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Operation Santa At Farley Post Office (credit: Marla Diamond/WCBS 880)

‘Operation Santa’ Seeing Influx Of Heart-Wrenching Letters From Sandy Victims

The volunteers said there are the typical Christmas requests for items like iPods and Playstations and ponies, but the letters this year are a bit more heart-wrenching than usual.

2012/12/06

Postal employees working on 'Operation Santa.' (credit: United States Postal Service)

‘Operation Santa’ 2012 Kicks Off In Manhattan

“Dear Santa” letters arrive by the thousands, and each year kind-hearted people bring Operation Santa Claus to life by answering “Dear Santa” letters from needy children who would otherwise have no Christmas at all.

2012/12/03

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