Well, there have been signs!
Many northern parts of Canada have already experience pre-winter snow, and this week the eastern maritime province of New Brunswick felt winter’s blast with a sudden snowstorm that left thousands without electricity, left vehicles stranded on highways, and many schools and some businesses closed after 20-30 cm of snow blanketed much of the province on Sunday.
Many opposed to early Christmas music in stores
Major stores have already switched to winter stocks of snow-shovels, heavy coats and boots, snowblowers and so on.
Christmas lights and decorations are also already on sale, and some stores have begun playing Christmas music. However, many people have said they are opposed to saying they should wait until at least December 1st , and certainly wait until after Remembrance Day)
Now, there’s yet one more sign Christmas is on its way.
Canada Post has reported that children’s letters to Santa Claus, have already begun pouring in.
1.5 milllion letters, 30 languages
According to Santa’s Chief postal clerk at Canada Post “Holly T Elf”, already about 10-thousand letters have come in.
In fact the first one this year arrived in July! It advised Santa to eat properly and get plenty of exercise to prepare for his busy Christmas season.
Canada Post says it expects about a ten percent increase in letters this year, to an estimated 1.5 million letters in 30 languages, including Braille.
This annually requires about 6,000 postal elves to answer the mail (um…helping the “elves” are about 6,000 current and retired postal worker volunteers).
Canada Post says letters to Santa should be mailed before December 16th to the following address
Santa Claus, North Pole, Canada, HOH OHO.
The Santa Claus letter programme began at Canada Post officially 33 years ago although local programmes had begun earlier.
Since the official programme began, Canada Post estimates it has handled over 23 million pieces of mail.
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