How to Send a Christmas List to Santa

Watching little children make a list of everything their heart desires on one list to Santa is one of the highlights of the Christmas season. Santa loves to get all these letters via snail mail, but he and his crew have also gone hi-tech and receive emails too

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Make an evening or afternoon out of it. Make a nice kid-friendly lunch and talk about what they want for Christmas, as well as the true meaning of Christmas. This is always a good time to slyly interject how their behavior needs to be for the rest of the year to be able to get those prized gifts.

2. Create a list of the naughty and nice behavior that may have occurred in the recent past while the kids are brainstorming their must-have list. The list usually will include at least one toy from the must-have Christmas toys, so try to get the list done as early as you can so that the elves can hit the shopping pavement early.

3. Compare the behavior list to Santa's list. The realization that they have not been good little children all year long can definitely encourage good behavior for the rest of the year.

4. Write a rough draft. This can be a list of everything that they saw at the toy, pet, and sport store, then, if the list is outrageously long it can be edited down to one to two pages of what they REALLY want and must have.

5. Translate and spell-check all those letters to Santa so that he and his elves can understand what it is you want exactly. A mistake on Christmas morning can lead to very long winter breaks.

6. Send the letter snail mail to North Polar Santa Claus, PO Box 56099, North Pole, Alaska 99702-1099. You can send $5 and a self-addressed stamped envelope to the big guy and he will send a letter back after he reads the wish list.

7. Type up the Christmas letters and send them via email to [e-mail]. It is a time when kids can email themselves and they get a kick out of doing it to Santa.

Tips & Warnings

• This is an opportunity to spend time with the family and learn what is on everyone's mind. Think of it as a tradition in the making.

Resources

• United States Post Office for changes in Santa's address

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[BuddyTheElf]

on 11/13/2008 There is a brand new family-oriented website:

www.TheChristmasRegistry.com

This website enables children to interact with Santa (via Mom/Dad) before christmas. The main things that children can do are:

* Create and maintain a christmas wishlist
* See their current rating on Santa's naughty/nice meter
* Send/receive letters to/from Santa

One of the best things about the site is that there is a little elf (Lucy) who helps guide children through the site - once parents set-up log-in information. This enables children who can navigate a computer but still may not be able to read to enjoy the site. However, I would expect that most parents would be present when their small children are on the internet.

Please go check it out!