Waking up on Jan. 1 is a little like waking up on Christmas morning ¡ª there¡¯s a palpable sense of excitement in the air as you reach into your post box to discover who has (and who hasn¡¯t) sent you a New Year¡¯s card.
However, these greetings aren¡¯t distributed by a mythical Santa Claus-like figure in a sleigh, they¡¯re delivered to each home by the hard-working personnel at Japan Post Co.
With New Year¡¯s cards accounting for about 13.4 percent of all mail at the end of the year (in addition to the oseibo year-end gifts that are also sent in early December), post offices nationwide are frantic.
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