Santa’s Reindeer And Christmas Letters

I bet some of you out there have wondered how Santa’s reindeer spend their time when they're not flying across the world helping Santa to deliver gifts to children everywhere. After much research and I will now share with you the secret life of Santa’s reindeer at the North Pole.

Santa’s elves tend their warm and cozy stables and they keep plenty of fresh hay in each stall. All of the reindeer have their own bowls made special for them. Dancer’s bowls are shiny gold with sparkling music notes all around the side. In the bowls is their food that Mrs. Claus makes using Santa’s magical reindeer food recipe. On the wall all of their bells and harnesses are displayed waiting for the next Christmas Eve.

They love to play with all of the other wood creatures who live at the North Pole. Mrs. Claus watches all the animals play from her kitchen window while she bakes her pies. When they play hide and seek the little white snow bunnies always win. Sometimes hidden in the snow the animals find gifts from Santa Claus. They are usually small little treats that Mrs. Claus made especially for them.

The reindeer have important work to do for Santa all year long. Santa’s mailed is delivered to a special cart that the reindeer pull. When a bundle of letters arrives at the North Pole it is the reindeer’s job to make sure all the mail gets to Santa’s office. Santa’s small elves would have a hard time moving all those letters in so much snow. Without the reindeer Santa would have a hard time answering all those Christmas letters.

The reindeer love to practice to fly. They fly over the tall pines and glide right above the frozen rivers and lakes. It takes practice to fly around city skyscrapers and mountain peaks, even with Rudolph’s light leading the way. They have races in the sky and the elves watch and cheer from the ground below. When the reindeer land in the fresh snow a cloud of sparkling white rises up from under and around them. The reindeer disappear for a moment until the snow cloud settles again.

When Rudolph receives letters from children all of the other reindeer help him to write letters back. They take the letters to a special mail box that says letters from Rudolph in gold writing. These letters get delivered the same as letters from Santa Claus.

As you can see, the reindeer have plenty to keep them busy at the North Pole. While they like being at home at the North Pole the thing they love the most is that magical flight they take each and every Christmas Eve. Making children of the world happy is part of the magic of reindeer.

Simple Things Can Make All The Difference

Down the street there are two small children, Jeff and Janet, who I sometimes watch after school. They like getting to come around my house during Christmas. They love that Christmas decorations are present in every room of the house. They get so excited when we get out our craft box. This year they came over while my daughter was making a Santa card for a friend's newborn baby. Janet hopped right next to my daughter and asked her if she could make a card too. Then Jeff looked up and asked, 'can I write a letter to Santa too'? Janet told us that they had never written a letter to Santa before.

My daughter Angela and I decided we wanted to help them make some really nice cards. We got out all the different paper they could use for their cards. Janet chose a deep red paper while Jeff picked a bright green with small red foil stars along the border. They both took their time deciding which colors of glitter and puffy paints to use. Janet wanted her card to sparkle and she covered the front in swirls of gold and silver glitter glue. Between the swirls she scribbled in Merry Christmas. Jeff used cotton balls to make snowmen on the front of his card. He really liked gluing on the seed bead eyes and nose. Then Jeff looked up and innocently asked how he could get a letter from Santa.

Angela told both of the kids that if they were good all year long and wrote a letter to Santa he would write them back. This had both of them so excited about sending their cards to Santa. Angela went to the closet to find some of her old letters from Santa Claus – she wanted to show Jeff and Janet some of the cards she had got in the past. They both sat still as Angela read a couple of the letters to them. After seeing Angela’s collection of Santa letters they wanted to work on the inside of the cards. Angela told them they should tell Santa what their Christmas wishes are. Angela told them that they could wish for anything and maybe Santa would bring it.

We finished their cards and found envelopes that their cards would fit into. They were so excited to get a letter from the North Pole. The rest of day all they could talk about was the cards they had made and the letters they were hoping to get. We made more Christmas cards and crafts for other people. Jeff and Janet couldn’t wait to show their mom and dad the cards they had made for them. It is so funny to me how the simplest of things can amaze small children. It is hard to deny the magic of the season when you see it light up in the eyes of a child.