Santa's helper in BrockvilleBrockville Recorder and TimesAt the Brockville post office, John Terpstra has been helping Santa answer letters since he started working for Canada Post 21 years ago. …Letters to Santa a Hit with KidsPatchall 5 news articles » More: continued here

Daily Press With a Record Number of Food Stamp Recipients, Congress Still Loots FundHot AirWith a record number of Americans receiving food stamps as this WSJ report highlights, are those cuts to the fund such a good idea? …KY Kids to Benefit from Federal Child Nutrition BillPublic News Serviceall 8 …

Postal consolidation eyed in YanktonKCAUNowacki said closing the downtown post office would save just over $1 million over a 10-year period. He said other post office consolidations have already …and more » More: continued here

Reuters UK Court Says eBay Sales of L'Oréal Samples Breach TrademarkWall Street JournalBRUSSELS—EBay Inc. may have to change the way it protects L'Oréal SA's trademarks after Europe's highest court said Thursday that the …EBay May Be Liable for L'Oreal Trademark BreachesBloombergLegal opinion absolves Ebay in trademark fightTrading Markets (press release)eBay …

Stanley Gibbons Heads East in the Pursuit of ProfitsPR.com (press release)Only this month, The Times of India wrote: “Considered to be an “undervalued” but a highly stable asset class, investing in rare stamps is catching the …Stanley Gibbons All World Public Auction Offers New DiscoveriesPR.com (press release)all 6 news articles » …

Post office gets ready for biggest mail daySpartanburg Herald JournalAbout 97 million people will visit a post office this holiday season, and postal service expects to deliver nearly 16 billion cards letters and packages … More: continued here

Daily Mail Royal Mail get to grips with its increased Christmas workloadBurton MailA ROYAL Mail delivery office says it has no backlog of post and that its postmen have been out on all routes, battling against freezing …Yorkshire gets Sunday deliveries to help clear huge mail backlogYorkshire PostChester fire-hit firms' …

Metro Snappy dog stops post deliveries on entire streetMetroA street in Canvey, Essex, has had no mail deliveries for a month after a postman complained of being bitten by a rottweiler. Royal Mail has stopped sending …Postal deliveries suspended after dog attacks postmanEssex EnquirerPosties boycott 'danger dog' roadEssex Echoall 3 …

Novak Djokovic gets postage stamp honour for Davis Cup triumphlive-tennis.comNovak Djokovic and the rest of his Davis Cup winning team-mates have had their own postage stamps issued in their honour in Serbia. Djokovic, Viktor Troicki …and more » More: continued here

US Postal Service to have special holiday hoursThe Desert SunThe annual holiday gift-giving tradition keeps federal post office personnel working in overdrive during December. The United States Postal Service …and more » More: continued here