However, no more than six boxes can be sent per individual adoption. NOTE: you are responsible for postage for every package. You can fulfill the gift however you wish. Sending a gift card is an easy solution to many requests.
The gift card will need to be sent in a Priority Mail envelope, along with the Note from Santa. In many instances, letters are adopted as soon as there are posted. The letters must be opened, reviewed, coded, copied, processed and posted. This happens daily through Dec. But please check back — we are working hard to add new letters. Packages must be under 70 pounds and have a maximum combined length and girth of inches girth is the distance around the thickest part of the package.
If you are worried about the weight or size of your package, consider shipping in multiple boxes. No more than 6 boxes will be accepted per individual adoption or a total of 12 boxes per family adoption. Read our Shipping Guidelines for more information. The price of postage depends on various factors such as the shipping distance and the weight and the length and girth of the package.
Using Priority Flat Rate boxes is a good option to control shipping costs. Many common household and consumer products may not be mailed. Although these items are not dangerous when stored in your home, they can become dangerous when shaken or exposed to temperature or pressure changes. Additional information can be found here. Postage is based on size, weight and distance. Smaller, lighter packages shipped in-state or to an adjacent state will be the less expensive shipping option.
Need magic this season? Learn more. Letters get published We redact personal information and publish these letters online. Wishes delivered Adopters ship gifts. Holiday wishes are delivered. Write a letter to Santa Everyone deserves a little magic during the holidays! Be honest. He knows! Requests for clothes and shoes should include preferred size, style and color. For toys, games and books, include names and titles.
Printable instructions Letter templates Learn more. A note on privacy: USPS Operation Santa is committed to protecting the privacy of all our participants, including children and adopters. Return address:. Postage stamp:. Return address: Write your full name and home mailing address, including apt if applicable, in the upper left corner of the envelope. Please check back soon. History of the program. When does the program begin and end? Must have a postmark between Nov.
Must be postmarked by this date. Is the program safe for letter writers? What about deployed military overseas? What was it that they said? And then I thought about my upbringing. How I was bringing up my children. We are being raised with faith. And so that is where we went. Is air real? Is love real? Is the whole Universe real? You just have to believe they are there because all of those things are important to us.
But does everyone believe in them? You believe in what makes you happy. What fills your heart with joy and what gets you through when you feel sad. Always look for those things. And if one day you find they are not real. Or you choose to no longer believe, remember it never hurt you to believe.
It only made your life more fun or magical. And on we went with our Christmas shopping. Had I answered his question? But what I do know is that he is choosing to believe. He is choosing the joy and the mystery of childhood. And when the time comes that this question is asked again?
Good luck with your response when this question is posed to you. If you want that wonderful response that I will be printing off and carrying with me at all times, here it is:. We know that you want to know the answer, and we had to give it careful thought to know just what to say. We are the people who fill your stocking and choose and wrap the presents under the tree-just as our parents did for us, their parents did for them, and you will do for your kids someday.
This could never make any of us Santa though. Santa is lots and lots of people who keep the spirit of Christmas alive. He lives in our hearts-not at the North Pole. Santa is the magic and love and spirit of giving to others. Throughout your life, you will need this capacity to believe: in yourself, in your family, in your friends, and in God.
Now you know the secret of how he gets down all of those chimneys on Christmas Eve: He has help from all of the people whose hearts he has filled with joy. Will full hearts, people like Mommy and Daddy take our turns helping Santa do a job that would otherwise be impossible? So no, we are not Santa. Santa is love and magic and hope and happiness. We are on his team, and now you are too. WOW — well said, well said, well said!!!
But my 11 year old asked in a way that I could not lie anymore. Thank you for sharing. I love the response of this letter as it is a true explanation of Santa and the meaning of Christmas. Very well written! Yes I am Santa.. As long as u believe, I will be there…not many people believe but to the ones who do I wish them that they keep believing.. I fill their hearts…. Also, he would have to drop presents like a bomb because, going down and up chimneys, atleast thousands at a time in 2.
Well, nearly hard to answer that question. Thus I have proved my point as he is not real, he HAS to be a spirit, not a physical being of matter. Oh you know what you are you are a spoiler. You know what if it turns out that you are completely wrong what are you going to say then Mr.
