Children wait at a special Christmas post office for the appearance of a man dressed as Father Christmas in the village of Himmelpfort (Heaven's Gate), north of Berlin December 19, 2008. The German postal service is offering a special Father Christmas office for post mails from children from all over the world until December 24. More than 256,000 letters from 80 countries were sent to Himmelpfort and have received replies in 15 languages. [Agencies]