Include A Picture Of Your Christmas Tree In Your Letters To Santa

This year try something new when you decorate your Christmas tree. Picking a theme for your tree depends on your preferences from fancy and elegant to whimsical and fun. Use your imagination and you are sure to design a tree so beautiful that you will send a picture of it with your Christmas letters to Santa. I will give you a few theme ideas to help get you started.

Angel Tree - This tree uses a color scheme of gold and rich cream colors. Gold or warm white steady on lights look best on the tree. For the garland wrap, cream or ivory feather boas around the tree. All of the angels should be dressed in flowing rich fabrics. Small butterfly, bird, and flower ornaments of gold will glow against the green needles on the branches and the feathers of the garland. Of course this tree wouldn't be complete without a majestic angel to go on top.

Rustic Woodlands Tree - This theme uses items that you may find in the forest. Single colored lights such as red or green make this tree shine. String together popcorn and cranberries to make a natural garland to place on the tree Ornaments made from wood truly give this tree a rustic feel. Make up small bags of reindeer food to hang from the tree. An unlit punch tin star topper is the perfect finishing touch.

Beach Tree – I prefer to use a white tree for this theme. I use orange and pink lights to give the tree the glowing effect of a sunset. For the garland I used strands of seashell beads. Any seashore treasures you may have can be used on this tree. For my tree I used starfish, seahorses, sand dollars, small pieces of coral. An easy to make ornament for this theme is messages in a bottle. Roll up a small scroll out of the paper of your choice that will fit into the bottle. Place the scroll in the bottle and add a little sand. Make a label for the front of the bottle that says Santa Letters.

Christmas Memories - Multi colored twinkling lights give this tree a whimsical glow. White lace garland give this tree an old fashioned look. I made nice list to drape down the tree. A roll of receipt paper works great for this project. I used the names of all the children in our family. Every year I make a picture frame ornament for each member of my family. It is fun to see how much we change for year to year. Ornaments that have a history should be displayed on this. Mix in traditional Christmas ornaments to fill the tree. Top it off with a bright shining star on top and have your treasured letters from Santa from past years displayed about the room.

Christmas Snow, Santa Letters, Fun And Love

The snow swirled around the yard outside making everything blindingly white. The kids were already pulling on their snow suits and boots. I wrapped scarves around each of their necks. They have to show me that they have their gloves on before I will let them out the door. Bessie our dog follows the kids out to have some fun kicking up snow as she goes.

While they are outside I gather up everything the kids will need to letters to Santa. The kids like to have something to do when I make them come in for warm up breaks. As I put the sugar cookies in the oven I set out six mugs for their hot chocolate. From the window I see the kids having a free for all snow ball fight. They are all covered in snow from head to toe. By the smiles on their faces it is clear they are having a good time.

When they come in they are ready to warm up with the cookies and hot chocolate. The girls were the first to ask about writing letters to Santa. I showed the kids the paper they had to choose from. Soon all of the kids are writing a letter to Santa. Sally used the star hole puncher all around the outside edge of her letter.

The snow outside piled up deep. The world outside had become a wonderland of snow. It wasn’t long before the kids were ready to go back out. I told them they could finish their Christmas letters to Santa when they came back in.

I watched my kids making snow angels. They all worked together and built a huge snowman. The backyard looked like a scene from a snow globe. The large flakes of snow float and spiral, painting out the world in white. The bright colors of their snow suits glow against all the gleaming white. It reminds me of a scene from a Norman Rockwell painting.

When the kids came back in they had icy red cheeks. I sat them down to warm back up. Bessie curled up on the rug in front of the fireplace. It didn’t take long and she was fast asleep. The kids changed out of their wet clothes and put on warm pajamas.

They gathered back around the table and I passed out grilled cheese sandwiches and chicken noodle soup. They finished up the meal and went back to their Santa letters. They all had finishing touches that they wanted add before the letters were sealed in the envelopes. As they finished their letters they stacked them on the shelf by the front door. One by one my kids fell asleep scattered around the living room watching Christmas movies. This was a good day – it was one of those days that only happens during the holiday season and the kind of day that mothers cherish long after their kids are grown.

Jasper - Lost and Found

Our family has a gray and black stripped tabby cat. We rescued him from a shelter about four years ago. He is the kind of cat who is happier curled up on your lap rather than chasing toys around on the floor. Jasper was an indoor cat and we had never known him to try to make an escape.

