Answering letters to Santa

Answering letters to Santa

December 24, 2012 4:31 PM

There are those who believe in Santa answering mail, and those who believe in answering Santa's mail. In a tradition that began in 1930, in a small rural town on the Kentucky border, Santa and his volunteer elves answer nearly 30,000 letters each year, all in red ink, each with a personal postscript that teaches a lesson. Byron Pitts reports from the North Pole.

A place where letters to Santa Claus go
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