Kids ask for Covid cure

December 15, 2020 9:13am

Dec 15, 2020 9:13am

New Zealand children writing letters to Santa Claus have modified their requests to the man in the red suit in the wake of Covid-19.

NZ Post staff undertaking secretarial duties for Santa say in addition to requests for items such as bikes, gaming consoles and Lego, many children are asking for a cure for Covid-19, jobs for their parents and the ability to see overseas family members again.

NZ Post spokesperson Sarah Sandoval says the requests show how compassionate Kiwi kids are. While the deadline has passed to receive a response from Santa to a conventional letter, Kiwi kids can still send Santa an online message by 5pm on Wednesday, December 23.

Visit: nzpost.co.nz/writetosanta

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