Free (or VERY low cost) letter from Santa?

[Pumpkin_Pie]

DS is soooooooooooooooooooooooo excited about Santa this year and asked if he could write him a letter tonight. I said "sure you can" and then he asked if Santa would write back to him. I know I have seen free or very low cost letters from Santa that can be mailed to your house before, but when I Google "letter from Santa", I come up with things that are $$$$.

Anyone have a good resource for a letter from Santa?

[frolick16]

I think in December you can actually get your post office to mail a letter to your house form the north pole, so you write it yourself and send it from the post office with the north pole stamp!

[Thystle]

Maybe have a friend or relative in another state send it?


Or will he be scanning the address?

[Dmitrizmom]

Norad tracks Santa every year and will do e-mail letters to kids for free! I think they start on December 1 tho. http://www.noradsanta.org/

[Pumpkin_Pie]

He is too young to see where the letter is post marked, but he definitely was wanting a real physical letter. He loves to help me get the mail, and a letter in the box just for him from Santa would send him over the moon. I will ask at the Post Office the next time I am in to see about sending a letter "from" the North Pole if I give it to them. That would be perfect. I could really make the letter say exactly what I want and he would still get the thrill of receiving a letter in the mail.

Thanks so much for the ideas!

[lucky_mia]

Check out this link http://http://www.usps.com/communica...2007_1203a.htm

You, as the parent, can send a letter from Santa and it will be sent back with the North Pole post mark.

[Dmitrizmom]

http://www.usps.com/communications/n..._2008_1124.htm

[Thystle]

http://www.usps.com/communications/n..._2009_1130.htm

[jamesong55]

I live in Santa Claus, in and if you send the letter to our post office a bunch of us send the letters back for free it's a really neat letter signed and with the only Santa Claus post mark.

Address:
Santa Claus
Po box 1
Santa Claus, in 47579

Send it 1 St of december

[Knittin' in the Shade]

Originally Posted by jamesong55

I live in Santa Claus, in and if you send the letter to our post office a bunch of us send the letters back for free it's a really neat letter signed and with the only Santa Claus post mark.

Address:
Santa Claus
Po box 1
Santa Claus, in 47579

Send it 1 St of december

This is so cool! What a wonderful thing your community does

[jamesong55]

It's always fun. They distribute the letters to different businesses and the museum and the workers during down time open and read the letters and take a preprinted letter and add a small note and send it back.

[caiesmommy]

I live in Canada and Canada Post sends a letter back..it's pretty standard letter. But it still got ds excited last year.

Also theres the email message where Santa talks to them, shows a picture of their face and talks about the reindeer...DS watched his OVER AND OVER AND OVER again...totally loved it

[savannah smiles]

Originally Posted by jamesong55

I live in Santa Claus, in and if you send the letter to our post office a bunch of us send the letters back for free it's a really neat letter signed and with the only Santa Claus post mark.

Address:
Santa Claus
Po box 1
Santa Claus, in 47579

Send it 1 St of december

Too cool! I used to live right outside of Santa Claus, GA and I know people from nearby towns would drive in to mail out all of their Christmas cards just to have the postmark!

[Chicky2]

Yup, our post office sends the letter to Santa back to the parent and then sends a letter from Santa to the kiddo. Really cool.

[Pumpkin_Pie]

Originally Posted by jamesong55

I live in Santa Claus, in and if you send the letter to our post office a bunch of us send the letters back for free it's a really neat letter signed and with the only Santa Claus post mark.

Address:
Santa Claus
Po box 1
Santa Claus, in 47579

Send it 1 St of december

Do you know basically what the letter says? Or can I send a pre-written letter for Santa to "sign" and send back to him? I Googled Santa Claus, IN and could only come up with this page which has a link to this site which charges $12.99 for a letter from Santa.

I would love to hear more about the program you were talking about. What a fun thing to have going on in your town and to participate in!!

[angelcollector1]

http://www.freelettersfromsantaclaus.com/ecard_1.asp

http://bestsantasletter.com/free-letters-from-santa

http://www.noelladesigns.com/FREEPri...ntaLetters.htm

These 3 sites all have free letters that you can download and print to mail to your son.

[jamesong55]

The letter is basic. Sort of the story of Santa nothing religious.

If you go to : www.Santaclausmuseum.org there is a link on the left write to Santa that's the organization that sponsors the letters.

There's samples at that link.

[dakotablue]

Just wanted to add, my sister when little wanted a letter from Santa, but was very..shrewd. (still is)

My mom wrote a letter on the computer, put it in calligraphy print then traced it. When she got the letter, sure enough she compared handwriting.

I thought it would be a cute idea for a kid who keeps it so later on won't realize mom wrote it/ it was printed.

[momtoS]

Our community has a special mailbox (or mailboxes) and if you mail Santa a letter, he will send you one back. (All thanks to many volunteers!)

[busymama77]

Originally Posted by Pumpkin_Pie

DS is soooooooooooooooooooooooo excited about Santa this year and asked if he could write him a letter tonight. I said "sure you can" and then he asked if Santa would write back to him. I know I have seen free or very low cost letters from Santa that can be mailed to your house before, but when I Google "letter from Santa", I come up with things that are $$$$.

Anyone have a good resource for a letter from Santa?

Each year, I donate money to the NICU of the hospital that DS1 and 2 were born in. I would check with your local hospital or children's hospital to see if they offer something like. Fun for your LO and helps a great cause.