How to Create Free Printable Santa Letters

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Create Your Own Free Printable Santa Letters with a North Pole Postmark

Even Santa needs a little help! Here's some advice on how to help the Jolly Old Elf send a Santa letter to your little one, complete with a postmark from the North Pole. Read on to learn how to create your own free printable Santa letters.

Sample Santa Letter 

Copy and paste this letter and then personalize for a quick letter from Santa

If you'd like to create your own Santa letter, here's some sample text you can copy into your own word processor and print on your own paper. You can buy stationery online at places such as Santa Letter Stationery.com or get a printable template (including the letter) at Santa Letter Templates.com.

Dear [NAME],

Merry Christmas! The elves and I are very busy getting ready for Christmas, and I'm really excited that I'm going to be coming to visit your home in [CITY NAME].

Have you been a good [BOY OR GIRL] this year? I've been making a list and checking it twice, and it looks like you're on my list of good boys and girls. I'm very proud of you. Santa Claus likes bringing toys to little children who listen to their parents, are nice to others, and do their best in school.

Mrs. Claus has been baking Christmas cookies for all the elves so they have plenty of energy to build lots of toys. Your [MOM, DAD, etc] told me that you want [FAVORITE TOY] for Christmas, and I'm going to do my best to bring you that.

Rudolph and all the reindeer are very happy that we're going to be bringing you some presents this year. Rudolph says he would really like it if you would leave out some carrots and cookies for us before you go to bed on Christmas Eve because we all get hungry delivering so many toys all around the world.

Have a very merry Christmas!

Santa Claus

Add a North Pole Postmark to Your Santa Letter 

Everyone knows Santa lives in the North Pole, so of course letters from Santa get canceled at the North Pole post office. And, yes, there really is such a place!

The North Pole, Alaska post office stays very busy between Thanksgiving and Christmas every year helping Santa's elves mail out all those letters from St. Nick. If you'd like to get a North Pole postmark on your Santa letter, simply put it in an envelope, address it and stamp it as you normally would, then put it in a bigger envelope and mail to:

North Pole Christmas Cancellation
Postmaster
5400 Mail Trail
Fairbanks, AK 99709-9999

The North Pole post office will then cancel your inner envelope with the special Christmas cancellation and North Pole postmark and send it on its merry way.

Follow up your letter with a phone call from Santa 

If you'd like to reinforce the magic, think about getting a live phone call from Santa. Santa Speaking will arrange for Santa to call your child on the phone for a 3-5 minute conversation. You can even get a CD or mp3 recording of the conversation as a keepsake. Ho, ho, ho!

santa phone call

Add a Santa Stamp 

Buy or create your own Santa stamp

Each year the US Postal Service issues Christmas stamps, and these are great to add to any Santa letter. But if you'd like something special, you can also create your own stamp or buy one from Zazzle. These stamps are genuine U.S. postage that can be used on any package. The drawback is that you'll need to buy an entire sheet, but if they're also great for sending out cards and letters!

Here are some examples of what's available. You'll find more holiday designs at Christmas Postage Stamps.net.



Merry Christmas Santa Stamps stamp

Merry Christmas Santa Stamps

SANTA & STRIPED BORDER by SHARONSHAPRE stamp

SANTA & STRIPED BORDER by SHARONSHAPRE

BELIEVE IN SANTA STAMP stamp
BELIEVE IN SANTA STAMP

More Free Santa Letters Online 

Other sites that offer free letters from Santa

Click Here to Catch Santa in Your Home!Christmas Letter Tips.com has two free Printable Santa Letters in pdf format.

American Greetings offers Santa letterhead and a Nice List certificate that can be personalized with a free trial membership.

Free Christian Santa Letters.com offers two different Christian-themed letters you can print out on your own paper.

FreeSantaClauseLetters.com offers one sample Santa letter that you can open and personalize in Microsoft Word.

Santa Letters to Print.com offers a variety of sample Santa letters (text only, no images) that you can use to overcome writer's block when writing your Santa letter.

AAA South offers a free Santa letter creator with two templates to choose from. It looks like the site hasn't been updated since 2005, but you can print the letter without the outdated 2005 stamp images. (Warning - the site has music, so turn down the volume!)

Write Holiday Letters All Year Long 

Write Your Own Personalized Holiday Letters: Letters from Santa, The Christmas Angel, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy

Amazon Price: $8.29 (as of 12/16/2009)Buy Now

This book includes 62 sample letters you can use to help you write letters from Santa, the Christmas Angel, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy

 

J.R. R. Tolkien's Letters from Father Christmas 

If you need some additional inspiration...

Letters from Father Christmas

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Each year, starting in the early 1920s Tolkien responded to his children's letters to Father Christmas with notes and drawings. He introduces the chores of packing the many packages, the mishaps of weather and the mischief of his faithful helper, North Polar Bear, to his sons and daughter--whose names are added or omitted from the letters as the family grows.

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