IT'S A HOLIDAY WRAP. Out of holiday wrapping paper? Don't fret. Post offices sell a series of shipping and mailing supplies available with holiday designs. These shipping supplies provide added convenience to USPS customers by providing one-stop shopping during the busy holiday season.

ReadyPost is a standardized USPS brand assortment of premium-quality packaging and mailing supplies sold in postal retail offices. ReadyPost has developed a holiday line consisting of two holiday designs — wrapped box with Santa trim or poinsettia. These packaging products are in two formats — box and bubble mailer — in different sizes. ReadyPost holiday shipping and mailing supplies are available at over 6,000 post office locations nationwide.

It's a wrap, with ReadyPost and USPS.

LETTERS TO SANTA. USPS will be sharing the Santa Claus duties with ABC Television Network when the TV special Dear Santa airs tonight. It premieres at 9 p.m. Eastern. Jim Belushi hosts, Usher guests and Joe Piscopo plays Santa. During the program, six children who wrote to Santa Claus have their wishes fulfilled. USPS provided the letters. If the program is well received, there may be another one next holiday season.

Post offices should be aware that the show will close with Belushi telling viewers: "If you or your organization wants to help Santa fulfill wishes from children, then contact your local post office and ask about 'Letters to Santa'."

Post offices and Santa continue to work together, as they've been doing for years.

GIFT-GIVING ETHICS. 'Tis the season to be jolly . . . and ethical. During the holiday season, employees may be offered gifts from fellow employees, customers, vendors and other people outside USPS. Unless an exception applies, employees can't accept gifts from those outside USPS. And there are limits on permissible gift-giving between employees, too, especially those in reporting relationships. If you have questions, send them by e-mail to gethics@email.usps.gov or call the Ethics Helpline at 202-268-6346. Sometimes, employees just have to say, "No, thank you" to gift-givers.