Santa Letters And Other Christmas Magic Ideas

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Are you starting to build some Christmas cheer at your house? Are you perhaps using the threat of Santa not delivering gifts to your cheeky monkeys to help keep everyone in line? Or are you gearing up for a visit from your family’s Elf on the Shelf? Buggybuddys has a list of ideas to build the anticipation and keep the Christmas magic alive this year!

AUSTRALIA POST – SANTA MAIL

Writing letters to Santa is a beloved tradition among young believers, and Australia Post is helping keep that magic alive with their 2025 Santa Mail program. This year, kids don’t need to post a letter and wait – they can hand their letter to a friendly team member in their local Post Office and receive a reply from Santa on the spot, plus a little gift for the Christmas tree!

Here’s how it works in 2025:

Kids write or draw a message to Santa – it can be a letter, wishlist or picture.
Use any paper, pens, pencils or stickers you like, or download the sample letter from the Santa Mail page on the Australia Post website.
Take the letter to your local Post Office and hand it to a staff member – no stamp is required and you don’t need to post it in a street box.
Santa’s reply is given to your child straight away, together with a special keepsake to hang on the tree (while stock lasts).

Santa Mail in‑store runs from 3 November to 24 December 2025, so be sure to visit before Christmas Eve to avoid missing out.

If your child has already posted a letter to Santa this year, don’t panic – you can still visit your nearest Post Office within the Santa Mail dates, let staff know you’ve sent a letter (or bring a new one), and your child can still receive their reply and gift.

For full details and to download the sample letter, visit the Santa Mail page on the Australia Post website.

PORTABLE NORTH POLE – FREE VIDEO MESSAGES FROM SANTA

This fantastic website and mobile app offer a unique opportunity to personalise free calls, video messages, and stories from the real Santa Claus to your child. The charming videos, complete with elves and Christmas magic, can be emailed to you or saved to your app for viewing. You can watch or read them as many times as you like before Christmas, and it’s a delight to see your child’s face light up when Santa talks directly to them using their name!

Using your mobile’s camera, you can even record your child’s reaction to Santa’s video calls and capture the expression of sheer amazement when Santa says their name. These video souvenirs are yours to cherish for years to come! The app and website are free to download, with a section of free content available. However, there are also premium options, including a premium call pass, premium Santa video, yearly video pass, yearly magic pass, or ultimate magic pass to expand your content. A single premium video or call costs $12.99, or you can subscribe to a yearly magic pass subscription for $24.99 (valid for 12 months). Alternatively, you can purchase a Magic Pass +, which is valid for five years and gives you full access to all content for $76.99.

In addition to spreading holiday cheer, did you know that Portable North Pole donates 5% of its web purchases to children’s hospitals around the world? The Portable North Pole Children’s Hospital Program helps to put smiles on the faces of children in need of extra cheer. PNP has partnered with leading hospitals worldwide, so whenever you purchase a personalized call or video message from Santa, a portion of the sale is donated to the participating children’s hospital closest to you.

When you share PNP magic, you’re not only giving joy to your loved ones but also to children spending Christmas away from their homes. Your gift of giving represents the true spirit of the holiday season!

HOMEMADE GIFTS MADE EASY SANTA LETTER TEMPLATE

Looking for a fun and easy way to make Christmas magical for your little ones? Look no further than Homemade Gifts Made Easy’s FREE Santa Letter Templates! These free, printable templates allows you to easily create a personalised letter from Santa Claus himself, complete with customisable fields for your child’s name, age, and Christmas wishes. With charming graphics and a classic designs, these templates are sure to bring a smile to your child’s face and add an extra touch of holiday magic to your family’s Christmas traditions. So why wait? Download a Santa Letter Template today and start spreading Christmas cheer!

STUCK ON YOU – LETTERS FROM SANTA

The online company Stuck On You sells personalised letters from Santa. You can choose from three Letters designs and add your child’s details and gift idea. Each A4 Santa Letter design comes in a matching envelope with a sticker seal to convince the child it comes directly from the North Pole when it arrives in your postbox. Current price at the time of writing: $7.95. In addition, with Stuck On You, you can order new personalised lunch boxes, drink bottles and more for the new school year. These make great stocking fillers.

MYER SANTALAND – VISIT SANTA & RIDE THE SANTALAND EXPRESS

This is a popular spot in the days leading up to Christmas, and makes for a fun outing to the City. Bookings are essential! Secure your spot and photo and Santa will be waiting for you. Make sure you’re on the list. The upside to this is there is no need to wait in a queue. We recommend arriving 5 minutes prior to your scheduled booking time.As with previous years, it is free to visit Santa and have your photo taken (which you can choose to purchase or not). The Elves guide you to Santa’s room (more than 1 Santa is busy accepting visitors so it’s important that no child sees this!). Inside Santa’s room you will find Rudolph asleep by the fire, his chest rising and falling (which is quite magical for the kids), and Santa waiting in his big chair. The miniature railway is also free and operates alongside Santa Visits. You don’t need to be visiting Santa to go on the train. So you can do one or the other, or both. The fun train seats about 10 kids in individual carriages and goes around the circuit a couple of times, driven by cheerful elves. Photos will also be taken and are available for purchase should you wish to. Santaland bookings begin from Saturday, 8th November 2025.

