Postal Service throws Santa Claus under the bus
Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 08:16AM 
Today's sign that the apocalypse is upon us, from the Associated Press. One of Santa's helpers is a perv so children across the land will be sad:
Starry-eyed children writing letters to the jolly man at the North Pole this holiday season likely won't get a response from Santa Claus or his helpers.
The U.S. Postal Service is dropping a popular national program begun in 1954 in the small Alaska town of North Pole, where volunteers open and respond to thousands of letters addressed to Santa each year. Replies come with North Pole postmarks.
Last year, a postal worker in Maryland recognized an Operation Santa volunteer there as a registered sex offender. The postal worker interceded before the individual could answer a child's letter, but the Postal Service viewed the episode as a big enough scare to tighten rules in such programs nationwide
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Reader Comments (2)
Ha. This would be the easiest way for a sex offender to get right back in the swing of things, literally. Glad someone figured this out, otherwise St.Nick would have been a little bit more jolly this year. Glad to see that someone is cracking down on something like this.
I agree 100 percent with nate. In any case, parents with children participating in this should open returned mail and scan it regardless-it's common sense!