U.S. Postal Service Tells Carrier to Stop Dressing Like Santa

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FOX News:

The U.S. Postal Service has ordered a letter carrier to stop wearing a Santa Claus outfit after a co-worker complained.

Bob McLean has been dressing up as Santa for the past decade, donning a red suit to deliver the mail along his route in Bellevue, WA. He even has a snow white beard – that’s real.

“The government is shutting me down because it’s a non-postal regulation uniform, McLean told the Bellevue Reporter. “This was the first time; I don’t know what happened. I don’t step on anyone’s toes. Being Santa isn’t religious to me; it’s secular. It’s about giving.”

But the U.S. Postal Service said it’s about looking like a letter carrier.

“The Santa Claus suit is not in compliance with the Postal Service’s dress code for letter carriers,” Postal Service spokesman Ernie Swanson told Fox News & Commentary.

He confirmed that someone was not too happy about a colleague dressed like Jolly Old Saint Nick.

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"But the U.S. Postal Service said it’s about looking like a letter carrier."
What does a "letter carrier" look like?

[NCJim]

I Wounder if the carrier is a city carrier or a rural carrier.

City carriers are required to wear a postal uniform while rural carriers have no regulations, but should look neat in appearance .