How to Get a Letter From Santa With a North Pole Postmark

If your kids want a letter from Santa Claus, the United States Postal Service has some of Santa’s helpers standing by at its Anchorage post office, ready to return letters to kids complete with a “NORTH POLE” postmark.

Here’s how it works: Have your child write a letter to Santa. Let him or her put it into an envelope addressed simply “SANTA CLAUS, THE NORTH POLE.”

Later, secretly open the letter and write a response from Santa. USPS suggests writing it on the back of your child’s letter so he or she can see the original along with Santa’s response.

Then, put it in an envelope addressed to your child with “SANTA CLAUS, THE NORTH POLE” as the return address.  Add the proper postage, and then put it inside a larger envelope which also has the necessary postage.

Then, send it all to:

North Pole Postmark
Postmaster
4141 Postmark Drive
Anchorage, AK 99530-9998

USPS says letters must arrive by December 15th for Santa’s helpers to respond in time for Christmas.  The agency estimates that it’ll handle about 16 billion letters, cards and packages this holiday season.