SANTA CLAUS, Ind. - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the post office.
The Santa Claus, Ind., post office is offering a special picture postmark on holiday mail again this year.
The Indiana post office is the only one in the world that has Santa's name.
They've used the postmark each holiday season since 1983.
Customers worldwide request the picture postmark each year.
The post office says many customers drive hundreds of miles to get the famous postmark on their holiday mail.
Customers who want the marking on their holiday mail should follow a few guidelines.
The post office asks customers to allow at least a 2-inch by 4-inch space in the stamp area for the picture postmark and have postage applied to cards or letters before bringing or mailing them to the post office.
If customers mail Christmas cards to the post office, package them-with postage stamps already on them-in a sturdy envelope or box, and mail to: Postmaster, Santa Claus Station, Santa Claus, IN 47579-9998.
The picture postmark is available on working days from Dec. 1 to 24.
The picture postmark must be requested by the postal customer.
There's no charge but the post office limit 50 postmarks per person a day.
Before Christmas Day arrives, the postmaster expects 500,000 pieces of mail to come through the Indiana post office, compared to 13,000 pieces of mail processed a month.
