The joyous journey of Christmas mail
U.S. postal workers have always been the true carriers of the holiday spirit

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(Image credit: (Science History Images / Alamy Stock Photo)This holiday season, the U.S. Postal Service expects to deliver 15 billion pieces of mail, including some 850 million packages. During its busiest)

(Image credit: (Underwood Archives/UIG/REX/Shutterstock)Children have relied on the post for delivering their handwritten notes to the North Pole since at least the 1870s. Technically, the policy was to des)


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Kelly Gonsalves is a sex and culture writer exploring love, lust, identity, and feminism. Her work has appeared at Bustle, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, and more, and she previously worked as an associate editor for The Week. She's obsessed with badass ladies doing badass things, wellness movements, and very bad rom-coms.
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