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December 2, 2008 11:13:52 AM CST



Potty-Mouthed 'Santa' Letters Horrify Canada

Posted Dec 14, 07 12:17 PM CST in Arts & Living World 

(Newser) – Letters from Santa distributed to at least 10 children in Ottawa are smearing the good name of jolly old St. Nick, the Citizen reports: They contain vulgar messages written by an unidentified “rogue elf.” The head of Canada Post says the country's postal service is "shocked and heartbroken" by the letters, which have shut down the Write to Santa program.

Volunteers add handwritten postscripts to form letters to kids, but they're not supposed to ad-lib like this. One woman discovered inappropriate messages in letters to her 2- and 10-year-old children and called to complain. "'That’s like dirt in my mouth,'" she says a postal worker replied. "'I can’t even say it.'"

Source Ottawa Citizen

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The Canadian Post's "Write To Santa" program is on hiatus until the source of the obscene letters is identified.   (Shutterstock.com)
The Canada Post has shut down its "Write To Santa" program while it joins the Ottawa police force to track down the source of obscene messages.   ((c) Mykl Roventine)
"Everybody here is so shocked," said Canada Post spokeswoman Cindy Daoust of the obscene letters. "Disappointed doesn't begin to describe how we feel."   (Getty Images)
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