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  • #32
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    RacoonQueen wrote: »

    What? :confused:

    Santa never sent me any letters. :(

    You must've been bold


  • #33
    giant_midget
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,162 ✭✭✭giant_midget


    So An Post will be responsible for children not getting presents off Santa all because they won't deliver the letters to the north pole with no stamps on them...b@stards :pac:


  • #34
    bgrizzley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,641 ✭✭✭bgrizzley


    giant_midget wrote: »
    So An Post will be responsible for children not getting presents off Santa all because they won't deliver the letters to the north pole with no stamps on them...b@stards :pac:


    I really hope the children dont hear this, upsetting their future customer base for a few greasy shekels wouldnt be the brightest move:eek:.


  • #35
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    Valetta wrote: »
    :rolleyes:

    What?


  • #36
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    why not just tweet santa?

    'Giz a bike nd a supriz lol'


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  • #37
    Fromthetrees
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,846 ✭✭✭Fromthetrees


    Tell your child santa doesn't exist and he'll be lucky to get the dark meat for Christmas dinner, then, when he see's the new pc you bought yourself on Christmas morning tell him he'll be allowed use it to play games on it, but obviously you'll never let him play games on it.


  • #38
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,466 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    The notice in my local PO states if you put a 55 cent stamp on your santa letter he will reply.


  • #39
    super_furry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,387 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    http://www.anpost.ie/AnPost/MainContent/ChristmasChannel/Letters+to+Santa.htm

    "Post your letter to: Santa Claus, North Pole (using a 55c stamp). Santa's helpers in An Post will make sure you receive a personal reply from the great man himself, just before Christmas."

    Not bad for 55c, but you know...rabble, rabble, rabble and all that.


  • #40
    libra02
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 377 ✭✭libra02


    Christ are people so mean they won't put a 55c stamp on their kids Santa letters.

    You do know every single child who sends a letter to Santa through An Post gets a personal letter back addressed to them. I remember getting them & loved it, made my day.

    Given the society we live in I think it is lovely An Post still do this and I bet it not cheap thing to do and An Post has been absorbing it for years so I think 55c is a small price to pay to see your child's excitment when santa writes back to them.

    Reminds me of Homer Simpsons attitude toward the voluntary suggested donation to gain entry to museum he was bringing Lisa to.


  • #41
    c_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,436 ✭✭✭c_man


    super_furry wrote: »
    ...Santa's helpers in An Post...

    Probably earning 30% more than private sector Santa's helpers :pac:


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  • #42
    RacoonQueen
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,369 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    libra02 wrote: »
    You do know every single child who sends a letter to Santa through An Post gets a personal letter back addressed to them. I remember getting them & loved it, made my day.

    NO THEY DO NOT! :mad::(


  • #43
    davetherave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,682 ✭✭✭davetherave


    Should it not be an 82 cent stamp, considering it is international mail??


  • #44
    dsmythy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,593 ✭✭✭✭dsmythy


    Still have to sort the poxy santa letters!
    davetherave wrote: »
    Should it not be an 82 cent stamp, considering it is international mail??

    Shhhh... ;)


  • #45
    Jake Rugby Walrus666
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 528 ✭✭✭Jake Rugby Walrus666


    Can Santa not do 'Postage paid by Addressee'. Reverse the charges to show good will to his customers, season that's in it. He could fix the Post Office people up then at the end of the month with a cheque.

    If not - well then Fuck Santa Clause


  • #46
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,346 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    Just wait till old Nick starts charging the same rates as UPS to deliver your kids pressies !!! :rolleyes:

    ¢55 will seem cheap ;)


  • #47
    Siuin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,659 ✭✭✭Siuin


    What a wonderful opportunity to introduce children to austerity!


  • #48
    Pure_Cork
    Closed Accounts Posts: 443 ✭✭Pure_Cork


    super_furry wrote: »
    http://www.anpost.ie/AnPost/MainContent/ChristmasChannel/Letters+to+Santa.htm

    "Post your letter to: Santa Claus, North Pole (using a 55c stamp). Santa's helpers in An Post will make sure you receive a personal reply from the great man himself, just before Christmas."

    Not bad for 55c, but you know...rabble, rabble, rabble and all that.
    libra02 wrote: »
    Christ are people so mean they won't put a 55c stamp on their kids Santa letters.

    You do know every single child who sends a letter to Santa through An Post gets a personal letter back addressed to them. I remember getting them & loved it, made my day.

    Given the society we live in I think it is lovely An Post still do this and I bet it not cheap thing to do and An Post has been absorbing it for years so I think 55c is a small price to pay to see your child's excitment when santa writes back to them.

    Reminds me of Homer Simpsons attitude toward the voluntary suggested donation to gain entry to museum he was bringing Lisa to.

    +1

    I never knew An Post did this, I think it's great, can imagine how happy kids would be when they get a personal letter back from Santa.

    Just googled Royal Mail there (I'm working in Britain at the moment) and they do similar but it's more expensive and you're not guaranteed to get a reply.


