How My Family Writes Santa Letters - By: Frederick Grear

Santa letters are a part of almost every child's Christmas. As a child I loved writing Santa letters. Now that I have children of my own I am excited to help them write their own Santa letters. A few years ago was the first time we wrote Santa letters. The kids really enjoyed writing their Santa letters as much as I did when I was a child. Before we wrote the Santa letters I was not sure where to start. I have shared my basic outline for helping my children write their own Santa letters.

The first thing I wanted to do was set a date every year for us to write our Santa letters. This way it would be easier to remember to write the Santa letters before it got to late. I also decided to include my wife and I in writing Santa letters. This way we could both get an idea of what each other wanted for Christmas.

Each year we take the kids down to the craft store so they can pick out paper and stickers and things to write their Santa letters with. I really enjoy this part of the Santa letters. it is fun to see how creative the kids are. Then we come home have a pizza dinner and get out our craft paper and write Santa letters. Another reason I wanted to include my wife and I in writing Santa letters was to help make the illusion of Santa Claus more real for the children. How else is Santa Claus supposed to know what mom and dad want if they don't write Santa letters as well. We make sure to help the children with any questions they have when writing Santa letters. Sometimes the kids just don't know where to begin when writing Santa letters. When we have finished writing our Santa letters We seal them up in fun holiday envelopes and place them in our Christmas stockings. Then we have some cookies and milk and it is of to bed for the kids. My wife and I then collect the Santa letters from the Christmas stockings to be read later that night.

I love reading what my children have written. I have found that in the kids Santa letters they really ask for the things they want. In the past when my wife and I have asked the kids what they want sometimes they have told us things they think we can afford or things we won't think are silly. I find the kids are more honest about what they want in their Santa letters. The nest morning the children are always excited to see that our Santa letters have been taken from our stockings. We also thought it was fun to tell the kids that Santa's elves had come to pick up the Santa letters. One year we even left a little glitter under the stockings. (It was a little hard to clean up. We still have glitter on the floor.)

Santa Letters are a fun Christmas tradition. Christmas will be here sooner than you think! So help you kids write their Santa letters soon. Have a very Merry Christmas!

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