美国邮政「圣诞老人行动」第114年：认领登记已经开放，11月16日起可认领孩子的圣诞信
美国邮政局（USPS）公布，第114届「圣诞老人行动」（Operation Santa）正在进行：孩子与有需要的人写给圣诞老人的信件自9月14日起收件；希望回信送礼的公众与机构，认领人登记与身份核验已于11月2日开放，正式认领信件自11月16日开始。
该项目把写给圣诞老人的心愿信匿名刊登在USPS Operation Santa官网，认领人挑中信件后，自行准备礼物并通过邮政寄出。USPS提醒，寄出信件不保证会被刊登、被认领或收到礼物。
关键日期如下：写信须在12月5日前寄出（以邮戳为准），地址为Santa Claus, 123 Elf Road, North Pole, 88888；认领截止时间为12月12日晚8时（美东时间），当日也是USPS建议的礼物最晚寄出日，以赶在圣诞节前送达。写信指引与认领规则见USPS Operation Santa官网。
（来源：美国邮政局）
USPS Operation Santa Enters Its 114th Year: Adopter Registration Is Open, Letter Adoption Begins November 16
The U.S. Postal Service announced that its Operation Santa program is under way for its 114th year. Letters to Santa from children and individuals in need have been accepted since September 14; registration and identity verification for people and organizations who want to adopt letters opened on November 2, and letter adoption begins on November 16.
Under the program, wish letters addressed to Santa are posted anonymously on the USPS Operation Santa website. Adopters choose a letter, buy the gifts and ship them through the Postal Service. USPS notes that mailing a letter does not guarantee it will be posted, adopted or fulfilled.
Key dates: letters must be postmarked by December 5 and addressed to Santa Claus, 123 Elf Road, North Pole, 88888. Adoption closes at 8 p.m. Eastern on December 12, which is also USPS's recommended last day to ship Operation Santa gifts for delivery before Christmas. Guidelines for writing and adopting letters are on the USPS Operation Santa website.
(Source: U.S. Postal Service)
来源：美国邮政局
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图片来源：孩子写给圣诞老人的信（美国国会图书馆藏品，公有领域） / A child's letter to Santa Claus (Library of Congress, public domain)
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