Surprise your child with a Santa letter from the North Pole

Tulsa, OK — Parents, guardians and other Santa’s helpers can craft a response from Santa and mail it in a second envelope to the Fairbanks, AK, Post Office. Postal elves at the nearby North Pole Post Office will open the envelopes, postmark Santa's reply letters with a special North Pole postmark and mail them back to the children they are addressed to.

After writing Santa's response letter, place it in a stamped envelope addressed to the intended recipient. “Santa, North Pole, Alaska,” should be included as the return address in the upper left corner of the envelope. This envelope should then be placed into a larger, properly stamped First-Class Mail or Priority Mail envelope with your correct return address and mailed to:

North Pole Christmas Cancellation
Postmaster
5400 Mail Trail
Fairbanks AK 99709-9998

North Pole postmark requests must arrive in Fairbanks, AK, before Dec. 15, 2008. Please mail your request by Dec. 10. Requests made after that date should be sent via Priority Mail or Express Mail.

Holiday letters and greeting cards − North Pole Postmark

Customers interested in obtaining the North Pole Postmark on holiday letters and greeting cards should mail them to the address above, following the same directions. Please make sure that the stamped envelopes are addressed, sealed and contain cards or other inserts (empty envelopes can be damaged by high-speed sorting equipment).