THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, December 23, 1994              TAG: 9412230526
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS 
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                         LENGTH: Short :   45 lines

SANTA WILL EXPRESS MAIL IN CHESAPEAKE THE COMMUNITY IS ONE OF 40 IN THE U.S. TO GET THE SERVICE.

Chesapeake is one of 40 communities around the nation where mail carriers dressed as Santa will make Express Mail deliveries on Christmas Day.

Postal Service officials said Thursday that letter carriers in these communities have volunteered to don Santa suits for their rounds Sunday. People sending Express Mail to those places, and who want the Santa delivery service, should put a note on the label asking for Santa delivery.

Express Mail is delivered on Christmas in other places, too, but carriers will wear their normal postal uniforms.

Cities offering Santa delivery are:

Arizona - Bullhead City, Chandler, Flagstaff and Mesa.

California - Bakersfield, Los Angeles, Marysville, Mill Valley, Napa, San Anselmo, San Jose, Santa Ana, Sebastopol and Vacaville.

Connecticut - Hartford.

Indiana - Boonville.

Kentucky - Lexington.

Michigan - Royal Oak.

Nevada - Las Vegas.

New Hampshire - Salem.

New Mexico - Hobbs.

New York - Albany.

North Carolina - Asheville, Charlotte, Fayetteville and Wilmington.

Ohio - Youngstown.

Pennsylvania - Camp Hill and Mechanicsburg.

Puerto Rico - Mayaguez and Ponce.

South Carolina - Charleston.

South Dakota - Sioux Falls.

Texas - Beaumont, Dallas and Lake Worth.

Utah - American Fork.

Virginia - Chesapeake. by CNB