(The Hoot photo provided)

Santa’s mailbox is up and ready to receive letters — on the front porch of the Whitley County Historical Museum, located at 108 W. Jefferson Street in Columbia City.

Letters can brought at anytime this holiday season and according to museum staff, Santa Claus promises to write back.

They will have all the supplies needed for writing letters to Santa during the upcoming Merry Museum Christmas event on Friday, December 1. For those wanting to come early that day, the museum will have it ready starting at 1 p.m. The open house will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Admission is free.