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It’s a magical time of year for kids with Christmas right around the corner.
One tradition for many is to write a Christmas wish list letter to Santa Claus.
The strike involving Canada Post workers appeared to put a pause on any letters heading to the North Pole, but a group of postal workers in Saskatoon and Martensville are keeping the magic alive.
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“This is a really magical time of the season, despite everything that’s going on,” said Trista Iler, Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) Saskatoon Local 824 organizer.
“We do see that Christmas magic coming, and we do see the children excited to have their Santa letters.”
So now children will have until Dec. 12 to drop their letters off to Santa in a mailbox in Martensville, located at 835 Rock Hill Lane, or in Saskatoon along 51st Street.
The boxes are made out of wood and have been decorated to look like a holiday mailbox.
The Santa Mailbox in Martensville is located at 835 Rock Hill Lane. (Will Mandzuk/650CKOM)
Seeing the kids coming up with a smile on their face excited to drop off their letter is heartwarming for Iler.
“It’s something special, not just to me personally, but I think to all of the volunteers,” said Iler.
These mailboxes just opened up but have already been busy with kids sending Santa their letters.
As for how the whole process will work with shipping the letters to the North Pole, Brahm Enslin, president of CUPW Saskatoon Local 824, said they are still working that out.
“That’s still a bit to be determined, but we will be receiving the letters,” said Enslin. “We will then have volunteers that will get the letters out to the North Pole and then back to the children.”
Enslin said the volunteers are set up throughout the CUPW.
He also said it was important to postal workers that kids still got to feel the Christmas magic no matter what was going on.
“Postal workers really do care about this stuff,” said Enslin. “We really want to make sure that this is still happening regardless of what’s going on, so we take a lot of pride in making that happen.”
Letters to Santa were also collected at Regina’s Santa Parade by a team of volunteers from Wheaton Kia, and children anywhere in Saskatchewan can email Santa at EmailSanta.com and receive a reply.
Canada Post workers have been on strike since Nov. 15.
An email from Santa is available at Canadian website emailsanta.com.
— with files from CKOM News
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