About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. A delivery driver was making his rounds one morning when he noticed an old man standing outside the Bellevue United States Post Office. The man kept repeating, ‘This is my lucky day!’ over and over again. Curious, the driver approached him and asked what made today so special. With a twinkle in his eye, the old man replied, 'I just found out that my lottery ticket from yesterday is finally being drawn!' Turns out it wasn’t luck after all—just good timing for both of them.
2. A little boy walked into the post office one afternoon and asked the clerk, ‘Can you please tell me where I can send a letter to Santa Claus?’ The clerk smiled and replied, ‘Why don’t you just drop it in our mailbox? It’s always open!’ Just then, an old delivery driver approached the counter with a big box under his arm. Smiling broadly, he said, 'I’ve got something special for Mr. Claus today!' The clerk laughed heartily and winked at the boy, knowing full well that sometimes the best letters to Santa come from unexpected sources.
3. One rainy day, while sorting mail in Bellevue’s United States Post Office, a regular heard something odd over the intercom: ‘Attention please—we’ve received a package addressed simply as “To Whom It May Concern.”’ Intrigued, everyone gathered around the intercom. The voice continued, 'It is addressed to you.' A delivery driver joked, 'Maybe it's for someone named Nobody!' Finally, an elderly lady from across the street said, 'I’ll take it; I’m nobody important anyway.' Everyone laughed and decided to nickname her ‘Ms. Nobody’ ever since.
4. In the early hours of every Tuesday, a mysterious voice would come over the PA system at Bellevue’s United States Post Office, announcing that all letters addressed to ‘Santa Claus, North Pole’ were now ready for pickup. One day, an excited delivery driver rushed in, yelling, 'I just delivered a letter from Mrs. Clause!' Everyone laughed, but he insisted it was true. A few weeks later, on Christmas Eve, a neighbor saw a familiar figure leaving the post office with a large box marked 'North Pole'. The mystery continued...