{"id":615771,"date":"2025-12-06T10:55:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T10:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/615771\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T10:55:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T10:55:14","slug":"meet-the-edinburgh-elves-helping-royal-mail-deliver-christmas-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/615771\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Edinburgh elves helping Royal Mail deliver Christmas magic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Royal Mail staff in Edinburgh are handling a major seasonal surge, as hundreds of thousands of children\u2019s letters to Santa arrive from across the UK ahead of the Christmas deadline.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A dedicated team of specially-trained \u201celves\u201d has been brought in to help process the festive post, ensuring every wish list and drawing makes it to the North Pole before Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n<p>The letters have been arriving at Royal Mail\u2019s centre in the capital, each one part of one of the organisation\u2019s biggest annual logistical operations.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Robb from Royal Mail said: \u201cWe\u2019re so proud at Royal Mail to have 60 years\u2019 worth of helping Santa to get ready; all the colourful letters they have for Santa, it\u2019s lovely to see them all coming through for the children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Youngsters who include their full name, postcode and address can expect a reply from Santa, with a British Sign Language response also available for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the centre, Santa is treated as a VIP. Only one other person in the UK has their own dedicated post box here \u2013 the King.<\/p>\n<p>Royal Mail says there is still time to post a letter, but those hoping for a response need to act fast. The final date for replies is December 10.<\/p>\n<p>Send your letters to:<\/p>\n<p>Santa\/Father Christmas<br \/>Santa\u2019s Grotto<br \/>Reindeerland<br \/>XM4 5HQ<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758059248_2_whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Royal Mail staff in Edinburgh are handling a major seasonal surge, as hundreds of thousands of children\u2019s letters&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-615771","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115672261343895954","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}