Father Christmas has made his way back to Brandenburg from the North Pole and arrived in Himmelpfort on Thursday on an environmentally friendly yellow electric tricycle (E-trike). There
he was greeted joyfully by children from the region. Until Christmas Eve, Father Christmas and his angels will read and answer children's letters from Germany and all over the world in private. Unfortunately, due to the ongoing risk of Corona infection, there will be no Christmas post office open to the public this year. Deutsche Post and the city of Fürstenberg have jointly agreed on this with a heavy heart. "Health is the highest good. We have a special responsibility at this difficult time. A public Christmas post office without personal contacts would be inconceivable. However, we are pleased that the writing campaign in Himmelpfort will take place without restrictions and would like to express our sincere thanks to the town of Fürstenberg and the municipality of Himmelpfort for the very trusting and constructive cooperation," says Anke Blenn, press spokesperson for Deutsche Post. Lutz Wilke, head of Himmelpfort, adds: "This year, the residents are once again decorating their hometown with a great deal of love and commitment, showing that Himmelpfort is a Christmas town as well as a holiday resort. We are very happy that Father Christmas will be answering the wish lists of children from all over the world here with us again this year."
So far, around 8,000 wish lists from Germany and abroad have arrived in Himmelpfort. As in previous years, Deutsche Post has engaged 20 helpers to answer them. The reply letters are sent to children all over the world via the mail centre in Hennigsdorf near Berlin. The younger children often want board games, books, building blocks, dolls, bicycles, trucks, off-road cars and spaceships. The somewhat older children mainly wish for game consoles, laptops, smartphones and tablet computers. The wish lists should arrive in Himmelpfort by the third Advent (13 December 2020) at the latest, so that the answer can still be sent on its way in time. It is very important that each child writes his or her sender on the letter so that Father Christmas
can reply. Letters should be sent to the following address:
To Father Christmas, Christmas post office, 16798 Himmelpfort
In terms of the number of letters, the Christmas post office in Himmelpfort is the largest in Germany: last year, around 294,000 wish lists from 65
countries arrived by Christmas Eve. In addition to contact with the children, Santa is also concerned about protecting the environment. That's why he responds on recycled paper and sends his letters using Deutsche Post's GOGREEN climate protection programme. This programme calculates and compensates for the CO2 emissions caused by transporting the mail. Further information on the Christmas post office is also available at: www.deutschepost.de/himmelpfort (Photo: DHL/Jens Schlüter)
