Operation Santa hit the big screen in 2020, with the premiere of the documentary “Dear Santa.” The program – and the needs – continue to grow. Last year saw almost 25,000 letters adopted ...

This continues to be the case today, where you can sign up to “adopt” a letter and send a response and a gift. As you might expect, the program has continued to develop with the times.

Operation Santa relies on postal staff and volunteers to make sure letters sent to Santa get responses, and also lets volunteers "adopt" anonymized letters and send back gifts from Santa.

From 1952 to 2008, children in Deerfield had an opportunity to write letters to Santa Claus and, after some time, a letter from the big man himself would be sent back to the child.Now, decades ...

Hundreds of gift-list letters find their way into the shiny red receptacle each holiday season. A staple since 2017, it’s stationed strategically outside the Post Office near the Upper Common.

Or the 10-year-old girl who pleaded in her letter that she not be passed over this Christmas. “I am not asking for the new iPhone 17,” she told Globe Santa.

Santa Claus, Indiana, is home to a beloved tradition in which volunteers, or "elves," respond to thousands of Christmas letters sent to Santa each year from children from all over.