Letters To God

Lane DeGregory: TAMPA

They expect the letters to Santa.

So far this season, about 1,000 pleas to St. Nick have arrived in the Suncoast District of the U.S. Postal Service, which serves more than 4 million addresses from Brooksville to Fort Myers.

But this year, postal workers had to add a new bin: letters to God, and other folks up there.

"In the 10 years I've been doing this, I've seen maybe two or three letters addressed to heaven," spokesman Gary Sawtelle said. "This year, we've already had more than 30."

They come addressed to "Highest