The first Christmas Jasper was part of our family he got lost. My husband Drew and the boys brought home a gigantic Christmas tree. It was a beautiful tree with full deep green branches. I couldn’t wait to have the tree set up. It was going to be a magnificent Christmas tree once it was covered in our ornaments and twinkling lights. The problem was it was going to be tricky getting it through the front door.

I got the kids to start writing letters to Santa while I tried to help Drew get the tree in the door. It wasn’t an easy task. I think the kids thought it was humorous to watch us struggling with the tree. Jasper must have slipped past us while we were wrestling the massive tree in the house.

No one noticed that Jasper was missing until the next morning. Jasper always came looking for his breakfast when I put the coffee on. At first I didn’t think much of it but when lunch came and went with his bowl of food untouched I became worried. The kids and I looked all over the house.

We posted signs around the neighborhood about Jasper. Some of the local shops in our town let us put posters up on their bulletin boards. Sally decided she was going to write a letter to Santa and ask if he would help bring Jasper home. My daughter had become real attached to Jasper. She walked up and down the street several times a day calling his name to avail.

Days went by and we still had no sign of Jasper. We put food out on the front and back porch. I worried that Jasper might not know how to deal with the cold weather. In our area the temperatures often drop to well below freezing during the winter. I hoped that he was resourceful enough to find a place to keep warm. Sally thought that maybe Rudolph would know what to do so she sat down to write a letter to Rudolph.

On Christmas Eve Sally came running in the house with Jasper in her arms. She was overjoyed that Jasper had come back home. She thought that because of the Christmas letters she sent to Santa and Rudolph our pet was home. We never found out where Jasper had been or what finally prompted his return home we just assumed that maybe Santa used a little of his Christmas magic to bring Jasper back to us.

Santa’s Little Helpers The Elves Make The Nice List Every Year

Santa’s elves live in world of magic, toys, and tasty treats. Everything that an elf could ever need can be found at the North Pole. All of Santa’s elves help him with toys, letters and treats.

Everyone knows that the elves help Santa to make all of the toys that he delivers on Christmas Eve. An elf can have a toy made in the same amount of time it takes you or me to snap our fingers twice. So as you can see elves can make toys super fast. An elf’s greatest joy is knowing that on Christmas morning a child will find a gift from Santa that was made by him.

Toys aren’t the only job that the elves help out with at the North Pole. They can write just as fast as they can make toys. Some elves get to help answer all of the Children’s letters to Santa. They even make the paper and envelopes that Santa uses. Beside Santa’s giant shiny red and green mailbox is the stamp maker that the elves invented. It makes special stamps that make sure each letter finds its way safely to the right boy and girl it was intended for.

Elves help Santa with his nice list by reporting both naughty and nice behavior to Santa. Parents or a teacher who needs to get a message to Santa will sometimes have a conversion about it with an elf. At the end of each day the elves have to roll Santa’s long nice and naught lists back up and place them in their special golden box.

The kitchen at the North Pole is enormous. Long before you make it to the door of the home the frigid Northern air is filled with the warm smells of cinnamon and sugar.  Mrs. Claus teaches her helper elves all of her secret recipes, like Santa’s chocolate chip cookies, Picture perfect gingerbread houses, and even magical reindeer food.  The elves love wrapping the candy in colored cellophane and foil.

Santa’s stable also gets help from the elves. They take care of the reindeer for Santa by feeding them and making sure that their stables stay warm. Santa’s sleigh must be polished so that it will gleam like a comet in the Christmas sky. In early December the bells worn by the reindeer must be tested to be sure they ring true.

All of the twinkling lights that light up the North Pole must be checked every now and then. Every year right before Christmas the elves come up with a new light display. Lights cover almost everything that doesn’t move at the North Pole. It really is an amazing sight to see.

This year I will be leaving these hard working little guys a special treat out for Santa Claus to take back home with him. They’ve certainly made my nice list!