I Know Everything. Just shut up it just being a flat out crapy spoiler. Santa wants kids to do their best to do the best they can and understands that they will make mistakes. Hi Everyone! Thank you for shopping with Amazon. Then my sister got a calendar saying To Mia From Santa. Basically Santa is a big lie, buts it not all that bad. Santa is real, in a way, I guess. Imagine if there was no Santa, and all you did for Christmas was sit around, eating turkey, or whatever.
Personally, Christmas for me created huge memories. I can still remember grabbing presents for other people, and running around trying to get the presents to their owners. The masses and masses of shiny wrapping paper. Santa was spun up so that Christmas became a time of sharing, laughter and fun.
I guess he was not real i could always tell… But how does that explain me seeing him XD that prob was just my mum. Tell me the reason that it is not possible for Santa to be real. Is there no way in the universe that there is a man, who loves children, Christmas, love, family, and joy? Is it not possible for a man to be magic? They gave him magic from their magic. Is it not possible for a man with magic to stop time, give presents to each home, stuff stockings, and bring wonderful children joy?
If thre is no way for any of these to be possible, please tell me. Magic is real!!! Do you not believe in Christ? How is forever real? So, you believe in magical man who somehow lives in the North Pole without freezing, has lots of little men working for him, is very obese but can still go down a chimney, has flying reindeer One of them with a big red nose and travels around the world in one night?
Also, not everyone believes in God you know. I am well aware that not everyone believes in God, but our bodies are designed, are you saying that humans appeared by magic? God forbid there ever be any magic in the world because OH it is so impossible for there to be magic right? And if a man has magic he sure can squeeze down a chimney, fly with reindeer, has elves working for him, and freezes time to be able to fly around the world.
Yes I do believe and when I stop believing a bit of my happiness is lost. Ha, did you learn those words online? You little twat. Because magic has nothing to do with God God has his own ability to create the world and send his son to die on the cross for are sins and christ didnt just appear God made mary preganant with the lord jesus.
It also says in the bible that magic is from the devil. You sound like a 5 year old. Who did you ask? Some guy dressed in a Santa costume trying to earn some money? Sorry to rain on your parade, but Santa is a childish myth. But the thing is in my eye, Santa is an urban legend. He is mythical being. Use logic. There is no real proof he exists, except for little things your parents do and leave to make the holidays special for you.
He is a fictional character, made up about years ago. If Santa was real there would be scientific proof on his year existence- and the oldest person ever was about Sorry, gotta face facts. My parents never lie! They come from sex.
They lie for your well being and happiness. Really…ummmmmmmmmmmm, I think i agree. Sorry kids that believe in Santa…? PS, Mr. I am not trying to be mean or anything but there is no proof that he is not real. He could or could not be real. I depends if you believe. Since your family never believed that is probably why Santa never came to your house and that is why your parents always filled in for him.
If you do believe then Santa is the one who gives you presents underneath the tree. He is probably very disappointed in you and your parents for ever telling you that. Again I am not trying to be mean just stating my opinion. It depends how you feel is there a magical man who visits all the kids in the world in 24 hours or do your parents buy you gifts.
Yeah I may not believe that you can see Santa but I believe in his spirit. By the way btw Santa lives in the hearts who believe. YES You are. I am not trying to be rude or get in your business or anything but I think that people should make the decision themselves if they want to believe in Santa. It is a mental opinion that someone should make for themselves no matter what the physical evidence says. If you believe in Jesus you believe in Santa.
Jesus and Santa are both real! You have to be careful what you say on the Internet because God and Jesus both know what you are doing. How else are humans here? Did they magically appear with a poof then a bang? You can save yourself right now! God understands humans make mistakes but he wants you to turn yourself around! I saw santa when i was little so i know he is real then when i went outside i saw comets coller barried in the snow it said please return to the norh pole so i believe so i will for my whole life so she is right point blank and the period.
