What do the U.S. Postal Service and Santa Claus have in common? Neither rain nor snow nor heat nor gloom of night will keep them from delivering dreams this holiday season. Today marks the start of the Postal Service's annual "Letters to Santa" program, a campaign that's helped fulfill the holiday wishes of children and their families for nearly a century.

"Letters to Santa" is an annual letter-writing program through which members of the public and charitable organizations respond to children's letters addressed to Santa Claus, the North Pole and other seasonal characters. To announce that the letter adoption period has begun, a ceremony was held today at New York City's Operation Santa command center at the iconic James A. Farley building with a special appearance by Santa Claus.

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