How to write a letter to Santa with your child
A few things worth including, and how to turn a couple of sentences into something family can use to actually get the gifts right.
Start the letter
Start the letterStart with the basics
Your child's name, their age, and how they've behaved this year.
Leave room for their own words
A free personal message is what makes the letter feel like theirs, not a form.
At least one gift idea
The list is what turns the letter into something family can actually act on.
Make sending it an event
Read it together one more time before it goes, that's the moment kids remember.
What actually goes in a good letter to Santa
Start with the plain facts: your child's name and their age. Then comes the part that makes it feel personal rather than generic, how they've behaved this year, in their own voice as much as possible, even if you're the one typing. A sentence or two is enough, it just needs to sound like them and not like a placeholder.
Next, leave room for whatever else they want to tell Santa: something they're proud of, a question, a plan for Christmas Eve. This is the part that turns a wishlist into an actual letter. And finally, the gift list itself, with at least one idea. That's the piece family will use to know what to get, so it's worth being specific rather than vague.
Once it's written, there's a review and send screen made to go through together with your child, one more read before it's sealed. After that, you can invite family to see the list and print a reply from Santa that never mentions the gifts, so however it turns out, the surprise stays intact until Christmas morning.
Questions before you start writing
Want to see everything the letter unlocks first? See how letters to Santa online work.
Start the letter