Operation Letters To Santa Announces Annual Thanksgiving Contest Winner

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Operation Letters To Santa is pleased to announce that a winner has been chosen in our annual Thanksgiving 'Thankful' contest. The lucky winner will receive an XBox 360 Elite. We have now launched our annual Christmas contest which will have two winners this year. Once lucky winner will receive a Nintendo Wii and the other will receive an Xbox 360 Elite.
Operation Santa Claus began informally in the early 1920s, when New York postal clerks began chipping in their own money to buy gifts for poor kids whose notes to Santa ended up in the dead-letter office. As the number of letters grew, the clerks asked for help from the public. The program’s most dramatic growth has come in the last three decades. In 1980, there were about 5,000 letters to Santa from needy kids received at the New York Post Office. This year the total will almost certainly be more than 250,000, and could approach 300,000. The program is based out of the James A Farley building in New York and is instantly recognizable to fans of the famous movie, Miracle on 34th Street.

Operation Santa Claus continues to grow and evolve as the years pass, and is now available to citizens, corporations, civic and church groups and anyone who would like to bring a smile to a child who has little or no hope of receiving a Christmas gift. Many of these children write to Santa asking for warm clothing, school supplies or a gift for a parent or sibling. In years past, it was necessary to write to the New York facility and have letters sent to you by mail. This year, it may be possible to go directly to your local post office and ask for letters. Please visit our website at www.OperationLetterToSanta.com for more information.