Watching Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer on TV is becoming a family tradition for me and the Gator.  My crazy, awesom daughter Kate -she’s been Kater the Gator since birth- turn 6 in  9 days and I so very much want to make Christmas traditions a part of her happy childhood.  Next year we’ll add to the list by sending a card to Wisconsin.  But not Milwaukee or Racine, Madison or Oshkosh. Nope, like thousands of others, our Christmas card will join those pouring

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into a small Wisconsin village that shares its name with that most famous of reindeer.

The Rudolph Post Office usually receives thousands of Christmas cards annually from all over the world to be stamped with festive markings during the holiday season. This year is especially busy because the U.S. Postal Service started issuing stamps commemorating the 50th anniversary of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."

The Christmas cards sent to the post office can be embossed with a special cancelation that reads, "Rudolph, Wisconsin — home of the Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer." (Yahoo)

 

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