North Pole and other seasonal characters. The New York Post Office’s program is the largest in the country, receiving 500,000 letters a year.

“This program provides the ‘St. Nick’ in all of us with a way to help Santa make holiday wishes come true for deserving families,” said USPS New York District Manager William Schnaars.

The program, which dates back to 1912, will open to the public on Dec. 1 at 9 a.m. Customers, charitable organizations and businesses are invited to read, adopt, and respond to letters from children of all ages who write to Santa in hopes that their holiday wishes will be granted.

Operation Santa letters can be adopted at the Main Post Office, 421 8th Avenue,  New York, NY from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.Monday through Saturday and on Thursdays until 7 p.m.

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