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Sometimes St. Nick Relies on the U.S. Postal Service.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, December, 2002
By Ben Werner, Savannah Morning News, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Dec. 26--If Santa Claus gave up gift giving, he'd make a pretty good U.S. Postal Service carrier.
Or is it the other way around, with carriers making able substitutes for Santa?
In any event, each year as Claus makes stops on a route that varies according to who's been naughty and who's been nice, the ageless question is always asked, "Will any surprises be under the Christmas tree?"
It's a query answered by Claus, or in some cases, by money.
Provided a long-distance Santa-to-be opted to send parcels Express mail, then Savannah postal employees, and their colleagues around the nation, get to deliver Christmas Day surprises.
It's a...
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