UPS Slammed For 'Heartless' Tweet About Shredding Letters To Santa

It seems the Grinch has made his way down from Mount Crumpit and found a new home at the UPS Store this Christmas. 

In a tweet that was later deleted, the package delivery company joked about destroying letters children had written to Santa:

A spokeswoman for UPS told The Hill that the tweet was intended to be light-hearted but it fell flat with folks on Twitter.

“Our intention was to have some fun but it was taken in a negative way. To be sensitive to our customers we decided to remove it,” she said. 

Here’s a small sample of the reaction: