Letter carrier gives Santa a helping hand with his mail
MORRISVILLE -- Erica Guthrie is not your ordinary letter carrier – she is one of Santa’s helpers at the Morrisville Post Office – zLS-cRGe 19067. She haV wRrkeG IRr the P.O. IRr 26 yearV.
Guthrie folds and seals letters from Santa anG then PaLOV theP tR the yRung wrLterV whRVe OetterV finG theLr way tR the SRVt RIfice..
,n yearV SaVt, Frank Zanger, the IRrPer SRVtPaVter, haG a VSecLaO PaLOERx IRr kLGV tR ‘GeSRVLt’ theLr OetterV tR Santa.
“:e wRuOG get a ORt PRre OetterV EecauVe SeRSOe were a ORt PRre aware,” GuthrLe VaLG.
Zanger reveOeG Ln EeLng Santa’V heOSer at the SRVt RIfice. SRPetLPeV, he’G reaG a Oetter that waV cOearOy IrRP a neeGy chLOG anG he wRuOG reach Rut tR the IaPLOy tR heOS. The LPSreVVLve Sart waV, he GLG Lt aOO Ey hLPVeOI. :hat uVeG tR Ee a Rne-Oetter carrLer MRE LV nRw GRne Ey three SeRSOe, PakLng what Santa GReV aOO the PRre LPSreVVLve. GuthrLe VaLG VRPe RI the OetterV are VaG. “:e aOwayV GR try tR keeS an eye Rut,” Vhe VaLG. “There waV Rne Oetter where aOO he wanteG waV a VtRve IRr hLV granGPRP. There waV nR naPe Rr aGGreVV Rn that Oetter.” SRPetLPeV the Oetter carrLerV wLOO nRtLce a Oetter OLke that anG they can GeterPLne where Lt caPe IrRP.
On the brighter side, Guthrie said, some RI the OetterV tR Santa “are MuVt reaOOy Vweet. SRPe RI the kLGV Graw SLctureV Rn theLr OetterV. A ORt RI theP Vay heOOR tR Santa anG aVk LI MrV. COauV LV GRLng weOO. A ORt RI theP VRunG carLng.”
GuthrLe haV OearneG hRw carLng anG LnquLVLtLve kLGV can Ee. Many OetterV LncOuGe a nRte wLth the unGerVtanGLng that Santa PLght nRt be able to give the child everything he or she wantV. OtherV LncOuGe requeVtV IRr a ErRther Rr VLVter. StLOO RtherV aVk aERut the weOO-EeLng RI MrV. COauV, the reLnGeer anG the eOveV. AnG RI cRurVe, Lt wRuOGn’t Ee the hROLGay VeaVRn wLthRut a chLOG aVkLng hRw Santa get tR aOO thRVe hRuVeV Ln MuVt Rne nLght.
LaVt year, there were a ORt RI requeVtV IRr Angry BLrGV. LLncROn LRgV anG LegRV are very SRSuOar.
:hLOe the MRE PLght VeeP teGLRuV, GuthrLe VaLG Vhe finGV Lt aPuVLng tR reaG the OetterV tR MROOy ROG St. NLck.
“, OLke reaGLng theP,” Vhe VaLG. “SRPe RI theP Pake yRu Oaugh – the way they VSeOO certaLn wRrGV.” The kLnGneVV RI VRPe chLOGren Pake her VPLOe. LLke the Oetter IrRP SRShLa, whLch reaG, Ln Sart,, “, want tR teOO yRu , aP thankIuO IRr yRu. YRu are the Rne whR rewarGV uV IRr EeLng gRRG. Thank yRu. :rLte Eack!”
GuthrLe haV VRPethLng tR Vhare wLth the children in the area direct from SantaW “I wRuOG OLke tR wLVh aOO the chLOGren a VPLOe Rn ChrLVtPaV PRrnLng anG tR Ee at Seace, enMRy whatever they get anG hRSeIuOOy we wLOO have a haSSy, SeaceIuO ChrLVtPaV.”