Yearly ‘letters to Santa’ programs begin

A mailbox set up at the street corner next to Fire Station 1 serves as a place where parents and children in Mountain Home may drop off letters to Santa.

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Santa Claus announced plans to start collecting letters written to him by local children as part of yearly programs held in Mountain Home and Glenns Ferry.

During the event hosted by the Mountain Home Fire Department, Fire Chief Mark Moore resumes his duties as Santa’s local “head elf” for helping answer mail sent to the North Pole.

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