Santa Claus letters received from 126 countries. France's Postal Service in 2007 specially recruited someone to answer the enormous volume of mail that was coming from Russia for Santa Claus. Other interesting Santa letter processing information, according to the UPU's 2007 study and survey of national postal operations, are: Canada Post has a special postal code for letters to Santa Claus, and since 1982 over 13,000 Canadian postal workers have volunteered to write responses. His address is: Santa Claus, North Pole, Canada, H0H 0H0; no postage is required. (see also: Ho ho ho). (This postal code, in which zeroes are used for
Santa Claus, Arizona the official Arizona State Map. In July 1983, owner Tony Wilcox listed the entire town for sale. Wilcox sought $95,000 for the community. He had received an offer of $50,000, but turned it down, convinced that the town was worth much more. In 1988, Santa Claus had three tiny, poorly maintained A-frame buildings painted to represent peppermint candies. American writer Mark Winegardner described Santa Claus at that time as being on its last legs. Additionally, Winegardner noted in his 1988 book "Elvis Presley Boulevard: From Sea to Shining Sea, Almost", that"Styrofoam silver bells, strands of burned-out Christmas lights and faded