Christmas cheer: Santa's mails are back!
Alaska: North Pole elves have good reason to celebrate again, thanks to a decision by the U.S. Postal Service to resume a Santa Claus letter program that's thrilled children from around the world for decades.
AK volunteers strive to save Santa letter service
"It's great!" Gabby Gaborik, chief elf among several dozen volunteers, said of the agency's Friday announcement that it's reversing a recent decision to drop a program begun in 1954 in the small Alaska town of North Pole. The program was suspended over privacy concerns.
Images: Santa Claus, also known as Patrick Farmer, at Santa Claus House in North Pole, Alaska on November 18, 2009, holds letters from children.
Text & Images: AP
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