A deli owner in Texas is replying to hundreds of kids' letters to Santa that are dropped in his store's Christmas mailbox

Aleem Chaudhry, who owns Gino's Deli Stop-N-Buy in San Antonio, Texas, installed a Christmas-themed mailbox in his store. Kids started dropping letters to Santa inside.Some ask questions, asking how reindeer fly and what elves wear, while others sent wish lists to Santa.Now Chaudhry is responding to every letter with his own personalized letters.He even set out crayons and paper for people to make letters in-store.Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.A deli owner in San Antonio, Texas, is replying to hundreds of children who wrote letters to Santa and dropped them in a Christmas-themed mailbox in his store.Aleem Chaudhry installed the Christmas mailbox at Gino's Deli Stop-N-Buy last year, local CBS affiliate KENS5 reported.He had bought the mailbox as a decoration for the store, but then kids started dropping letters to Santa inside.Soon, 400 letters were dropped off.Chaudry responded to every single one of them.This year he plans to do the same. He expects even more letters to be dropped off.He even set out crayons and paper for people to make letters in-store."Just fill out the form with your name, address, what the kids want," Chaudhry told KENS5.Some ask questions, asking how reindeer fly and what elves wear, while others sent wish lists to Santa."This little kid wants toys for his puppy, a puppy named Officer," Chaudhry told KENS5. "This lady is looking for funding for a movie she wants to make."Chaudhry and his wife, who do not have kids, write personalized responses to every letter. And the special mailbox isn't just for the kids ' it's for the parents too, Chaudhry said."What's better is when I look at the parents and the parents look so happy," he said.Read more:Here's why Christmas movies are so popular, according to researchersThe surprisingly bizarre origins of 10 popular holiday traditionsA North Carolina town canceled its annual Christmas parade over concerns of 'outside agitators' amid controversy over Confederate groupTaylor Swift drops a new Christmas song and the music video is full of adorable childhood moments from her home moviesJoin the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: Taylor Swift is the world's highest-paid celebrity. Here's how she makes and spends her $360 million.
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