Children have sent letters to Santa Claus' North Pole address for decades, but the Postal Service has announced a way to make the process more efficient.
St. Nick has a ZIP code.His new address, for use this season only, is: Santa Claus, North Pole, 30351-1989.
Postmaster General Anthony Frank said Wednesday the new ZIP code will improve the postal service's ability to handle the flood of mail addressed to Santa Claus that comes every Christmas season.
In conjunction with the postal service announcement, the Coca-Cola Co. said it will contribute up to $100,000 to the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program. The company is donating 5 cents for each of the first 2 million letters sent to Santa's address.
"Writing letters to Santa is a time-honored tradition," said Ira C. Herbert, president of Coca-Cola USA. "For children and their parents, it can be one of the simple joys of the holiday season."