Due to a month-long strike and resulting mail backlog, Canada Post announced that Santa will not be able to reply to letters this year. Mail operations are resuming, but the volume of undelivered mail is significant.
Canada Post announced today that Santa will not be writing back to the children who write him letters this year. In a news release, the Crown corporation said that it has begun ramping up operations again after its month-long strike came to an end Tuesday.Although Santa won't have time to respond to letters received through the mail this year, we want to let children know that their letters will make it to him by Christmas Eve.
Santa is looking forward to reading all the letters he receives,' Canada Post said in the statement.Canada Post employees forced back to work returned to a backlog of roughly two million pieces of mail to clear, a task that will likely continue into the new year. 'Please know that it will take time to stabilize our operations; however, like always, letters to Santa are handled with special care,' Canada Post said.
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