Overview
- DHL recommends letters arrive by December 12 to ensure answers before Christmas, with a clear return address required.
- This season's mail already includes notes from Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Malaysia, China and Taiwan.
- The Himmelsthür office handled about 47,000 letters last year, underscoring the scale of the annual tradition.
- Replies go out with a new story for children, and particularly sad letters can receive individualized responses.
- Additional Christmas post offices open this month, including Nikolausdorf on November 24 and Himmelpforten on November 28.