A sample letter
This is the letter “What a big year”, filled in for Maya. In the builder you change the details, edit any sentence, and see it in Santa’s handwriting before you pay.
Dear Maya, Ho ho ho! I have been watching from the North Pole, and my goodness, what a year you have had. I can hardly believe you are already 5! I want you to know how proud I am of you for starting kindergarten and making new friends. Big things take courage, and you have plenty. The elves keep a special book for children who try hard even when things are new or tricky. Your name is in it, written in gold. Rudolph already knows the way to Tacoma, so don’t you worry about a thing. Please give your baby brother Leo a big hug from me. Keep being exactly who you are. I will see you on Christmas Eve!
With love and jingle bells,
Santa Claus
Santa is inking his pen…
Letter from Santa, December 2026Read the sample as text
Dear Maya, Ho ho ho! I have been watching from the North Pole, and my goodness, what a year you have had. I can hardly believe you are already 5! I want you to know how proud I am of you for starting kindergarten and making new friends. Big things take courage, and you have plenty. The elves keep a special book for children who try hard even when things are new or tricky. Your name is in it, written in gold. Rudolph already knows the way to Tacoma, so don’t you worry about a thing. Please give your baby brother Leo a big hug from me. Keep being exactly who you are. I will see you on Christmas Eve! With love and jingle bells, Santa Claus
What makes it work
- Name the big thing directly: the new school, the new house, the new baby.
- Praise courage, not results. “Big things take courage, and you have plenty.”
- If the year was hard, let Santa notice the effort.
- Mention the new address or town. It reassures a child who moved that Santa knows where to find them.
Lines worth borrowing
My goodness, what a year you have had.
Big things take courage, and you have plenty.
Rudolph already knows the way to your new house.
How the letter is made
Every letter is written stroke by stroke with a real pen, in real ink, on Santa’s letterhead. The pen is held by a writing machine, which is how we can write thousands of letters and still have each one be actual pen on paper. The envelope is addressed to the child in the same ink. See how it works.
Questions
We moved this year. Can Santa mention our new town?
Yes. Add the town and Santa writes that Rudolph already knows the way there, which is a comfort to children who worry about being found.