Overview
- About 9,000 wish letters have already arrived at the Engelskirchen office, including mail from Australia, Malaysia and Singapore.
- The Christkindpostfiliale has operated since 1985 with roughly 20 volunteers reading and answering children’s letters.
- Nearly three million letters from around 60 countries have reached the Engelskirchen site over four decades, according to a spokeswoman.
- Across Germany’s seven Christmas post offices, about 600,000 letters were received last year, with 132,000 sent to Engelskirchen.
- North Rhine-Westphalia’s Hendrik Wüst marked the office’s 40th anniversary, while DHL Deutsche Post’s Nikola Hagleitner said the tradition supports children’s writing and reading skills.