HIPPO BLUE – LETTER FROM SANTA

Hippo Blue offers a personalised letter from Santa for your child. These are beautifully designed and stamped with an “Official Santa Business” seal. Add personal details, such as your child’s name for example, their age, something your child has done well this year, the treat your child plans to leave out, and a special PS at the end. Give your child the wonder of Christmas when they receive a personalised letter direct from Santa himself. Highly customised and beautifully designed, your child’s letter will arrive in a red envelope and be sure to stand out in the mailbox! Please note that, as this letter is coming from the North Pole, it will be sent separately from anything else you happen to order. At the time of writing, these personalised letters cost $6.00, plus postage. Normal pricing is $15.00.

ELF YOURSELF

Elf Yourself is a popular app and website. It’s back again this Christmas with some great new Elf dances for your friends and family!
The app allows your to “Elf Yourself” and start in dozens of personalised videos with your face on the dancing elves. Add up to five faces, select your dance and the app auto-magically creates your video! Share your videos on social media or message as a fun holiday greeting to your friends and family. Kids will love seeing themselves dancing up a snow-storm!
Elf Yourself is free to download and enjoy. Some dances are free. However there are in-app purchases to unlock more content. You can purchases dances individually, or buy a season pass to unlock all content for 12 months.
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DINKLEBOO – PERSONALISED CHRISTMAS STORY BOOK

Do you want a Christmas book that puts your child at the centre of the action? Dinkleboo makes personalised stories featuring your child. There are several options for choose from. For example, one is a feel-good story about your son or daughter wanting to help other kids less fortunate than themselves but not knowing what to do. Then they get the idea of buying a gift to put under the Giving Tree. Another is a story about your son’s or daughter’s first Christmas. There’s nothing more magical than a baby‘s first Christmas. Make baby’s first Christmas one to remember with a personalised Christmas Book.
These personalised books are best suited to children aged 2 to 10 years. They would be a lovely book to read in the lead up to Christmas or even as a gift from your Elf on the Shelf.
There are a number of options to customise you book(s). Add your child’s name, parents and grandparents names. Add the child’s hair, eye colour and hair colour, and choose from Australian English or American English.
At the time of writing, the book are currently the regular price of these books is $29.99.

BIG W – OLD FASHIONED LETTER FROM SANTA

Create the perfect Christmas Letter from Santa personalised especially for your child! Personalise details such as their name, age and Christmas present. These letters are sure to bring a little extra Christmas magic to the holiday season!
Each Letter from Santa is packaged and addressed to the parent. Inside, Big W include an extra special ‘North Pole’ postmarked white envelope for you to personally address to your child (or children), and pop back into your letterbox ready to be found! As a child, remember your own excitement this time of year? Time to bring the magic back again!
The regular price for this letter is $15.00. However, at the time of writing, this is currently on sale for $7.50. Delivery to store is Free. For Australian domestic delivery to your home or office, you will incur a $9.95 for the first My Home & My Kids product and $1.95 for each additional My Home & My Kids product. Delivery to store is Free. Please review all delivery Information here. Each letter will come in the mail addressed to the parent with an extra envelope inside for you to pop back into the letterbox for your child to discover.

A MESSAGE FROM SANTA

A Message From Santa is a personalised Santa messaging and video app. Add to the magic of Christmas, or help encourage your children’s best behaviour all year round.
Using the app, you can contact Santa on his mobile. Call, text message or use his automated voicemail system to report naughty behaviour, forward the wishlist of nice kids, and lots more! Tell Santa a bit about your child, and he will be happy to phone them with a word of advice.
No hidden costs! Thanks to the usage of the app’s proprietary North Pole Communication Protocol (patent pending), calls with Santa are completely free of charge – without using any cellular or data traffic. The app is available across all platforms.

CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN!

The Christmas Countdown! app counts down the days until Christmas with fun images and music. Stay updated on how many days, hours, minutes, seconds or even heartbeats there are until the big day!
Choose between 6 different characters to keep you company during the holiday period.
Characters include:
* Santa Claus
* Snowman
* Christmas Tree
* Reindeer
* Skater
Share the countdown with family and friends on your favourite social networks. Listen to Christmas songs while watching the time creep closer to Christmas and build the anticipation.
The app is free to download and available on both Apple and Google platforms.

SING ALONG CHRISTMAS CAROLS – A Christmas Karaoke App

Love to sing along with Christmas carols, but can’t remember all the words? Or do you wish you knew more carols to sing? Want to share more carols with your kids? Then this handy little app can help you, karaoke style!
Use the app to brush up on your carols, or you could take it with you carolling through the streets to spread Christmas cheer to friends and neighbours, if that’s your thing. The app provides loads of family fun and adds to the Christmas spirit, and it’s free to download!

