The U.S. Postal Service is continuing its New York City tradition of making children's letters to Santa Claus available to the public to answer.
It says more than 100,000 letters already have arrived from children and families asking Santa to help make their holidays happy. Another 400,000 letters are expected.
An 8-year-old Bronx boy named Edgar says he waited but Santa never showed up last year.
His letter says his dad doesn't make enough money to buy things for the family. He says he wants coats, clothes and shoes so he and
his brother can go to school during the winter.
Santa says he'll be at the James A. Farley post office in midtown Manhattan on Tuesday to kick off the goodwill effort.
Operation Santa Claus runs until Dec. 24.
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