Weird & Wonderful

Christmas is coming!

Santa's elf at Canada Post
llustration: © Rama Ramesh

Christmas gets a touch of uniqueness across the world, each tradition more wacky than the other! Let’s celebrate this season with an appreciation for all those souls who added glitz to an evergreen festival.

Santa’s postal pincode

Gone are the days when it wasn’t clear where exactly Santa lived. The North Pole? No, just a little farther down. Santa now has an official postal code — H0H0H0. And that’s in Canada. The ‘elves’ at Canada Post have been kind enough to respond to millions of mails sent to Santa that somehow bypassed the parents. They not only write back in different languages but even in Braille!

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Rama Ramesh is a creative writer who has written stories and features for children’s magazines and has co-authored a series of nanotechnology books for kids.

Rama Ramesh

Rama Ramesh is a creative writer who has written stories and features for children’s magazines and has co-authored a series of nanotechnology books for kids.