MetaChat - Holiday Cards travel by sled dog?

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04 December 2018

Holiday Cards travel by sled dog? I follow a sled dog team on Twitter (Blair Braverman) and they are offering to take your holiday cards part of the way by sled dog, stamp them with a special stamp, and then drop them off at the post office.

I am so thrilled by this, but so far everyone I talk to is "what? ridiculous!" (sample size of two, so far)

What do you think? :)

post by: needlegrrl at: 08:11 | 6 comments

I'd love this, but they would have a hard way of going; down south here.

posted by mightshould 04 December | 13:20

So you actually send them to a PO box in Alaska, where they pick them up, travel with them to another post office, and them drop them off. USPS does most of the work!

I love that when I mailed mine today, the post office machine said "sure, they will be there by 12/8, unless we can't get them there due to limited transportation".

posted by needlegrrl 04 December | 13:58

Why not? People send stuff to Hell MI just for the cancellation mark. Having some doggos carry them seems like fun.

posted by arse_hat 04 December | 14:57

Yes, I love the idea of a team of huskies delivering the mail.

posted by Senyar 05 December | 10:53

You say "ridiculous" like it's a bad thing.

posted by Obscure Reference 09 December | 10:47

Please update us when the cards get to their destinations.

posted by arse_hat 09 December | 21:39

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