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Parenting Humor: Kids’ Letters to Santa {plus a fun way to keep the magic alive}

Uncategorized · December 12, 2012

Last Updated on December 7th, 2018

{Do you kids still believe in Santa? I love to keep the magic alive as long as possible so I found a simple tool to help}

My 9-year-old is starting to have doubts about the reality of Santa. Kids at school talk about him “not being real” so my son has had a lot of questions. Since he has a little brother in the house, I really want to keep the Santa magic going as long as we can. Plus, I just feel that we should let kids be kids as much as we can.

I know one day he will find out that Santa is real, but not in the way he imagined. For now, however, to keep the magic going, we signed up for a simple service, Texts from Santa, to help us out. Thanks to modern technology, kids can receive personalized texts (on an adult’s phone) from Santa himself. It’s a cool little service (there is a fee) that my kids have enjoyed the last couple of years. Kids receive a text everyday and you can also receive a picture of Santa visiting your house (if you upload a picture of your living room). One simple way to add to the magic.

texts from Santa

The folks at Timbuktu recently brought my attention to their cool blog. Every so often I will be sharing a post from them for you to enjoy.

If you are not aware, these are the same folks you brought you the wildly popular book, Bedtime Stories for Rebel Girls. They just released the sequel too!

First up today, a little comic relief with kids letters to Santa.

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For inspiration, we’ve selected 10 incredibly funny letters to (or about) Santa!

1 – We need an architect!
Leo is worried that his mom’s chimney won’t be big enough for Santa to pass through.

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 2 – No one likes an incomplete present
DK points out a problem we all faced.


3 – Sometimes it’s bad to delegate.  
Claire writes a letter on behalf of her brother Mitch.

4 – Trenton. Very good child. 
And quite the rock star, check out his (long) list for Santa!

 

texts from Santa

A fun way to keep the magic alive

 

5 – Nitya deserves a dog.
She deserves more than a bunny.


6 – Interview Santa!
Timothy would be a great to interview Santa

7 – Manners first.
How many kids remember to thank for the previous year’s presents?

8 – All presents are welcome…
… but the ones inside circles are more welcome than the others!


9 – No emotional threats.
Porter knows how to spell Shih Tzu, but is not so sure about “gerl!”

10 – Another #interviewSanta contestant!
Devin has a lot of good questions for Santa.

These kids are a hoot!

If you’re looking for some educational, engaging content for your kids to read over the holiday break, don’t miss the iPad magazine from Timbuktu or their cool selection of educational apps, like Timbuktu Kitchen and Timbuktu Christmas Cookies (perfect for this time of year!).

Christmas Cookies
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  1. Damon says

    January 28, 2013 at 2:19 am

    Haha – I never thought of writing Santa as such a persuasive writing exercise before!

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