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While the Canada Post workers strike enters its second week, those on the picket lines are determined to keep up an annual holiday tradition.

Every year, the courier starts receiving letters to Santa Claus in November. Last year, it sent out more than a million responses from the man himself.

On Nov. 15, 55,000 postal workers walked off the job after failing to reach a negotiated agreement with their employer.

The Letters to Santa program has been running for 40 years, and striking employees said it won’t be ending anytime soon.

“We’re still doing it because it’s been a long tradition of ours throughout the years, and we don’t think that a strike should prevent us from doing it again,” said Myron May, a picket captain with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW).

Instead of going to the red mailbox, Winnipeg families can visit one of three designated picket …

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