5 Special Surprises to Include With Your Santa Letter
A personalized Santa Claus letter will surprise and delight any child. If you'd like to make it even more fun, however, you can include a special treat in the envelope with the letter. Here are a few suggestions of things to include with your Santa letter that are inexpensive and easy to stuff in an envelope.
1. Autographed photo from Santa Claus. Every celebrity has a glossy headshot they can sign for eager fans, and who's a bigger celebrity than Santa?! If you'd like to include a Santa photo in your letter, check out BigStockPhoto. You can purchase the rights to a single high-quality Santa photo from the site, download it instantly, print it out, and sign it with a personal message for your child. Prices start as low as $1 per image, so this is an inexpensive way to add a fun treat to your Santa letter.
If you think you might need more than a single photo, iClipart is another good resource with plenty of great photos, clipart, fonts, sounds and more. You'll need to purchase at least a one-month membership for $19.95 to use this site.
2. Recipes from Mrs. Claus. It's cold up there at the North Pole, so Mrs. Claus spends a lot of time in the kitchen, baking up lots of treats for the elves and Santa. If your child is old enough to help in the kitchen, consider including a recipe for Mrs. Claus, such as this one to make candy canesor this recipe for candy cane bark candy. Then you can bake it together and leave a treat out for Santa on Christmas Eve.
3. Santa Claus dollar bill. The North Pole is a magical place run by Santa, so of course it is beyond the bounds of ordinary currency printed by ordinary nations. In the North Pole, they use Santa dollar bills. Before the Internet, you'd have to go to a bank at the North Pole to get these special dollars, but now you can find Santa dollar bills for sale on eBay. These are real dollars that have Santa's face on them. They're generally inexpensive and make a great collector's item.
4. Santa stickers. This is an easy one. Run down to your local crafts store, school supply store or any place that sells stickers, and you're sure to find some great stickers featuring Santa, his reindeer, the North Pole, etc. They're easy to stuff in an envelope, and kids love stickers! If you plan in advance, you can also shop online from stores such as StickerGiant.
5. Reindeer food recipe. Of course Rudolph knows how to lead Santa's team of reindeer to any house on the planet, but magic reindeer food helps him find his way. A recipe for magic reindeer foodis a great thing to include in a Santa letter and will give your kids an easy and fun project for Christmas Eve.
Have fun!
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