Breaking News: Santa Mail Drop Box spotted again in Rockport, letters are starting to come in...

Grab your crayons, pens and pencils, it’s time to write to Santa Claus!

Mon, 12/15/2014 - 1:00pm

Story Location:
210 Union Street
Rockport, ME 04856
United States

    ROCKPORT — Santa Claus is very busy right now. We’ve seen him riding in parades, lighting town trees, reading stories, presiding over bonfires, posing for photos and most importantly, pausing at each stop to listen to the Christmas wishes of children.

    But we have it on good authority that the big guy is not too busy to read your letters, in fact it’s how he falls asleep each night leading up to Christmas Eve, when he takes off with the reindeer to deliver presents around the world. Santa’s elves are busy back at the North Pole workshop building toys while Santa is out visiting with kids, and some of those elves are responsible for reviewing the letters kids send to Santa to make sure they have enough toys in stock to make everybody’s Christmas morning merry and bright. They also make sure Santa gets a chance to read the letters while he’s on the road in the nights leading up to Christmas Eve.

    To help kids in the Midcoast get their letters to Santa, a special Santa Mail Drop Box has been set up in Rockport Village, next to the lobster trap tree, across from Graffam Brothers Seafood Market on Union Street.

    PenBayPilot.com has set up a Santa Letters page, and all letters to the North Pole that have been placed in the Santa Mail Drop Box are being reprinted on the page here. It’s a great way to be sure your letter is safely on its way to the North Pole, so check PenBayPilot.com to see when your letter has been received.

    Letters to Santa can be dropped into the Santa Mail Drop Box at any time and elves will retrieve them and get them to Santa right away. Santa also has a tablet and a smart phone this year, so emails are also welcome at: santalobster2013@gmail.com. Original letters are being delivered to the North Pole by carriers trained specially for the annual task and letters to Santa will be accepted right up to 11:59 p.m. Christmas Eve.

    Santa's reindeer are also gearing up for the trip down from the North Pole. They are bulking up on a special raw diet and personal trainers are stopping by the barn every day to check on them. The reindeer had a perfect summer, enjoying lots of time grazing under the sun on green clover. The elves also had a relaxing summer, and are now working feverishly to get all the toys ready for the Christmas Eve flight through the stars.

    Remember — Santa is busy on Christmas Eve moving from home to home around the world. It is important to go to bed on time and not try to wait up for him. Santa has so many stops to make he cannot stay and chat with anyone, and that includes parents in their pajamas and slippers. Santa hopes that families are not awake when he slips down through the chimney or through the front door so that he can do his work uninterrupted. He is on a very tight time schedule.

    He does, however, appreciate cookies. (We hear he is especially fond of chocolate chip, but he has a real sweet tooth and appreciates all flavors.) And sometimes a really good glass of cheer helps too, but not so much to hinder progress. And don’t forget a few carrots for Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder, Blitzen and Rudolph (if the weather is stormy). They’ll appreciate the healthy snack between stops to keep up their energy level.

    So, get those letters written and to the Santa Mail Drop Box. Don't delay!

    And most of all....

    Merry Christmas!