Yes, Kentucky, there is a Santa Claus – and the U.S. Postal Service can help you prove it when Santa replies to your child’s letter – complete with a North Pole postmark.

Here are the steps for your child to get a letter back from Santa:

1. Have your child write a letter to Santa and place it in an envelope addressed to: Santa Claus, North Pole.

2. Later, when alone, open the envelope and write a personalized response.

3. Insert the response letter into an envelope and address it to the child.

4. Add the return address: SANTA, NORTH POLE, to the envelope.

5. Place a First-Class Mail stamp to the envelope

6. Put the complete envelope into a larger envelope with the right postage and address it to:

• North Pole Postmark Postmaster 4141 Postmark Drive Anchorage, AK 99530-9988

“Letters from Santa” must be received by the Anchorage, AK, postmaster no later than Dec. 8th and Santa’s helpers at the Postal Service will take care of the rest.

Tips

• To save paper, write Santa’s response on the back of your child’s letter. If you keep them together, your child will also be able to recall what he or she wrote.

• When responding as Santa, make the response as personal as possible by highlighting your child’s accomplishments over the past year The Letters from Santa program adds to the excitement of Christmas and is ideal to interest children in letter writing, stamps and penmanship.