VIDEO CALL SANTA
Another app for connecting your children with Santa. This app is available on both Apple and Google store platforms. The basic app is free to download, easy to use, and includes optional in-app purchases to expand content.
The Video Call Santa app claims to feature more diversity options. Choose from a British or America Santa, and choose from 5,000+ popular names (available via in-app purchases).Connect with Santa right away or set up a time you want to start your video call. Choose your episode. There are 33 different options to choose from. Santa will ask your child a series of questions. For example, “Have you been naughty or nice?”, and “What do you want for Christmas?” Each conversation between Santa and your child is recorded on video for parents to save to their camera roll. This is handy as parents or carers can watch the video back to find out which presents their children would like for Christmas. The videos can also be shared with friends and family via message or social media.

ELF FOR CHRISTMAS AUSTRALIA – Santa Letters and Christmas Elves

Let your little one know for sure that Father Christmas has delivered their presents in person with this magical letter from Santa. This wonderful Christmas letter is actual proof that the Big Man himself has paid you a visit, leaving a special note on his official North Pole stationery. What’s more, our Santa Claus letter has space for you to write your own message. Will Father Christmas compliment your child’s fetching festive pyjamas? Or perhaps he’ll thank them for the milk and mince pies left out on Christmas Eve! Personalised letters from Santa are the perfect way to let your child know the Big Man has been and left a few gifts behind too! Santa letters cost $9.95 at the time of writing this.
Are you looking for an alternative to the usual chocolate advent calendar? An Elf For Christmas Australia offers an Advent Letter Set: A brand new letter for every day of Advent from your little Elf pen friend, Pip McJingles. These original Advent Letters are the perfect countdown to Christmas! Arriving in charming little numbered envelopes, these enchanting notes will let children in on the secret fun, magic and mayhem that goes on at Santa’s workshop throughout December, as told by their very own North Pole pen pal, Pip McJingles. The 24 number envelopes have been designed to be read in the correct order, to build a daily story of the North Pole. Ready to be smuggled amongst the post, hidden in a toy box or tucked on top of the cereal box, these letters are the perfect advent activity.

CHAIN VALLEY GIFTS – PERSONALISED CHRISTMAS EVE BOXES

A Christmas Eve Box is a beautiful tradition that can be carried on throughout childhood. Chain Valley Gifts have a wide range of designs to choose from. Most importantly they can change the wording on any design to suit an individual child’s name or a family Christmas eve box.
These beautiful Christmas eve boxes are priced from $79.00 at the time of writing this blog.
In addition, Chain Valley Gifts also stock a range of Teacher or Coach gifts. These include personalised Christmas ornaments, clocks, classroom signs, coasters and more.

NAME IT CUSTOM DECOR – Christmas Boxes and More

Gorgeous Christmas Eve boxes that you can fill with goodies and leave out on Christmas Eve – a beautiful tradition you can do every year. Made from gorgeous premium pine, they make the perfect tradition to use year after year at Christmas time. Each box is professionally printed with your chosen design. Making them a durable and long lasting keepsake. You can choose from 3 sizes. Christmas Box prices start at $79.95.
Why not light up your Christmas with a Christmas countdown night light? The perfect decor piece from day time to night time. Simply change the countdown each day with a liquid chalk pen (not included) and countdown until Santa arrives. Just use a cotton ball to remove yesterday’s number. Beautifully printed in full colour, the light illuminates the graphic when turned on. The night light base is warm white, giving off a lovely soft warm glow, you can also turn the brightness up or down to get the perfect light. Christmas night lights are priced at $64.95 for the light panel and base.
In addition to lights and Christmas boxes, Name It Customer Decor also stocks personalised Christmas Decorations, Remembrance Ornaments and Teacher Gifts. Likewise, they stock magic Elf Doors to help your elves visit and much more. We have bought teacher gifts and ornaments from this online store for the last three years, and can vouch for the excellent quality of their items.

Letter for Little Ones – Personalised Santa Letters

Treat your little one to the most exciting piece of mail a child can receive – a letter from Santa Claus! In the Magic letter, Santa explains to your little one that magic truly is everywhere, they just have to look for it..! Your little one’s name will be included throughout the narrative, making this letter something to be cherished for years to come. Please click here to read through the contents of the letter.
The Magic letter is beautifully presented on Santa’s monogrammed gold foil stationery, is signed by the big man himself, and enclosed within a uniquely addressed magical envelope. Finally, it is finished off with gold and silver foil postage stamps. Magic.
The Magic letter has specifically been created for individual children only. If you would like your little ones to share a letter, click here for the Together letter.
These stunning letters come in a choice of silver or a forest green with beautiful calligraphy reminiscent of a Harry Potter Hogwarts letter. Sure to be a hit with any little Potter fan!
Letters cost $36.95. Last orders will be accepted on 1 December 2025 (unless sold out prior).

Have a magical Christmas!

For more Christmas ideas, be sure to check out our Christmas in Perth page and visit our Christmas Lights Perth page.

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Holly Clark

Holly Clark is mum of one, a self-confessed coffee addict and a baker of sweet treats. She studied Professional Writing and Editing, is a published author, and currently works in customer service when she’s not wrangling kids.