  • #49
    libra02
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 377 ✭✭libra02


    RacoonQueen wrote: »

    NO THEY DO NOT! :mad::(

    Yes they do. I know all my cousins n godchildren have received letters back for past 10 years. All over the country.
    Myself n my bro got one every year when we were writing and this was in 80's and early 90's.


    There may have been one or two slip through cracks but I have never heard of children never receiving one.

    Now if you send ones that were not put in an An Post postbox well that nothing to do with An Post.

    For instance I know of a friend who child posted their letter through a certain shop Santa letter box and didnt get one.
    It was obvious the shop dumped letters n didnt put them through An Post.

    So if you have kids stick a stamp on letter post it early and watch the letter from Santa arrive.
    We have to trust you to tell truth & admit that one came to the child. : )


  • #50
    Chinasea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,568 ✭✭✭Chinasea


    They're not a charity, wtf should they not charge especially seeing they need all the money they can get with so much competition around.

    However, they do need to up their game, but it would appear they have the Unions hanging round their necks supressing any 'can do, will do' capacity that might be in some young blood.


  • #51
    Senna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    I never got a fecking letter from santa an post, i'm guessing Dad never posted my letters........and a little bit of my childhood dies.......


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  • #52
    Wompa1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,360 ✭✭✭Wompa1


    RacoonQueen wrote: »
    NO THEY DO NOT! :mad::(

    Our parents probably just threw ours in the bin I'm guessing.


  • #53
    Call me Al
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭Call me Al


    libra02 wrote: »

    Yes they do. I know all my cousins n godchildren have received letters back for past 10 years. All over the country.
    Myself n my bro got one every year when we were writing and this was in 80's and early 90's.


    There may have been one or two slip through cracks but I have never heard of children never receiving one.

    Now if you send ones that were not put in an An Post postbox well that nothing to do with An Post.

    For instance I know of a friend who child posted their letter through a certain shop Santa letter box and didnt get one.
    It was obvious the shop dumped letters n didnt put them through An Post.

    So if you have kids stick a stamp on letter post it early and watch the letter from Santa arrive.
    We have to trust you to tell truth & admit that one came to the child. : )

    Well I guess my children's stamped letters must have both slipped through the cracks last year then.

    They didn't get replies and it was their first time posting them. Just as well I hadn't mentioned they would get responses from the man himself or they would have been very upset.
    We posted two letters to Santa again this week but I am not holding my breath for replies.


  • #54
    readytosnap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭readytosnap


    I have come across numerous letters that have been sent to Santa clause and the children do not provide a return address, I would say roughly a 1/4 of them, so it's obviously not possible to send a reply.

    Are these the letters?


    146ig.jpg


  • #55
    Hippies!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 555 ✭✭✭Hippies!


    Does Santa not have email nowadays or Facerbook even? Sure what kid knows how to write a letter? Kids are stupid. :pac:


  • #56
    Call me Al
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭Call me Al


    readytosnap wrote: »
    I have come across numerous letters that have been sent to Santa clause and the children do not provide a return address, I would say roughly a 1/4 of them, so it's obviously not possible to send a reply.

    Are these the letters?


    146ig.jpg

    I never saw one of those before.

    We sent ours with the address on the letter itself and not on the envelopes.


  • #57
    readytosnap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭readytosnap


    Call me Al wrote: »
    I never saw one of those before.

    We sent ours with the address on the letter itself and not on the envelopes.

    well these are the ones An Post been sending out for at least the last 10 years, they have gotten a little smaller the last few years but still the same type.


  • #58
    NegativeCreep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,351 ✭✭✭NegativeCreep


    Where do they deliver them to? ****ing Narnia?
    Why don't they just throw them in the bin?


  • #59
    Gru
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,352 ✭✭✭Gru


    Ice Delivery Man: You've got to start charging more than a dollar a bag. We lost four more men on this expedition!
    Apu: If you can think of a better way to get ice, I'd like to hear it.

    It must be difficult getting those letters all the way to north pole!!


  • #60
    hoodwinked
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,175 ✭✭✭hoodwinked


    libra02 wrote: »
    Yes they do. I know all my cousins n godchildren have received letters back for past 10 years. All over the country.
    Myself n my bro got one every year when we were writing and this was in 80's and early 90's.

    oh no they don't! (sorry panto season) :pac:


    ill never forget the one year i got a reply and my brother and sister didn't, another year my sister got a reply and my brother didn't, another year we all got replies!


    it was random! :pac:


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  • #61
    libra02
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 377 ✭✭libra02


    Call me Al wrote: »

    Well I guess my children's stamped letters must have both slipped through the cracks last year then.

    They didn't get replies and it was their first time posting them. Just as well I hadn't mentioned they would get responses from the man himself or they would have been very upset.
    We posted two letters to Santa again this week but I am not holding my breath for replies.

    It seems obvious but did your kids put their address on the letter ?

    Otherwise how would Santa reply.

    If not try a 2nd letter this time with your address if they want a Santa reply


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