Christmas is very close now, and many children are excited with their letter from Santa. It isn’t too late to order one for the special children in your life – in fact you have until 5pm …

Tuesday 22nd December if you live in Melbourne

Monday 21st December if you live in another capital city or elsewhere in Victoria

Sunday 20th December if you live in other areas (although very remote places may need longer for the Postie to deliver letters in time.)

Ordering is easy – just fill in our online form and we’ll take care of the rest for you on behalf of Santa.

Santa is such a busy man, especially leading up to Christmas, that he sometimes gets other people to help him. I feel very lucky and honoured to help Santa write his letters for Australian children.

So I can do the best job ever for Santa and for his children, here are some ideas on how to best tell me about your special child(ren).

• only use capital letters for things that need them – names and places need capitals but most toys don’t
• write to the child rather than about them (you were kind to Mary, trying hard with your writing, playing nicely with John and Betty, and so on)
• use a nickname if you want – Santa isn’t formal!
• list presents the child really does want (and you’re happy for them to have! Santa DOES pay attention to requests remember) rather than want you want for them
• think about the whole year but remember young children won’t remember as much from months ago
• order a different design than last year – it’s more fun and brightens up the scrapbook or wherever the child keeps their letters
• asking for the same letter wording for siblings may make the letters feel less personal, so let Santa write something different for each of them

Remember, Santa letters are about fun and ackowledging chidlren’s achievements and improvements so make sure you have fun and enjoy the process, too!

All letters we’re helping Santa with have been sent now, but it’s not too late to place your order and delight a child before Christmas Day.

If you live in…

Melbourne – order by Monday 22 Dec

Australian capital cities or regional Victoria – order by Saturday 20 December

regional Australia – order by Thursday 18 December

Note that these allow an extra day in case Australia Post is running behind, so you could try a day later and make a wish!

Love Santa personalised letters are a wonderful way to brighten someone’s Christmas. And you could win a Love Santa letter just by contributing a story or tradition to this very blog.

This fantastic way to brighten a day is drawn every month, and has great meaning now it’s only 12 weeks until Santa himself is climbing down your chimney.

So simply click here to find out how to Share Your Story and go in the running to win a personalised Santa Letter

My kids received their letters last week and they were just gorgeous! They were so excited to know that Santa really had noticed their good behavior during the year – and very hopeful about the potential gifts me mentioned, too!

The little surprise added in was lovely, but the craft idea on the back was fantastic. Not only have we made many versions, they are wrapped under the the tree for grandparents, aunts & uncles. It was a beautiful way to spend time with my kids and for them to learn the real value of Christmas gifts – it isn’t the price tag but the time and love that goes into them.

So thank you Santa’s Elf – and I for one am glad Santa asked for your help (not that his own letters wouldn’t be just as good!)

If you have ordered a Love Santa letter, watch your (well, the child’s!) letterbox over the next couple of days as all letters have now been mailed and we’re in Australia Post’s hands.

Orders can still be placed in our order form, but the sooner you order the sooner the child will get their letter and the less risk of the letter arriving after Santa does!

It took a bit of time yesterday to read all the stories again and decide on a winner. Actually, it was two winners as we chose one form November and one from December Each winner recevies one personalised letter from Love Santa for an Australian child they love.

So the November winner is Precious Water for the funny and sweet story of his daughter ‘s fear when he was being Santa.

And the December winner is Donna-Marie for her reminiscences about European-style Christmases as a child in Australia.

Congratulations to both of you and we hope the special little children in your life delight you with many smiles

…so tomorrow morning we will be reading all December posts to choose the best one to win a personalised Love Sanat letter.

Don’t be shy – this is the time to share your story and preserve it forever.

Not sure how to enter? This post explains how to enter and the terms of the compeition – Good luck!

Love Santa personalised letters are a special way to brighten someone’s Christmas. And you could win a Love Santa letter just by contributing a story or tradition in our blog – but there are only 4.5 days left as the competition will close on December 15 (at midnight Melbourne time)

Full details of the competition and how to share your story (the quick version is click on ‘register’ in the left menu) are on the Sharing your story page.

Santa and Christmas provide magic and happiness to many children and adults around the world.

I am proud to have been asked by Santa to help him keep up with his letter writing each Christmas, but I still want to do more to keep the magic alive. So I have started this blog to share Christmas memories, traditions and ideas.

Everyone is welcome to share their special Christmas and Santa memories in this blog. Remember that if it is a precious memory to you, it can be included no matter how simple or insignifcant it may seem.

Love Santa’s Elf