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Dear Santa: How many letters do you get every year?

By Eoghan Macguire and Inez Torre, CNN
updated 8:31 AM EST, Mon December 23, 2013
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • More than 8 million letters to Santa are expected by postal services around the world this year

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