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Nov 20, 2023, 11:15 ET

Starting today the saddest letters to Santa may be adopted by the public online, through USPS Operation Santa®

Letters to Santa from kids asking for new shoes or basic necessities may now be adopted by Christmas volunteers online. An excellent guide for new volunteers for the wonderful USPS® program is BeAnElf.org.

Help us bring smiles to needy kids on Christmas morning.

Only volunteers sending gifts should contact us. Santa will not see your message here! If you’re seeking gifts, contact Santa’s Christmas volunteers through our seeking gifts page. If you want to give gifts, click below.

Join Our Volunteer Elves

Get info about how you can send gifts directly to a needy child, and a reminder about this program next Christmas. If you’re seeking gifts, we’ll tell you where to write Santa. Please check only one box below.

Sitewide Signup Form

After signing up, you will receive occasional emails during the Christmas season. We will never share your information with third parties, and you can unsubscribe at any time using the link at the bottom of the few messages we send. Thank you for being an Elf!

Be An Elf is a tax-exempt 501c3 children’s Christmas charity. Contributions are tax-deductible. We are not affiliated with USPS Operation Santa® but we support it by creating public awareness of the program online and in social media, by recruiting and orienting new volunteers to the program, and by offering tips to needy families writing to Santa. Be An Elf also uses donations to adopt letters to Santa and send gifts to the kids who wrote them. We will never share your info with third parties; see Be An Elf’s privacy policy.