Handy… to sleigh the least: EasyJet sets up special airport post boxes for letters to Santa – and will fly them directly to his home in Lapland

• The post boxes are in London Gatwick, Luton, Bristol and Manchester airports 
• Easyjet expects to fly around 200,000 families during the Christmas season 
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Airline easyJet has installed special post boxes at airports across the UK to fly children’s Christmas letters to Santa.

The service was launched with easyJet expecting to fly around 200,000 families during the festive season.

Young travellers passing through London Gatwick, Luton, Bristol and Manchester airports will have the opportunity to drop off their letters via easyJet’s orange post boxes.

The airline is also providing a special letter collection service for local schools near its UK airports, which will see easyJet’s cabin crew collecting letters to take directly to Santa.

The letters will be delivered on easyJet flights from across the UK and Europe directly to Rovaniemi in Lapland, the official home of Santa Claus.

Airline easyJet has installed special post boxes at airports across the UK to fly children’s Christmas letters to Santa 

The airline’s post boxes will also be found at Paris Charles de Gaulle, Naples, and Milan airports throughout December.

EasyJet is set to operate its biggest-ever schedule from the UK to Lapland this year, with services to Rovaniemi up to four times a week from Bristol, London Gatwick, Luton, Edinburgh, and Manchester, and to Kittila up to two times a week from London Gatwick and Manchester.

Half of people going away this Christmas will be visiting friends and family, with one in five opting for a sunshine break, a survey by easyJet found.

And over half (70 per cent) of the kids quizzed for the poll alongside their parents worry Santa won’t know where they are staying this Christmas. 

The research also revealed the most surprising requests found in children’s letters to Santa – according to British parents. 

Young travellers passing through London Gatwick, Luton, Bristol and Manchester airports will have the opportunity to drop off their letters via easyJet’s orange post boxes 

The letters will be delivered on easyJet flights from across the UK and Europe directly to Rovaniemi in Lapland, the official home of Santa Claus 

Banning broccoli, a pet whale, and a device that translates meows from cats were among the most unique requests. 

EasyJet pilot Hannah Wells said: ‘Christmas is a magical time for families and travelling somewhere festive for some winter sun, or to see friends and family can make it really special.

‘We hope our Letters to Santa postal service will bring some extra magic to the thousands of families travelling with us around the holidays and to schools in our local airport communities.’

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