Writing letters to Santa is as old as, well, the old elf himself. He gets lots of mail way up there at the North Pole and sometimes he needs a bit of a hand to get to it all while he prepares for his whirlwind, one-night trip around the world.
That’s where helpers like the staff at Christmas Tyme in Huntsville come in. They have their very own Santa-approved mailbox where local kids can deliver their letters.
If a child includes a return address, they’ll get a handwritten reply on official North Pole letterhead on behalf of the big guy. (And don’t worry, Christmas Tyme has a direct line to Santa and will ensure that he gets the message.)
The kids love it.
“Christmas is for kids,” says Christmas Tyme owner, Anne MacDonald. “We know some of the parents and the kids just light up when they get a letter back.”
The feeling is mutual. Christmas Tyme staff get as much out of the experience as the kids do. Sometimes the kids draw pictures, sometimes they ask for something for a sibling, sometimes they write in a different language—this year one letter was addressed to Père Noël (Santa is a polyglot, after all)—and always the letters are fun to read.
The box was installed by the store’s previous owners, Tracey and Bob Stone, and MacDonald and her staff were excited to carry on the tradition.
Christmas Tyme receives several dozen letters to Santa each year. If you have a child who still hasn’t sent their letter, you can drop it in the store’s special delivery box on its outside wall. But do it soon…sending it too late might just land you on Santa’s naughty list.
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