Letters to Santa Coming to Melt!

Is your list this long?!

Well, it's December! Which can mean many things.  It's the official start of the Holiday Season (which this year also coincides with Hanukkah)... yay! Candles, and bows, and lights, and trees, and garland, oh my!  Secondly, it's officially (well, to those of us that didn't get everything accomplished on black Friday at least) the start of the serious gift-buying.  Presents, and shopping, and lines, and hiding, and wrapping oh.....yikes.  We all get so caught up in buying these gifts for those we love, but what about those that may not be as fortunate?  


For the past few years Bill and I have participated in a program run by the US Post Office called "Operation Letters to Santa".  Post Office workers separate letters mailed to Santa Claus, open them up, and organize them into bins.  The public is then allowed to read through the letters and grant a few Christmas wishes for children who's families may not be able to get as caught up with the 'present-ing' that a lot of us take for granted.  


We started participating about five years ago and have been hooked ever since.  It's minimal effort, but can really help make a child's Holiday special.  Some of the letters are mailed directly to "SANTA" in scratchy mis-spelled writing and are meant for Santa only, where as some others are addressed to "Operation Santa Claus" from parents that know of the program.  Of course you'll come across the "Give me 10 games for my Nintendo Wii and 5 more for my DS" or "I want a Pony", but the ones that really get me are the "Dear Santa, Please bring a sweatshirt for my little sister so she doesn't have to be cold at night" letters, or "Could you please give me a backpack for school?".  Those are the one's that make Christmas real.  


SO.. my point is (and I do have one) this year we will be bringing Operation Letters to Santa to Melt!!  The White Plains post office doesn't know their exact day yet of when the letters will first become available to the public, but we wanted to give you a heads up that we'll be doing this!  As soon as they open it up, we will get them here!  

Here's how it will work:

- We'll have a collection of letters for you choose from.

- For every letter you promise to fulfill, you will receive one free beverage of your choice (yes, Joe Tea's included!) AND one bag of chips! 

- And the added bonus: It will make YOU feel great too.

As soon as the White Plains Post Office releases the letters we will be starting this here at Melt, so stay tuned for the official start date!

With a mailbox like this, who wouldn't want to be Santa?!