{"id":37361,"date":"2025-12-11T15:30:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T20:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=37361"},"modified":"2025-12-11T15:30:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T20:30:40","slug":"deadline-for-letters-to-santa-claus-is-december-15-in-special-red-mailbox-at-yours-conveniently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/deadline-for-letters-to-santa-claus-is-december-15-in-special-red-mailbox-at-yours-conveniently\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadline for \u201cLetters to Santa Claus\u201d is December 15 in special Red Mailbox at Yours Conveniently"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Toni Holley, Riley Nichols, and Rianna Lynn are poised for the last-minute rush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For two years, the friendly staff at Yours Conveniently have collected letters to Santa Claus as a service to both Aurora families and the Jolly Old Elf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last Christmas, the intrepid baristas stepped into the void caused by a disruptive national postal strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their stellar performance in 2024 was rewarded when they got word from the North Pole that their service was needed again this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toni Holley, the congenial co-owner of Yours Conveniently who serves the best London Fog in Christendom, acknowledged the call to action on behalf of the kids in Aurora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSanta asked us to collect letters for kids on his behalf.  We did such a good job last year that he asked us to collect letters again from the neighborhood children.  We\u2019re getting phone calls from parents and we\u2019re reminding everyone that the deadline for getting letters to Santa into our red mailbox at Yours Conveniently is Monday, December 15.  Santa\u2019s responses will be available for pickup at the store from December 17 to December 24.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holley cherishes the annual project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe love being involved because we don\u2019t want to let the community down.  We\u2019re happy to take on the role again this year and help Santa.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The business owner is not alone in the task of collecting letters for Santa.  The reception crew on Tuesday afternoon included Rianna \u2014who has been working at the specialty coffee and tea shop for six months\u2014and Riley who has been an employee for over two years at the community hub located at McLeod Drive and Aurora Heights Drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toni noted, \u201cThey\u2019re going to help out even more this year with our special letters collection. We\u2019re all being Santa\u2019s little helpers.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All three agreed that the most satisfying element to collecting letters for Santa is \u201cseeing the joy on the kids\u2019 faces\u2014and on the parents\u2019 faces, too\u2014especially when we deliver the letters back to the kids.  They\u2019re so excited,\u201d Holley added on behalf of the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the fifth year in a row, Yours Conveniently is also collecting unwrapped, new toys in partnership with the Salvation Army and the Central York Firefighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The deadline for donating a new toy is Monday, December 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a special kind of satisfaction for the store staff that is derived from these kinds of Yuletide activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holley elaborated: \u201cWe love giving back to the community through our Toy Drive. We also like collecting letters because it\u2019s a bit different. Seeing the reactions of the kids at Christmas time makes it all worth it. We\u2019ve been doing the Toy Drive since we opened. It\u2019s our fifth year. We feel it\u2019s important for all children to unwrap a present on Christmas morning.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yours Conveniently is located at 69 McLeod Drive in northwest Aurora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Jim Stewart<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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