A Letter To Santa Can Provide A Shopping Guide

During the holiday season I try to help others as much as possible. The mothers’ group I belong to collects clothes and shoes throughout the year. At Christmas we get a list of twenty families that need help for the holidays. I believe that every child should find gifts from Santa on Christmas morning. The families on our list will get clothes for the entire family, gifts for the children in the house, and Christmas dinner.
When we receive the names of people we are to help we contact them. Our first step is to find out what they need for Christmas. We have even brought in Christmas trees to decorate homes when had to. At one house we visited the kids had never even had a Christmas tree - that about broke my heart.
All the children in each family write a letter to Santa. This way we have a real sense of what each child really wants. This will be the fourth year I have volunteered with the group. We have laughed over the funny letters to Santa and cried over the sad ones. Over the years I have kept in touch with a few of the families that I have met. Nothing is more gratifying than being able to help these parents provide Christmas for their children.
We go through all the clothes and shoes we have collected and divide them among the different families. We try our best to provide a new coat and gloves to every child. Inside the pocket of each coat each child receives a letter from Santa. Specific toy requests are usually the hardest to fill so we just do the best we can. We deliver the gifts to the parents before school is out for Christmas break. The dinner is either sent or picked up the week of Christmas.
Every member of my family has helped to make these families’ Christmas season brighter. My oldest loves to help me shop discount racks and yard sales. My sons are always ready to help when I have a heavy load to carry. I think by seeing just how lucky they are my children have gained a respect for the things they have in life. I really believe they are and always will be better people because of these experiences. I know I’m blessed to have the life I live and the least I can do is to help make another parents’ Christmas that much easier.
This Christmas when you are stressing over things being perfect at your house take a moment to look around at all you have to be thankful for. If you get a chance this year help out in whatever way you can. With the way the economy is going these days there will be plenty of families who need help with the holidays. Call churches in your area or local shelters, they will be able to lead you in the right direction.

A Christmas Party Theme Built Around Children’s Letters To Santa

I live on a street full of children. On our short little dead end road there are twelve children. These kids range from preschool to high school age.  Over the years I have built friendships with the all the other moms who live on the street. During the school year while we wait for the school bus we get a chance each morning and afternoon to chat about whatever issues we might be facing with the kids. It was at the bus stop that we decided to have a Christmas party for the kids.

We decided the theme for our party would be letters to Santa. We started making plans right away. Edith had just built an addition onto the back of her house over the summer that would provide us with ample space. Everyone agreed to mix up a batch of cookies to be baked the day of the party. Meryl and I volunteered to do the shopping for the party supplies.

At the craft store we found beautiful paper for the children’s letters to Santa.  We gathered pens, glitter, stickers, and so many other things that would help to make a perfect letter to Santa. Meryl found the cutest bags for everyone to use to take home cookies after the party. Edith already had decorated the party room so wonderfully we didn’t have to spend time on decorating. At the grocery we stocked up on milk, juices, and lots of paper towels.

On the day of the party we put the kids on the bus and set about our work. Carol brought her card tables down so that we would have plenty of space for all of the kids to write their letters. We taped down cheap plastic table cloths to help make the clean up easier when we were done. Laurie and Meryl cut out pictures from Christmas cards and sale ads for the kids to glue on to their cards and Christmas letters. Edith kept a steady stream of cookies coming and going from the stove to the plates. Carol and I split up the supplies on the different tables. Then we waited for the buses to show up.

When all of the kids had made it in the door we served up hot cocoa and warm cookies. The kids had a great time making their Christmas letters to Santa.  The party turned out to be a success. We had so much fun that we plan to do it again next year. I am lucky to have such amazing women as neighbors and friends. I know whether I need to borrow a cup of sugar or a listening ear I never have to look further than down the street.

           

Christmas Season Begins With Santa Letters

According to Santa Himself, the tradition of writing letters to him marks the official beginning of the Christmas season for many families throughout the world. In the early days letters to Santa Claus were mostly written for the sole purpose of asking for things children wanted for Christmas. But over the generations, as more and more children became aware of Santa’s Naughty and Nice Lists, many children started using Santa Letters as an opportunity to explain away bad behavior.

That’s one of the reasons that Letters from Santa are so meaningful to children. A Christmas letter from Santa can relieve any worry about being on the dreaded ‘Naughty List’ and at the same time, it can assure the child that Santa has not forgotten him/her.

Remembering Santa Himself & Other Favorite Christmas Things

Do you remember what Christmas meant to you when you were a child? I do; I was worried about what kind of new toys and candy I was going to find under that twinkling Christmas tree. I was always hoping that Santa Himself would bring me a new bike or a special game. But that is in the past I don't think of Christmas like that anymore.

