| Santa
Letter
Letter From Santa: Offer a personalized 'Letter from Santa' written
on colorful holiday stationery and matching envelopes. Children just
love receiving their own mail... especially from someone as magical
as Santa! Compose one or more standard letters using a standard word
processing program. See Examples Below. Develop an order form for personalization
to be provided by purchaser. This could include the child's name, age,
gender, hometown, address, good deed, accomplishment, grade in school,
name and age of siblings, name of pet, etc.
Purchase colorful
holiday stationary. Keep the quantity low until you see how sales are
going. Colorful Christmas stamps are also a must!
Take orders in
advance. Get payment with the order. Set a cut-off date to make sure
the letters will be delivered timely.
Pick the city you
want the letter to be postmarked from and contact the postmaster there
to make sure that they will open your bundle of letters and re-mail
them for you. Some choices of cities could be North Pole, AK; Santa
Claus, GA; Reindeer, KY; Christmas, FL, etc. You get the idea.
Set a price. Similar
letters are available from a number of sources for $4.00 to $10.00.
Since you are doing this as a fundraiser, your supporters will probably
be generous but keep the price reasonable enough to generate good volume.
This is not a big money maker but it can be fun.
Sample
Santa Letters
Dear <Recipient
Name>:
The elves and I
have been very busy, but I really wanted to write to you. I've checked
my list twice and saw that you've been a very good <boy or girl>
this year. Because you've been good, I'm bringing you a very special
present! I've also been keeping an eye on <sibling names>.
<Recipient Name>,
please leave out some milk and cookies for me on Christmas Eve. I'll
get really hungry by the time I get to your <house - apartment>
in <City, State>. Keep up the good work and have a Merry Christmas.
Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry
Christmas!
Your friend,
Santa Claus
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Dear <Recipient
Name>:
It's almost Christmas
and everyone here at the North Pole is very busy. The elves are putting
the finishing touches on the toys and I'm preparing the reindeer and
my sleigh for that long trip to on Christmas eve. I checked my list
twice and saw that you've been very good this year! I sure am proud
of you for <Recent Accomplishment>. That's great!
Please leave out
some <cookies and milk> for me on Christmas Eve. I'll really be
hungry by the time I get to your <house - apartment> in <City,
State>. Oh, could you leave a carrot or an apple for the reindeer,
too? They work hard and will appreciate the treat. All the reindeer,
Mrs. Claus and my whole team of elves wish you a Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year!
Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry
Christmas!
Your friend,
Santa Claus
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