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# Neat?
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/3167/
- Published: 2005-11-28T01:05:13.000Z
- Updated: 2005-11-28T01:05:13.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Holidays, #wpChunk

It sounds neat, but [as the Scandinavians have shown](https://thedailyeudemon.com/3105/), the flipside of such an over-active government isn't always pretty.

> Postal services around the world are gearing up for their most frantic period of the year -- ensuring wishful letters from millions of children get through to the jolly fat man running the North Pole toy factory.

> But in reindeer-dotted Sweden, where people think of Santa Claus as something of a local identity, the post office is ready to go just a little bit further in the spirit of Christmas.

> Any child writing to the chap in red is guaranteed a personal reply and a small gift via a new dedicated Santa service, Posten spokeswoman Eva Appelgren told AFP on Saturday.

[Link](http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051126/od%5Fafp/swedenchristmasoffbeat%5F051126222129?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).