#aonz

[kactusnz]

damn we just throw them out (and sometimes show a bag full of santa letters on the news)

I've been real busy lately because it's December and I work at the post office, so of course I am

But that doesn't mean I can't show up with an unprompted PSA

Hey! Have you ever mailed a letter to Santa Claus? Have you ever wondered what exactly happened to that letter? Well wonder no longer! If it had a stamp and a return address, then odds are that it ended up on the USPS's Operation Santa page!

Every year, the USPS collects letters to Santa Claus, and processes them to black out any identifying information. Last names, addresses, things like that. Then, the letters are posted on the Operation Santa webpage and people can adopt the letters.

Once you adopt a letter, you can buy gifts for them, wrap them up, and package them. Then you get a barcode from the website, and bring them to a post office. The clerk there will scan the barcode, which prints out a label with the address on it, and sends out the gift.

It's anonymous on both ends, and is generally just. A really nice thing to do.

I highly recommend it if you have some money to spare this year and want to give a kid a moment of magic this year

It's one of those things that the post office just happened to be positioned to do, and ended up knocking it out of the park. Unfortunately, I don't think they advertise this nearly well enough, and most letters end up going unanswered

Hopefully, a few more will be answered this year

[londonspirit]

Hmmm, so that would explain that silly wig hairline?! (and MAYBE give us a time (December) when they shot that...?

(Im also getting massive Gandalf vibes from that first one...)

It's too early for me, my brain's all fizzy and shit from that much beauty this early on a Monday morning.

[kactusnz]

Its hard for me in online leftist discussions about the cost of social programs, as all the discussion from USians is 'just cut funding to the military to pay for it'. Bit more difficult in my country where we are currently spending 3% of the budget on "Defence and foreign affairs" [source: budget 2024 ]. I know we need to tax the rich higher and make sure megacorporations are paying their fair share of tax here.

[kactusnz]

was anyone gonna tell me our national bird makes a godawful noise, or was I just supposed to find out on tumblr dot com

blogging

[ashadowofburnedoutstardust]

25,000 people in a country of 5 million on a weekday

The groups are required to separate like that for safety reasons due to the sway it would create with their collective weight on the bridge at the same time

While there is one main group heading all the way to Wellington smaller groups are joining them as they pass through each location on their way

[kactusnz]

everyone normally: change is bad and I hate it

NZ voters at election time: i love change

[ashadowofburnedoutstardust]

This is my hometown

[kactusnz]

skill issue

I wish wizards were real so bad imagine coming out of a wal mart and seeing some guy with long robes and a big hat in the parking lot surrounded by wacky particle effects screaming some shit like "By the moon and the starlight, by the shield and the sword, I summon to me, my Honda Accord!" And then just getting into his car and driving off

[kactusnz]

A maori person: *does anything* Luxon: AHH GANGS SCAWY Chinese government spies: *hack new zealand government* Luxon: It's important to maintain a good relationship with China

[ashadowofburnedoutstardust]

I had legitimately forgotten this one.....🤣🤣🤣

[kactusnz]

MyHeritage you IDIOT that's an AUSTRALIAN HAT AND FLAG

[kactusnz]

Pūkeko are so cuuute :3

Did you know that the Pukeko, a bird native to New Zealand, has the same sized feet as a baby that it does as an adult? The feet are so big on the little chicks it's adorable

Just figured you would like to know! :)

my GOD

that's possibly the worst ratio of don't-worry-you'll-grow-into-it that I've ever seen on a baby animal!

my condolences to the Pukeko.

[ashadowofburnedoutstardust]

Did we mention the guy that introduced the treaty principles bill Act Party MP David Seymour has been caught interacting with minors on Snapchat?.......

And go.....

[kactusnz]

ALT

Anyone want some cursed geography :D

[ashadowofburnedoutstardust]

https://www.chrislynchmedia.com/news-items/kings-counsel-call-on-government-to-withdraw-proposed-treaty-principles-bill-citing-constitutional-concerns/?s=09

That's a lot of signatures............. You don't get a KC after your name getting C's on your degrees.............