Santa Claus back at work in Germany answering Christmas mail

Santa Claus is at it again, answering thousands of Christmas letters from children around world at a special post office in rrn German town of Himmelpfort.

As part of annual event organized by Germany’s Deutsche Post, Santa and 20 helpers last year responded to 277,200 letters from 64 countries.

y answer in various langus and also in braille, and each letter has a special Santa postmark.

trition began when postal workers in 1984 received two letters dressed to Santa in Himmelpfort, which means “heaven’s gate.”

t wanting to send m back “recipient unkwn” y answered.

All letters received between Thursday and Dec. 15 will be personally answered and returned before Christmas.

dress letters to: An den Weihnachtsmann, Weihnachtspostfiliale, 16798, Himmelpfort, Germany. Remember a return dress.