Well, Jesus has been proven real. He was a person on this Earth. You seriously need to grow up and become more mature. Santa is not real, get it through your head. I feel sorry for you because your parents never told you the truth about them actually giving you presents not a mythical character. Be thankful that your Family are buying you gifts and loving you. So instead of fantasising over a character love your parents and show them your thankful. This is really an offence to people.
Seeing is believing and believing is seeing. Yeah, just think of the song. Ur parents know when ur sleeping and when ur awake. You know what people? It really does not matter what your parents or even the internet say. If you want to believe Santa, go ahead! No one should be against people that believe. Ho ho ho! I know this is early! But still! I promise to give the ones who believe me presents!
I do not believe you are the real Santa, actually, I know you are not the real Santa. Anyone can say they are anyone on the internet these days. Santa IS real, but your not him. It was so easy to put together when the same wrapping paper was sitting around the house, the handwriting was exactly the same, etc.
I found out at 11 years old. If my parents put in more effort, I might still believe. He is real. Who else would eat your cookies and drink your milk. I think it depends. I in my belief have seen the REAL SANTA CLAUS at my grandmas house on Christmas eve at the door and no one else saw him but me because I believe in him and no one can tell me other wise because no one saw what I saw but I tell you right every single Christmas eve I go to my grandmas house with my family and we meet up and only me and my uncle hear sleigh bells because we believe and its REAL and my sister says that Santa is not real but I say to me he is.
I learned when I was 4 that Santa was not real. Long story short my Dad said to our family that he got one of the gifts at Fred Myer. What do you want to believe? If you want to believe then do so.. Because he said that your parents make up stories to giving you presents. There are many believers and non believers. There are approximately two billion children persons under 18 in the world. Assuming an average census rate of 3. Santa has about 31 hours of Christmas to work with, thanks to the different time zones and the rotation of the earth, assuming east to west which seems logical.
This works out to Assuming that each of these million stops is evenly distributed around the earth which, of course, we know to be false, but will accept for the purposes of our calculations , we are now talking about 0.
This amounts to a total trip of For purposes of comparison, the fastest man made vehicle, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a pokey The payload of the sleigh adds another interesting element. Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium sized LEGO set two pounds , the sleigh is carrying over thousands tons, not counting Santa himself. On land, a conventional reindeer can pull no more than pounds.
This increases the payload, not counting the weight of the sleigh, another 54, tons, or roughly seven times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth the ship, not the monarch. The lead pair of reindeer would absorb In short, they would burst into flames almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them and creating deafening sonic booms in their wake.
The entire reindeer team would be vaporized within 4. Not that it matters, however, since Santa, as a result of accelerating from a dead stop to m.
A pound Santa which seems ludicrously slim would be pinned to the back of the sleigh by 4,, pounds of force, instantly crushing his bones and organs and reducing him to a dribbling mess of twitching innards. I heard him. I believe. Get in the spirit of Christmas. I see things that are often millimetres away from persuading me not to, but I still do, and I always will.
Why is it just their beliefs that matter? What about the people who do believe? Consideration is an amazing thing. Maybe people should take a minute to think about others who do believe. I also remind my BEd students that parents have the right to have conversations about their beliefs; this is how dialogue occurs. Sometimes schools are places where difficult topics are brought up and the conversations can be furthered at home. I use gender-neutral names or ensure same-sex families are represented in scenarios I provide.
Sometimes it goes unnoticed and sometimes it results in a teachable moment. It helps them recognize what is taken for granted, such as gender-specific bathrooms and changerooms. It also opens up the space for conversations around the rainbow flag.
Many teachers are given rainbow stickers from their Equity and Diversity committees and they feel obligated to put them up. I caution my BEd students to think carefully about what this means: putting up a rainbow flag signifies you are an ally.
There are many ways to be an ally. Some may take different paths to get there. I talk to my BEd students about the daily disruptions they should be attuned to in the classroom, in the hallways, and at recess. This is where the real teaching happens—explaining to a student why their homework, cannot, actually, be gay and challenging students as to why they use gay in a derogatory manner.
Language and expressions often go unchecked. I have brought in members of the Rainbow Coalition as a way of showing future teachers the resources available to them, especially if they are afraid. They are often timid at first they are becoming teachers, after all!
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