11.12.2013 -
Once again, Santa Claus is relying on the world's Posts to deal with
the millions of letters he receives from children, young and old, at
this time of the year. Posts expect to process an estimated eight
million letters for him.
In Belgium, bpost has already handled more than 122,000 letters for Saint Nicholas this year (Photo: bpost)
According to a Universal Postal Union survey of its member
countries, several of the world’s Posts expect to receive an estimated
eight million letters addressed to the jolly old fellow this year,
exceeding the estimated six million figure reported in 2007.
Several Posts, including those of Canada, France, Spain and Ireland,
are reporting increases in the number of letters sent to Santa, père
Noël or the Three Wise Men, from last year.
Santa Claus and Father Christmas are the most popular recipients of
letters, but some are also addressed to the Three Wise Men, Ded Moroz
and other popular holiday figures.
Worldwide, about 20 Posts said they received letters for the man with
the white beard or another figure, and many have formal programmes to
help answer these missives.
These letters often simply addressed to Santa, North Pole should
normally be regarded as undeliverable. But many Posts pull out all the
stops to make sure this mail is collected, forwarded and answered by
Santa’s little helpers.
Postcode H0H 0H0
Canada, France and the United States say they each receive upwards of
one million letters for Santa annually, followed closely by Great
Britain with more than 800,000 and Finland with 550,000.
In Spain, children write to Los Reyes Magos (Three Wise Men). Correos
places 174 special mailboxes at the main post offices throughout the
country to collect these letters.
In Canada, Santa has his own postcode – H0H 0H0.
Source : http://news.upu.int
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