Now I am older and wiser and realize the season itself is much more than that. Christmas is about spending time with family and loved ones. Not the material things that you receive. It’s about giving, not receiving, and it’s about family traditions and being with one another.

To me it is the simple things that make Christmas magical; from picking the Christmas tree, to hanging lights and decorating the house, and cooking that special supper for everybody to enjoy. My favorite childhood memories of the holiday season include the simpler things like children's Letters to Santa Claus and just loving the break from school to enjoy time with friends and family. I remember the cold, wintry days that required piling on layers of clothes to start out warm and dry before joyfully running outside to have snow ball fights with the neighborhood kids, make snow angels and snow men and ride slides down the old hill. Afterward mom would have a mug of hot chocolate waiting to warm me up.

I can remember my brother, sister and I gathering around the kitchen table to write our Authentic Letters to Santa every year. As a kid I worried about writing that traditional letter to Santa; we always focused on telling Santa what we wanted but I remember trying to justify our bad behavior. One particular year I told him how good I was doing in school in the hope that I was still on his nice list – but I anxiously worried if my mom and dad had told him about some of my misbehavior. I remember all of us lining up to send our North Pole Letters off together. Then we would anxiously wait for our letters from Santa to arrive.

Writing the Personalized Christmas Letters became a family tradition that we loved because it brought us closer together. Christmas crafts were always a part of the holiday season at my home. We made snowmen out of Styrofoam balls and decorated them with fabric remnants and buttons. We used craft paper, glitter, and pipe cleaners to create our own ornaments to hang on the tree, and we strung popcorn to hang around the tree. Watching mom and dad put presents under the tree for family and friends always made me feel excited about Christmas and how wonderful it is.
I recall that I loved to help make ginger bread cookies with my mom - they were special cookies for Santa. The fragrant smell of the cookies filled the house making it seem warm and comforting. Knowing that I was baking cookies for Santa Himself made it all the better.

On Christmas Eve the smell of honey glazed ham and apple pie was in the air and everything from sweet potatoes, stuffing, green beans, mashed potatoes, and gravy covered the table top. But before we could eat mom would always give us our Personalized Christmas Letters from Santa. We read them together as a family, and that is a wonderful tradition that we carry on with our children to this day.

Even Santa Himself Appreciates Saving Money!

It seems everyone is looking for ways to save money these days. From saving money on groceries to the gasoline we put in the cars we drive, we want to get the most for every dollar we spend. And as thoughts of the holiday season begin many of us to look for ways to continue treasured traditions without going broke.

More and more families are opting to spend the holidays in new ways that are less expensive, but have more meaning. Decorating our homes has always been a big part of the Christmas holiday and nowadays there are literally hundreds if not thousands of elaborate choices available to us; from dazzling digital electronics to optic lights that are ever-changing, we could spend hours trying to decide how to decorate our homes. But with all that impressiveness come a stunning price tag.

Getting back to basics has never been more important than now. Parents and grandparents are longing for the simpler times of the past – times when Christmas was enjoyed without the stress and worry of money. When they reminisce about those times one of the most cherished memories is that of the Childrens Letters To Santa Claus.

Believe it or not, as adults recall a favorite childhood Christmas, the simple tradition of the family spending that quality time together as they customize their Authentic Letters to Santa seems to be one of the best things about the holiday. The reality is that this tradition provides the family a time to share and bond.

Traditionally, the letters are written after the tree has been decorated. A favorite treat (usually some delicious cookies fresh from the oven) is a part of the tradition as the delicacy can spur the imagination past a writer’s block. So as the family gathers around a favorite spot and enjoys the sights of a beautifully decorated tree while savoring a wonderful treat, together they write their Custom Santa Claus letters.

The truth is that the writing of the letters is only the beginning of another bonding experience. As soon as those letters are sent off to the North Pole the children wait anxiously for letters from Santa Himself. Because the entire family has participated, this is a shared event and gives a sense of a team. These are the things that great childhood memories are made of!

Fortunately, even in today’s modern world, parents can insure that their children receive responses to those carefully crafted Christmas letters, and it is very inexpensive. The North Pole Letters are customized and authentic, and often become the keepsake that keeps the memory of a perfect Christmas alive. Simple traditions are what create lasting memories – and that’s what makes a childhood special.