Creative Christmas Letter Ideas

Author: Santa | Filed under: Christmas Letters, More Christmas Wednesday Sep 30,2009

I bought Ideas for Writing Creative Christmas Letters That People Are Actually Eager to Read by Janet Colbrunn based on the title alone because I wanted some inspiration for my annual holiday updates. Unfortunately, the book’s publisher must not have provided a description for bookstores because neither Amazon or Barnes and Noble has any details [...]

How to Get a Santa Postmark

Author: Santa | Filed under: Christmas Cards, Christmas Fun for Kids, Christmas Letters, Santa Claus, Santa Letters Tuesday Sep 29,2009

One of the busiest U.S. post offices during the holidays is the one in Santa Claus, Indiana. The only post office in the world named after Santa Claus post helps keep ol’ Kris Kringle’s magic alive by offering special “picture postmarks” during December. The city has been offering a picture postmark every year since 1983. [...]

Printable Christmas Letters from Santa

Author: Santa | Filed under: Christmas Letters, Santa Claus, Santa Letters Monday Sep 28,2009

Instaletter is a new service that lets you create printable Christmas letters from Santa (as well as the Easter Bunny, Cupid and soon the Tooth Fairy) and customize both the text and art with simple drag-and-drop simplicity. It’s easy enough for anyone to use. The best part about the service is that you can create [...]

Reindeer Poop Recipe and Poem

Author: Santa | Filed under: Christmas Fun for Kids, Christmas Humor, Reindeer Saturday Sep 26,2009

Here’s a fun Christmas cooking project you can do with kids to give to friends or family members for a laugh. It’s a simple “reindeer poop” recipe for chocolate cookies that you then deliver with the special “reindeer poop” poem. Here’s the simple recipe and poem. Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter 2 cups granulated sugar 1/2 [...]

The First Christmas Stamp

Author: Santa | Filed under: Christmas Cards, Christmas Letters, Christmas Trivia Saturday Sep 26,2009

Americans send more than 2 billion greeting cards during the holidays, and many of them are adorned with special Christmas postage stamps issued by the US Postal Service just for the occasion. But holiday stamps haven’t always been around. The first Christmas stamp in the United States was released in 1962, the first Hanukkah stamp [...]

All I Want for Christmas is a Hippopotamus

Author: Santa | Filed under: Christmas Fun for Kids, Christmas Humor, Christmas Music Monday Sep 21,2009

Most people have heard the song, “All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth.” But “All I Want for Christmas is a HIPPOPOTAMUS?!?!” The song is actually titled, “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” and was written by John Rox and recorded and released in 1953 by 10-year-old Gayla Peevey. It was an [...]

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