SCP-C526

Item #: SCP-C526

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: All photographs and satellite images of the Geographic North Pole are to be censored or otherwise falsified to conceal the presence of SCP-C526. Flights, expeditions, and other potential avenues of civilian exposure to SCP-C526 are to be diverted whenever possible; otherwise, all witnesses should be amnesticized and all material evidence confiscated.

Once per month, a team will be sent to the North Pole to collect no less than 300 instances of SCP-C526-A from among those that have appeared since their previous visit. These instances should be examined for any changes from previous inspections, then cataloged.

Description: SCP-C526 is a phenomenon that occurs at the Geographic North Pole. When any person writes a letter by hand and addresses it to "Santa Claus", "Santa's Workshop", "The North Pole", or any associated term, a copy of it will appear at the North Pole between zero and thirty meters above sea level. These letters, designated SCP-C526-A, are entirely immovable and unalterable until they touch human skin or clothing, at which point they lose all unusual properties. As a consequence, several million instances of SCP-C526-A are situated at the North Pole, with more appearing on an irregular basis.¹ The oldest known instance of SCP-C526-A dates to 1850.

A note is affixed to each instance of SCP-C526-A. These notes are made from period-appropriate office supplies² and written in period-appropriate British English. The same handwriting is found on all of these notes, suggesting that they are written by a single author. SCP-C526-A can be categorized by the contents of these notes:

• Type C: The word "Coal", followed by a brief list of misdeeds attributed to the letter's author. The vast majority of SCP-C526-A are Type C.
• Type G: The word "Grant", followed by text expounding upon the writer's virtues and/or good deeds. These notes can have up to 800 words written on them, and are often difficult to read due to small, frantic handwriting. Less than one percent of SCP-C526-A are Type G.
• Type I: The word "Ineligible", followed by a brief explanation. Typically attached to letters written by adults or which contain requests for dangerous, "magical", rare, or very expensive items.
• Type N: The phrase "No request". Attached to letters which make no requests.
• Type P: The phrase "PAY ME YOU FAT BASTARD". Every instance that has appeared since January 3rd, 2004 has been Type P.

Footnotes

1. The rate of expansion is too low to be of concern.

2. In the present day, these are written with a ballpoint pen on yellow Post-it notes.