USPS opens Alabama registration for 2026 ‘Operation Santa’ Christmas gift program

Every holiday season, thousands of people write letters to Santa Claus and send them through the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). After removing any personal details, USPS posts the letters on its Operation Santa website for generous respondents to read — and, hopefully, to adopt a letter-writer as the recipient of an anonymous Christmas gift. Letter adopters shop and ship gifts either on their own, or through Santa’s Gift Shoppe, an online catalog powered by Toys“R”Us in partnership with USPS. In Alabama, approved adopters can select letters and shop online for gifts beginning Monday, November 16. The deadline to send gifts is Saturday, December 12. Interested adopters can follow a few easy steps to start granting holiday wishes: Visit the USPS Operation Santa website for account creation and identity verification. Find and select a meaningful letter or letters from an individual or a family. Shop for gifts either on your own or via Santa’s Gift Shoppe powered by Toys“R”Us.

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