Santa Claus called "Operation Santa" to ensure that letters to Santa are adopted by charitable organizations, major corporations, local businesses and individuals in order to make children's holiday dreams come true from coast to coast. Those seeking a North Pole holiday postmark through the USPS, are told to send their letter from Santa or a holiday greeting card by 10 December to: North Pole Holiday Postmark, Postmaster, 4141 Postmark Dr, Anchorage, AK 99530-9998. In 2006, according to the UPU's 2007 study and survey of national postal operations, France's Postal Service received the most letters for Santa Claus or "Père Noël" with 1,220,000
Santa Claus, Indiana a local historic church and the town's original post office were moved to the site next to the large Santa Claus statue. Santa Claus is located at . According to the 2010 census, Santa Claus has a total area of , of which (or 93.86%) is land and (or 6.14%) is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 2,481 people, 936 households, and 737 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 1,044 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 98.1% White, 0.3% African American, 0.1%