Dec. 6, 2024

Pacific Post Office hosts Letter Writing Campaign For Operation Santa

What:

USPS Operation Santa has been making wishes come true for 112 years. This year, letters have been streaming in since Sept. 16th, but there is still time to get your wishes to the big guy this season. The Postal Service is inviting the local media out to join postal elves at the Pacific Post Office and get the inside scoop on sending holiday wishes to the North Pole.

The team will be helping children and families interested in writing a letter to Santa by supplying letters, envelopes, and holiday cheer.

Who:

Luz Esparza, Manager, Pacific Post Office, U.S. Postal Service

When:

Monday, December 9

Time:

2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Where:

Pacific Station/Post Office
1920 Pacific Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90806-9998

Please RSVP with natashi.l.garvins@usps.gov to coordinate interview.

Background:

In the spirit of the holiday season, Station Manager Esparza will be lending a helping hand in the post office lobby to customers, while offering a fun, and worthy, family event to write letters to Santa. The Pacific team will also offer needed assistance with postal products and services customers can use to have their packages arrive to their destinations before Dec 25.

USPS Operation Santa

USPS Operation Santa is in its 112th year and since its inception, it has helped answer the thousands of letters addressed to Santa Claus through the Postal Service each year. Through USPS Operation Santa, children write their holiday wishes to Santa Claus and send their letters to his official address.

These letters are then anonymized and made available for adoption on the program’s website, USPSOperationSanta.com. Generous individuals, families and organizations can browse the letters, adopt one or more of them and fulfill the child’s holiday wishes. The website has additional information, including instructions for participation. Last day to adopt and ship packages to families is December 16!

Postal Products

Customers may purchase, stamps and other philatelic products through the Postal Store at usps.com/shopstamps, by calling 844-737-7826, by mail through USA Philatelic or at Post Office locations nationwide. For officially licensed stamp products, shop the USPS Officially Licensed Collection on Amazon.

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The United States Postal Service is an independent federal establishment, mandated to be self-financing and to serve every American community through the affordable, reliable and secure delivery of mail and packages to 169 million addresses six and often seven days a week. Overseen by a bipartisan Board of Governors, the Postal Service is implementing a 10-year transformation plan, Delivering for America, to modernize the postal network, restore long-term financial sustainability, dramatically improve service across all mail and shipping categories, and maintain the organization as one of America’s most valued and trusted brands.

The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

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MEDIA ADVISORY

Media contacts

Natashi Garvins
natashi.l.garvins@usps.gov