are mechanisms, to which above all children can address Christmas letters, which are normally also answered during the Adventszeit. Thus the impression, it develops could with Santa Claus, the Nikolaus, the Christian child or a similar mythischen symbol figure of Christmas giving actually communicate with the children.

The answer takes place either free of charge or against back postage. Usually thereby a standardized form with child-fair, Christmas motives is used. The letter writers in addition, a personal letter in reply keep occasional. Who would like to have the answer of Santa Claus or Christian child in time to Christmas, usually at the latest in the middle of must mail its letter to the Weihnachtspostamt Decembers.

Most letters to the come from children and contain desire notes with the request for certain toys, sweets or other articles of consumption. Some children pay to Santa Claus in often affectionately the letters illustrated with designs in addition, their heart and express immaterial desires, for example after peace, security, an intact family, health, better school achievements, the recovery of a member gotten sick or also only after white Christmas.

exist in several states of the German-language, Scandinavian and angloamerikanischen culture area and by different organizations and enterprises are maintained there, mostly from the respective post office organization. In the German-speaking countries they were furnished in the local post office branches by some smaller places, whose name has a certain linguistic purchase to Christmas.

The Christmas service also used acquaintance by many adults for to friends, used and. Because most uses Christmas special stamps and/or special stamp marks for the letters in reply. Besides that lifts the used envelopes out optical and makes it interesting pieces of collecting tank, which are desired with Philatelisten. For stamp collecting tanks partially also specially special editions are published, which can be referred with the respective Weihnachtspostamt.

Germany

In Germany the is operated by the German post office AG, which continues with it a tradition of the Federal Post Office. Although there are post office branches" and/or "post office agencies" since the privatisation of the post office 1995 actually only ", the traditional term of the official "post office" held itself generally linguistic usage so far. Therefore usually also further of the "Weihnachtspostamt" one speaks. Officially it calls in the meantime however or "sky office" the German post office AG.

Also honorary aids transfer the answer of the Weihnachtspost to Germany beside post office employees. They are furnished also on letters by children from other countries and send the answers away in different languages.

In recent time some under pressure are guessed/advised, since the German post office AG their branch network changed over increasingly reduced and in this connection to close their addresses in smaller places or quarters. So for example the "Himmli post office" in the Hildesheimer quarter which functioned for the first time 1967 as Weihnachtspostamt and so that as the oldest Weihnachtspostamt Germany is considered, recently by the post office was given up. The Christmas tradition was however so far maintained: Letters "to Santa Claus in are further answered.

Similarly it was issued the Weihnachtspostamt in Himmelpfort with which by the German post office AG was closed in the year 2005. Here the Weihnachtspost in the "office" of Santa Claus is answered now.

Also child letters at Santa Claus, Nikolaus or Christian child, who land without an exact address specification in the mail box, arrive: The German post office AG passes it on on one the

Austria

The Austrian Weihnachtspostamt is in the small place Christkindl in upper Austria. It was already furnished there in the Advent 1950 by the Austrian post office. Since that time after data of the operator over 76 million letters and postcards over the world-famous small post office were already dispatched: Because beside the child letters "to the Christkindl" also many adults Austrians and even humans from all world let their Weihnachtspost in Christkindl stamp. Post office with the special sticker "over post office Christkindl" is passed on to the Weihnachtspostamt. Since 1963 the Austrian post office publishes its own special post office mark "Weihnacht" in each year. This will provide Christmas" and/or "holy three kings" in the Weihnachtspostamt with the special stamps ".

The address of the Austrian Weihnachtspostamtes reads: Post office Christkindl, Christkindlweg 6, A-4411 Christkindl.

Switzerland

Also in Switzerland become child letters to Santa Claus, which answers Christian child or Swiss "Samichlaus". The of Bethlehem (Berne) and Wienacht Tobel (Lutzenberg) was however in the meantime closed. The child letters land now with the central place of discovery of the Swiss post office in Chiasso and are also worked on there.

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• Weihnachtspostamt in the Austrian Christkindl
• Weihnachtspostamt sky city (Bavaria)
• Weihnachtspostamt Himmelpfort (Brandenburg)

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