La Poste opens annual Father Christmas letter service
The French postal service has now opened the doors to its 鈥淔ather Christmas secretary鈥� service, inviting children to write in their annual present lists.
From this week until December 18, any letters addressed simply to 鈥�P猫re No毛l鈥� (Father Christmas) including the writer鈥檚 full name and home address, will receive a letter in return.
The letter does not even need to have a stamp; it simply needs to be posted in a normal post box, and the post office will sort it from the other letters and make sure it is counted.
Father Christmas also moves with the times, and is now accepting emails too.
The more-electronically-minded can click on the , and click on the tab.
More than simply an email service, the website is also designed to help educate children about Christmas traditions around the world.
This includes an interactive map, on which you can click a continent, followed by some global countries, and discover traditional elements of Christmas abroad - including well-known food and recipes, and unusual traditions (such as Japan鈥檚 kurisumasu keki cake, and Ukraine鈥檚 tendency to see spiders as good-luck omens).
There is also a section for telling Christmas tales, and discovering the seasonal stories of other children.
