For the past few months whenever we are out shopping and Greyson sees something and asks for it, we have him hold it up and we take a photo of the toy. We’ve been telling him that we will send a letter to Santa Claus and he can ask for the toy for Christmas.

Well, the time is here where we need to actually write said letter to Santa. However, I wanted to do something more than just listing out all the toys he has asked for, over the past few months. I do not want the season to be centered solely around him. So I of course made my own printable, and am sharing it with all of you!

{ Writing a Letter to Santa }

Writing a Letter to Santa <—- Click Here to Download

This printable is fill-in-the-blank style. It asks your child:

• Three toys they would like
• Three books they like to read – To let Santa know what kind of books they enjoy
• To select another person to receive a gift from Santa, and why they deserve it.
• Three ways in which your child has been good throughout the year
• A place to sign their name
• A designated frame to draw Santa a picture

I know that Greyson will be excited when he sees this today during our Preschool Time; since, he has been asking to complete his list for the past few weeks. ~Though I am thinking I might wait until Scott gets home from work so we can sit down and complete this as a family. This is the first year where Greyson gets Santa Claus and I’d hate for Scott to miss out on the first official Christmas letter.~

ALSO! I just found this on the United States Postal Service Website:

Letters from Santa

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. And the Postal Service can help you prove it when Santa replies to your child’s letter to Santa — complete with the North Pole Postmark!

Here’s the 10 easy steps:

1. Have your child write a letter to Santa and have them seal it in an envelope they address to: Santa Claus, North Pole.

2. Tell the child that you’ll place a stamp on it and mail it to St. Nick for them.

3. Later, when alone, open the envelope, read the letter and write Santa’s response on the back of the child’s letter. Have Santa mention it’s important to be green and that’s why he is writing on the back.

4. When responding, be sure to reference your child’s notable accomplishments not included in their letter, i.e., Santa is so proud that you volunteered to help ____, or Santa is really impressed with the great job you’re doing in school — especially with math, etc. Sign it Santa Claus with a P.S. to get to bed early Christmas Eve.

5. Place the letter into a new envelope addressed to the child at his or her home address. Be sure to include: Santa Claus, North Pole, as the return address on the envelope. And don’t forget to apply a First-Class Mail® stamp.

6. Place the stamped envelope into a larger envelope (or Priority Mail® envelope) with adequate postage addressed to:NORTH POLE POSTMARK POSTMASTER
   4141 POSTMARK DR
   ANCHORAGE AK 99530-9998

7. Letters from Santa must be received by the Anchorage, AK, Postmaster no later than Dec. 15, 2014.

8. The Anchorage Postmaster will open the envelope, remove Santa’s letter addressed to your child, apply the North Pole postmark and mail it back home.

9. When Santa’s letter arrives, have your camera ready when you ask your child to open the letter and read it out loud.

10. Tweet the photos using the #SantaLetters and post them on Facebook. Keep the letters in a scrapbook as a great family keepsake along with the photos.

     

I absolutely LOVE the idea of Greyson getting a letter back from Santa Clause – and you can be sure we’ll be doing this as well!

Enjoy!