Operation Santa Claus

Around this time of year, the NYC Postal Service receives 400,000 letters to Santa from needy kids. Operation Santa Claus makes these letters available to anyone who wants to make these kids’ wishes come true.

“Every year for Christmas I never get nothing, and that makes me sad because my mom looks at us and always cries on Christmas,” wrote Marcelo Velazquez, from the Bronx.

Katherine Perdomo, 9, of the Bronx, asks for “a comforter set to keep warm,” while 8-year-old Keith Arriago, of Manhattan, wants diapers and baby wipes for his baby brother.

You can pick up a letter in the lobby of the James A. Farley Post Office, on Eighth Ave.

[via Gothamist]

Related: Seth launched a design contest for the Big Moo today. The winner gets fame, the ad goes on MSN (ad spot donated), and all proceeds from the book go to charities.

Posted on 5 December '05 by Amit Gupta, under General.

2 Comments to “Operation Santa Claus”

#1 Posted by retro (19.11.07 at 10:07 )

Hard to believe Christmas is already around the corner. I am ready for some Thanksgiving turkey though.

#2 Posted by Santa Claus (19.12.07 at 23:34 )

Christmas is a very special time of year filled with laughter, joy and anticipation. Friends and family gather from near and far to share the warmth of the season. The aroma of roasting turkey fills the house, and children’s faces are aglow with wonder and delight.

However, many needy children do not have the same anticipatory glow. Many of these children exhibit a touching belief in the goodness and charity of the Christmas season that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence. Their “Dear Santa” letters arrive by the thousands in every Post Office in our country.

Please read the “Operation Santa Claus” articles that inspired this site. It is our sincere and fervent hope that after reading both stories, that parents, teachers, scouting and civic organizations will band together to form a local chapter of Operation Santa Claus in each and every town in this land.

Santa’s website Operation Letters To Santa continues to grow and is a beautifully vintage, nostalgic site that offers families over a thousand pages of traditions, recipes, crafts, games, Christmas carols, sheet music, free downloads, gorgeous seasonal desktop wallpaper and so much more. Please visit often. We love visitors!

Merry Christmas To All!








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