{"id":8262,"date":"2022-11-08T16:07:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T16:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/?p=8262"},"modified":"2024-11-12T08:34:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T08:34:58","slug":"letter-to-santa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/things-to-do\/christmas\/letter-to-santa","title":{"rendered":"Letter To Santa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We all want nice presents from Santa Claus and to tell him what we want. Sending a letter to Santa is a great way to make a <strong>personalised letter<\/strong> sent to the <strong>North Pole.<\/strong> We want to give you all the information you need; designing the letter, what to write in there and what post offices are available.<\/p>\n<p>This festive time will get everyone in the<strong> Christmas mood,<\/strong> so let the little ones write a letter to Santa for you to post. Both <strong>children and adults can write<\/strong> a Santa letter, making this a special time of the year for everyone![\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221;]\n            <div class=\"dowtk-blog-image\">\n                \n                \n                    <picture class=\"attraction-cta__image\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shutterstock_324414767.jpg\" alt=\"child writing letter to santa\" class=\"lazyload\" \/> \n                    <\/picture>\n                            <\/div>\n\n            [\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h3>Designing The Letter<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221;]\n            <div class=\"attraction-cta\">\n                \n                \n                    <picture class=\"attraction-cta__image\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shutterstock_161622983.jpg\" alt=\"letter to santa\" class=\"lazyload\" \/> \n                    <\/picture>\n                \n                 \n            \n                                    <div class=\"attraction-cta__meta-wrapper\">\n                         \n                            <div class=\"attraction-cta__description\">\n                                We want to show you a fast and easy way to design <strong>Santa&#8217;s letter from home!<\/strong> This can become a great family tradition and get everyone involved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You&#8217;ll need:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Green or red card\/paper<\/li>\n<li>Coloured pens<\/li>\n<li>Picture of Santa or Christmas trees<\/li>\n<li>Glue stick<\/li>\n<li>Extra accessories such as beds or<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Get your <strong>green or red card<\/strong>, you can either fold the card in half or not<\/li>\n<li>Get pictures of Santa Claus or beds and get your<strong> glue<\/strong> ready<\/li>\n<li>Stick all the <strong>pictures and accessories<\/strong> around the edges of the letter. If you&#8217;re feeling extra creative why not draw a Christmas tree or Santa&#8217;s special reindeer?<\/li>\n<li>After designing the card with your favourite designs. Get ready to <strong>write<\/strong> the card<\/li>\n<li>You can use any <strong>coloured pen<\/strong> and make sure your writing stands out!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                                                                                            <\/div>\n                \n                \n            <\/div>\n\n            [vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h3>What to Write<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221;]\n            <div class=\"attraction-cta\">\n                \n                \n                    <picture class=\"attraction-cta__image\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shutterstock_331720160.jpg\" alt=\"list of presents to santa\" class=\"lazyload\" \/> \n                    <\/picture>\n                \n                 \n            \n                                    <div class=\"attraction-cta__meta-wrapper\">\n                         \n                            <div class=\"attraction-cta__description\">\n                                With your creative gift, we want to give you <strong>some ideas and tips<\/strong> on what to write to Santa in your amazing letter.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure you always write your<strong> name and age<\/strong> so Santa knows who the card is from<\/li>\n<li>You can also tell Santa how you&#8217;ve been good and are on the<strong> nice list.<\/strong> But if you&#8217;re on the <strong>naughty list<\/strong> then you must write to Santa about how you&#8217;re going to learn to stop being naughty.<\/li>\n<li>Then make your list what<strong> gift ideas<\/strong> you want this year<\/li>\n<li>Make sure to always say <strong>thank you and please<\/strong> in your Santa letters<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t forget to<strong> sign it<\/strong> with your name<\/li>\n<li>To finish off the card you can purchase a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/s?k=christmas+envelopes&amp;sprefix=christmas+en%2Caps%2C124&amp;ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">festive envelope or North pole envelope<\/a> if you&#8217;re <strong>feeling extra creative<\/strong> and Christmassy. The envelope for kids and adults are great for the whole family to get involved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                                                                                            <\/div>\n                \n                \n            <\/div>\n\n            [vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h3>Letter Delivery<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221;]\n            <div class=\"attraction-cta\">\n                \n                \n                    <picture class=\"attraction-cta__image\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shutterstock_229815004.jpg\" alt=\"Santa reading letters\" class=\"lazyload\" \/> \n                    <\/picture>\n                \n                 \n            \n                                    <div class=\"attraction-cta__meta-wrapper\">\n                         \n                            <div class=\"attraction-cta__description\">\n                                The Royal Mail offers a chance for you to send a <strong>Santa Letter direct<\/strong> to an address. The deadline for sending off the letter is the <strong>30th November 2023.<\/strong> Just make sure to get a<strong> stamp<\/strong> as well.<\/p>\n<p>Address:<\/p>\n<p>Santa\/Father Christmas<br \/>\nSanta&#8217;s Grotto<br \/>\nReindeerland<br \/>\nXM4 5HQ<\/p>\n<p>If you <strong>can&#8217;t wait for Santa&#8217;s reply<\/strong>, you can download the card he&#8217;ll send you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalmail.com\/sites\/royalmail.com\/files\/2021-10\/RM-Letters-To-Santa-English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>!<br \/>\nIf you&#8217;d like<strong> your response in Welsh<\/strong> you can download the card he&#8217;ll be sending you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalmail.com\/sites\/royalmail.com\/files\/2021-10\/RM-Letters-To-Santa-Welsh.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>!                            <\/div>\n                                                                                                                                            <\/div>\n                \n                \n            <\/div>\n\n            [vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221;]\t<div id=\"thb-image-6abc40598c8d9\" class=\"caption-style1  aligncenter   thb_image_link wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"thb-image-inner size_100\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"thb_image   attachment-full thb-lazyload lazyload\" alt=\"Santa reading a letter\" title=\"Portrait,Of,Happy,Santa,Claus,Sitting,At,His,Room,At\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shutterstock_763254409.jpg\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shutterstock_763254409.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shutterstock_763254409-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shutterstock_763254409-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shutterstock_763254409-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shutterstock_763254409-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shutterstock_763254409-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shutterstock_763254409-185x123.jpg 185w, https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shutterstock_763254409-740x494.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shutterstock_763254409-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shutterstock_763254409-72x48.jpg 72w\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Since Santa Claus is busy at this <strong>wonderful time of the year.<\/strong> Make sure to send your letter before the deadline! This is a great activity for everyone to get involved in the family and make sure the letter is sent! So get ready for everyone&#8217;s<strong> favourite time of the year!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t forget to check out our other Christmas blogs for more inspiration! Want to visit the different markets, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk\/hub\/things-to-do\/christmas-markets-near-me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christmas Markets Near Me<\/a> perhaps you want to think about how to entertain the kids on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk\/hub\/things-to-do\/christmas-eve-ideas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christmas Eve<\/a> and head to a magical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk\/events\/christmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christmas event<\/a> near you?<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sending a letter to Santa is a great way to make a personalised letter sent to the North Pole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":8268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,298],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-8262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-things-to-do","category-christmas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8262"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=8262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}