North Pole Alaska

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Did you ever receive a letter from Santa? When I was a child, once, I received a letter from Santa and it was post marked North Pole Alaska.

It turns out that kids have been sending and receiving thousands and thousands of letters to and from the North Pole for decades but that is all ending. Some say it's because of the increased price of postage and some are calling the postal service the Grinch.

This program was sponsored by the postal service and is now ending at the postal service's directions. But it is not because of the costs involved.

It turns out that the reason for ending the program is that there is a fear that child molesters could get a hold of lists of children involved and that would not be a good thing. This has not happened yet, but there is the fear of it happening. I think this was a great service that North Pole Alaska has been providing and they deserve a big thank you.

I also think this should be thought about again because we can't live our lives in fear and we should be able to enjoy special things in life.