February 4, 2012 - Thank A Mail Carrier Day

   By RoscoeRamblingsJen  Feb 04, 2012

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February 4^th, 2012 is Thank A Mail Carrier Day.  This is perfect timing for people like me who had the best of intentions in wanting to give their mail carrier a little something extra around the holidays, but just didn’t get it done.   

I know that many people have the argument that since delivering mail is a mail carrier’s job that they don’t need anything extra.   With the volume of freebies, online orders, and regular mail that I receive, I think that doing a little something extra is nice.  Plus, I’ve had the same mail carrier the entire six years that I’ve been living in this house.

Doing a little something extra for your mail carrier doesn’t have to be a budget buster.   Gifts such as cookies, spices, hot cocoa, are all inexpensive and nice. 

Here’s what I decided to do this year:   Thanks to some pre-Christmas fundraisers, we have a ton of microwave popcorn in our house right now.  I grabbed a couple of bags of the popcorn, and printed out a little note that says:

February 4, 2012 is Thank A Mail Carrier Day!

Thanks for popping by each day!

I taped the note around the bags of popcorn, and will place it in my mailbox on the 4^th.  Piece of cake!  If you would like to use the same note that I used,  I have made it available here. 

Do you do anything extra for your mail carrier around the holidays or in February?