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What would happen if someone really sent a letter addressed to Santa Claus at the North Pole?

My 3 year old wants to send a letter to Santa. I thought it moght be fun to see if it comes back to my address.

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1. the post office has a department that will answer the letter. Just address to Santa Claus North Pole. Sometimes it won't be answered. I had my class send Santa letters and a few didn't receive a reply, but most received a letter back, signed:)
2. The USPS has a set up for that. They keep the letters and in some cases reply to them- if I remember right.
3. you can send a letter to: sanda clause North pole HOH OHO its canada, but he will get it, it is actully a organization and they do send a letter back to the child. its fun and makes the kids happy...if by chance you dont get a letter back, then you write a reply letter for your child, they wont know the difference
4. they get thousands every year at the post office,if a return address is on it then it comes back,if not they go to the store house of lost and kept for a few years as someone sorts through them.............
5. YES! You can send a letter to Santa. There is an organization in Finland that will receive and reply to a letter sent to Santa. I don't believe it's free though. Here's the link : http://www.santatelevision.com/lettereng/ You can even track Santa's "progress" on Christmas Eve thanks to NASA: http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/home/seasonal/santatrackhome.html
6. the post office keeps them and people can pick them up if they want to grant a wish so put a return address on it, you never know santa may show up
7. I've never had a reply sent back....I've heard that they go to the dead letter box and incinerated after some time. What I do with my children is let them write their letters, we put them in envelopes and I promise to mail them the next day. Then I get on my computer (like a week later) and type a letter from "santa"...I use Lucinda Script font on Microsoft word. I print it out on white card stock and roll them and tie with ribbon. I make sure that I put them in the mail box after the mailman has come and have my kids go with me to check the mail later on. They get so excited...and I don't have to pay money for such a simple joy. Plus it's more personal because I can have santa say stuff like "you need to eat more veggies, or you are doing so good in reading" stuff like that that my kids wouldn't put in a letter to him. It really gets them thinking that Santa really can "see" what they are doing. Good luck.
8. Your 3 year old will get a letter back. Most post offices do that.
9. Send it to the following address and Canada Post employees and retirees write back to children all over the world. Remember to include a return address. My kids got letters sent to them from Santa every year. http://www.canadapost.ca/personal/dec/santa/writesanta/default-e.asp
10. People do it all the time, the Post Office here in the UK used to employ people at Christmas to deal with them. Don't know if they still do.
11. Here ya go... http://gonw.about.com/b/2006/12/08/where-to-send-a-letter-to-santa-clause.htm :)
12. My son did that when he was five; we got a letter back!!!