I am really into this very cute idea.
The International Elf Service will deliver you a bundle of Christmas letters “written” by the Elves at the North Pole.
For £35 you receive a box of 25 letters and matching envelopes (with your kids names written on them) and you dish each one out for every day of advent, leave them on the breakfast table, or arrive in the room clutching one between your teeth.
(Just make sure the telly’s not on when you present a new letter because if yours are like mine you will have to blow yourself up to get them to tear their eyes away.)
Find them, along with other letter options and a festive little video showing what you get, here.
For the last few years NASA have had a website that tracks Father Christmas on his journey. So from Christmas Eve you can see where he is in the world, where he has to go and where he’s been. It’s strangely exciting and sweet, I’m 52 and I love seeing where he is, and it’s handy for getting children to go to bed, technological evidence that “Santa Claus is coming to town”
I’m always touched by how childish they all are at NASA
What a lovely idea – we have been telling our kids all about Santa ‘v’ Goblins for a month now (shameless idea stealing from Tolkiens Letters from Father Christmas!).
I loved Tolkien’s Letters – childhood measured in Christmases seems so short though, as they one by one get too old for it. Precisely why doing things like the above are so worth it whilst they’re young.
Fantastic idea! Thank you. 🙂 Can’t wait to see my little one’s face when he gets the letters.
We’ve loved having our Elfish letters appearing (in very odd places) over the last two years!
Thank you for sharing this information. How adorable and fun! I just ordered… and gave your blog as the official, “how did you hear about us” option. 🙂
Thanks Melissa! x
Like Melissa above I ordered as soon as I read your post & referenced your blog. They sound a lovely idea, thanks. Especially as ‘What do Elf’s learn at school? The Elf -abet! Is joke du jour here from now til about Jan! 😂 😩