How to Create Free Printable Santa Letters

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 Zazzle, which also offers Santa letter envelopes such as the one shown here.

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

For free Santa letter templates such as the one shown here that you can personalize with your own text, sign up for a free trial membership at American Greetings and search for "From Santa" to see the Santa letter backgrounds and Nice List certificates they offer.

You can also find simple free printable Santa letters (in .pdf or MS Word format) at Christmas Letter Tips. They offer a choice of free MS Word templates with a simple clipart design or inexpensive printable Santa letters with more colorful professional background designs.

Two other places to find free Santa letters include Free Santa Letters.net and Free Letter from Santa Claus.net.

Free Santa Letters.net offers a choice of three background designs and three letters. If you like, you can upgrade from the free lower-resolution letter to a high-resolution letter with an envelope.

At Free Letter from Santa Claus.net, you only get two letter choices and two background choices, but they offer an upgrade that includes an envelope as well as a personalized Nice List certificate like the one shown here.

Both sites will send an automated email with the link to download and print your Santa letter at home, so be sure to follow the directions and enter your email address correctly.

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
4141 Postmark Drive
Anchorage, AK 99530-99998

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.

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.

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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!

Free Santa Letters.net offers free low-resolution letters you can personalize online and print immediately, or high-resolution letters with an envelope for a small fee.

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, you'll need to copy and paste to a word processor) that you can use to overcome writer's block when writing your Santa letter.

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