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Most of us think of the American postal service (USPS) only in terms of our shipment andDelivery needs. But the agency provides much more than that. Are you looking to buy a mandate? Or do you need to request a passport? Your simplest destination could be your local post office, where someone can offer you help. In fact, there are other services provided by the USPS which can be less important but which are really essential. Thisholiday season, the USPS offers something special in which you may want to participate. Read more to find out what the agency will let you do for the holidays, from November 28.

Read this then:USPS suspends services here, from November 19.

No season is as hectic for the USPS as the winter holidays, which is why the agency began to prepare for the holiday season 2022 all in January. According to the postal service,Several critical investments were done in advance to prepare, including the conversion of 100,000 part -time employees into full -time positions, the hiring of 28,000 additional employees of the advanced season and the installation of more than 100 new package treatment machines.

"Successful delivery for the holidays is a cornerstone of our 10 -year delivery plan in America," said the general postmasterLouis Dejoy said in a press release. "Thanks to the 655,000 women and men from the postal service, recent investments and operational precision improvements, we are ready to be the most used delivery supplier this holiday season."

Now the USPS offers another holiday service.

On November 14, the USPS published aNew press release Revealing the deployment of this year of the Operation of the Santa. "The donation season is there, and the postal service appeals to generous and generous people across the country to register for letters to Santa Claus," the statement said.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

Yes, you can respond to the letters that the children of the United States write to Saint Nick and their expedient the perfect gift to realize their Christmas dreams.

Letters will be available for adoption from November 28. At this point, participants will be able to "read the published letters and choose one or more to fill" until December 19, according to the USPS. "Once the letters have been chosen, adopters must follow the instructions included in their welcome email to meet the wish of the holidays," said the agency.

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In order to participate in the adoption of Santa's letters, you must be considered as an adopter verified by the USPS "for security reasons", according to the agency. To verify your identity, you must go to the website of the Postal Service Santa Operation before the end of the month and create an account. You can go ahead and do it now, while the USPS opened the registration on November 14. "Even if someone has adopted letters in the past, he must create a new account each year," noted the USPS.

If there is a problem that prevents you from checking your online identity, you will be directed to a person's verification process. "The postal service will send the adopter a barcode and the location of the location of the nearest post office which can provide an identification verification in person," said the agency. "Once approved, the adopter will receive a welcome email with detailed information on how to participate in the program."

The Postal Service Santa operation is a long -standing tradition that has taken place in the past 110 years - and "hundreds of letters are written to Santa Claus each year", according to the USPS. Unfortunately, the program also offers a perfect opportunity for crooks. "There is only one USPS Operation Santa program, sanctioned by the postal service," warned the agency.

The USPS said you should pay attention to one thing to avoid being scammed: payment requests. Although you are responsible for all the necessary shipping costs to ship gift packages for any letter you choose to adopt, you don't have to pay in advance just to participate. "The realization of the wishes through the official program is voluntary and any organization asking you to give them money to adopt letters is in violation of the laws under which the postal service works and is not tolerated by or affiliated In the American postal service ", the agency's" explained from the agency.