Parks Department Accepts Letters to Santa Starting November 23

Nassau County children will once again be able to send their holiday lists directly to Old St. Nick at the North Pole via a special network of Santa’s mailboxes in Nassau County parks, Nassau County Executive Thomas R. Suozzi has announced.

The mailboxes will accept letters from Monday, November 23, through Wednesday, December 16. Santa’s elves at the Parks Department will help Santa send cheery but noncommittal letters in response to children’s letters, with responses in the form of a “Santa-Gram” from the North Pole. To assure a reply, each letter must contain the child’s name and address, written legibly. Santa-Grams will be sent before the holiday.

Colorful red and green mailboxes will be accessible from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily at the administration buildings of the following active parks: Cantiague Park in Hicksville; Christopher Morley Park in Roslyn-North Hills; Grant Park in Hewlett; Rev. Arthur Mackey, Sr. Park in Roosevelt; Wantagh Park in Wantagh; and at Eisenhower Park’s Special Activities Building at Parking Field No. 8 and the Nassau County Aquatic Center at Parking Field No. 1A. Letters can be deposited at the Parks Department’s Administration Building in Eisenhower Park Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. No postage is necessary for the Santa letters.

For further information about Santa’s mailboxes, please call 572-0396 weekdays during business hours.