CHRISTMAS IS YET TO COME! (with Santa Claus' addresses below!)

Oh, didn't I tell you that I am a Postcrossing lover?

I joined Postcrossing since the summer holiday last year and until this moment, I've been its member for 507 days already (as counted)! To be honest, as first I doubted its certainty and security because I just found it from an unknown forum. You know, online information is not always trustworthy. However, I still registered it. After reading the brief mechanism from the website, I excitingly sent a few postcards and looked forward to receiving some in return.

I still remember the joy of receiving the very FIRST card! It was really excited and heartwarming!

BUT,today I'm not going to introduce Postcrossing here. Instead, I'm going to show some exquisite Christmas stamps issued last week (exactly, on 4 NOV 2014). Postcards always come with beautiful stamps. So, this is the reason why I also partly fall into philately.

Christmas stamps

Despite the vivid designs, there are actually many hidden Hong Kong elements in this set of Christmas stamps! So, I just quoted the introduction from Hong Kong Post Stamps:

"$1.70 Donning a red hat decorated with patterns of a junk and Chinese white dolphins symbolising Hong Kong, Santa Claus is in town to give us his best wishes.

$2.90 The reindeer playfully hides an outline of the golden bauhinia sculpture in its antlers, which are festooned with Christmas ornaments. Are your eyes good enough to spot the sculpture?

$3.70 The snowman’s funky beanie suggests that perhaps he would like to have an offbeat Christmas walking his caged bird and enjoying dim sum in a traditional Chinese teahouse.

$5 The little angel carries a lyre under the night sky aglow with fireworks, and joins the snowmen musicians at the Clock Tower in Tsim Sha Tsui for carol singing."

Colour postmark

My whole collection

Presentation pack

Never forget to send out some season greetings!

As Christmas is coming soon, Santa Claus' post box is now activated! You can write to Santa Claus from many parts of the world. Receiving their replies is exciting too! The letter really made my days last year!

Addresses below↓↓

Hong Kong
Santa Claus
General Post Office
2 Connaught Place, Central
Hong Kong

Finland
Santa Claus
Arctic Circle
96930 Rovaniemi
Finland

Canada
Santa Claus
North Pole HOHOHO
Canada

Germany
Weihnachtsmann 
Weihnachtspostfiliale 
16798 Himmelpfort 
Germany

France(you can write to Santa online!)
http://www.laposte.fr/pere-noel/LaPoste-PereNoel.html 

Though there are quite a lot more Santa Claus around the world, last year I have only written to these Santa above.

United Kingdom
Santa/Father Christmas, 
Santa’s Grotto, 
Reindeerland, 
SAN TA1 

New Zealand
Santa Claus 
Santa's Workshop 
North Pole 0001 
New Zealand 

Austria
Postamt Christkindl 
Christkindlweg 6 
A-4411 Christkindl 
Austria

Belgium
Sinterklaas, 
Spanjestraat 1, 
B-0612 Hemel, 
Belgium

Sweden
Tomten/Santa Claus, 
Tomteboda, 173 00 
Sweden

Belarus
Väterchen Frost, 
225063 Kamenets District, 
Brest Region, 
Belarus

Russia
Väterchen Frost, 
225063 Kamenets District, 
Brest Region, 
Belarus

Slovakia 
Jezisko 999 99 
Jezisko 
Slovakia

Switzerland 
Santa Claus 
La Maison du Pere Noel aux Rochers de Naye 
Switzerland/SWISS 

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Sources
Christmas stamps: http://www.hongkongpoststamps.hk/eng/stamps/latest_stamp_issues/2014/20141104a/index.htm
Santa's addresses: http://forum6.hkgolden.com/view.aspx?type=AC&message=5469670

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