Tweeted to Royal Mail about their letter to Santa, and if it had started this year ~ response was yes, and this link was given. All info is below:
Christmas letters to Santa
Dear boys and girls,
Christmas is a very exciting but busy time for me: the elves are making toys, the reindeer are practising their sleigh runs, and I'm busy preparing my list of who’s been good this year.
I need to let the elves know what to make so to help me out, please let me know what you would like as early as possible.
I will be getting my sleigh ready for the long journey on Christmas Eve and inbetween I will try to reply to as many of you as possible. To make sure I receive your letters, please could you send them to:
It’s really important that you write the address carefully on a stamped envelope, and that you include your full name and address so I can write back to you.
Please send your letters to me by the 6th December so I have time to reply.
Looking forward to delivering your presents on Christmas Eve. Make sure you remember my mince pie and Rudolph’s carrot!
Be good!
Merry Christmas to you all!
From
Father Christmas
Do it a bit cheaper using a 2nd class stamp for 54p!
- herby247
I work in the Plymouth mdec as well, you said we answer the letters which isn't correct, we process them as in send them to the destination to be answered but don't answer them ourselves.
Gemma2411
23 Oct 15#112
Do you just need to provide name address or a self addressed envelope with stamp ?
looke_o
22 Oct 15#111
maybe not in the office you work in, I know they are processed in Plymouth.
JohnnyL
21 Oct 15#110
Eh
Error440
21 Oct 15#109
Oh I am so hurt by your accusation that not providing a private company with 63p for a letter I could write myself, will result in visits from spirits pleading with me to turn away from sin. Because of course Christmas is all about commercialism, the Christmas spirit is that of filling the coffers of the rich and not at all about the birth of the son of god.
If you can afford it, the NSPCC do a great letter that i used last year for my granddaughter ...they let you include names of the childs friends & relative but best of all you can include something, which in my case was sharing toys that my GC had a problem with!!!...Santa said 'im pleased to see you are sharing your toys, blah blah..' .we were amazed at how she has overly shared everything ever since!!...great cause for underfunded charity :smiley:
Rory Joe
21 Oct 15#107
This thread is full of sarcasm and jokes that other people are failing to get :smile:
Error440
20 Oct 1511#15
Why would I spend 63p for a generic thing like this, I could do it myself for free, hey kid write your list I will send it to father Christmas, on xmas day leave a note with the presents and dont forget to point him out in the sky on xmas eve when the iss passes, I believe its passing on the correct day this year, my kid loved it last year.
Wouldn't be so bad if it was freepost with a minimum £1 donation to charity but this is just a way to sell more over priced stamps.
RuudBullit to Error440
20 Oct 151#21
Bah humbug!!!!
redarrowrules to Error440
20 Oct 15#32
Probably because some kids get excited over writing the letter and putting it in the postbox.
geebus316 to Error440
20 Oct 15#46
yeah I don't get this either...is it a charity thing? are you just paying to send a letter to nowhere?
smugjojo to Error440
21 Oct 15#94
Yes! I have promised to be very good if santa will deliver The Beatles 1+ for Christmas. Can hardly contain myself. Happy days. Go, Santa, go!
Magister to Error440
21 Oct 15#103
I think this looks like a Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaah Humbug moment!
Magister to Error440
21 Oct 15#106
I don't think the word "tightwad" covers it. Look out for the three ghost this Xmas.
JohnnyL
20 Oct 15#72
Forreslad to JohnnyL
21 Oct 15#86
nice touch...
Magister to JohnnyL
21 Oct 15#105
Pity you weren't clever enough to secure your own property then.
Magister
21 Oct 152#104
Reading some of the comments on this thread, it seems that the era of Scrooge has not yet passed. I imagine that the miserable tightwads will be receiving a visit from 3 ghosts this Christmas (but they probably don't believe in ghosts either).
pig69er
21 Oct 15#102
Santa is fake, his lover told me.
Matangouk
21 Oct 15#101
heat :smiley:
samstorous
21 Oct 15#100
I did this last year for my daughter and didn't get a reply until January. We did send it fairly late though. We'll be doing ours soon so we get a letter back before Christmas
herby247
21 Oct 15#99
From royal mail on twitter...
@RoyalMail: Hi, you'd need to include an SAE too.
hamnan1984
21 Oct 15#98
This is rubbish. Done it last year and the letter in the envelope is a generic piece of paper not personalised. The only personalised part is they put the child's first name on the envelope which is promptly ripped open and binned.
hu5sain
21 Oct 15#97
Not quite sure how this is classed as a 'hot deal' but a good money making idea from Royal Mail nonetheless
Cameron92
20 Oct 153#28
XM4 5HQ
XM45 HQ
Xmas HQ
Christmas Headquarters
BM12 to Cameron92
21 Oct 15#96
You solved the mystery. Nice one Rudolph!
Tiger786
21 Oct 15#92
Santa's fake so why hype them up with it, just be real.....
smugjojo to Tiger786
21 Oct 15#95
you destroy me
Proveright
21 Oct 15#93
I dont get this. Why not type up a personal letter (with the Santa address on the top, and or some photoshop pic) from Santa to your children and pop it in an envelope addressed to your home address , put a Christmas Stamp on it and put it in any post box, posting to yourself.
Hey kids look we have letter from Santa!
FTCom
21 Oct 15#91
Surely this would be £1.26 for this deal? One stamp to send the original letter to Santa, the other stamp for the self addressed envelope to send back to the child in question?
CBMark
21 Oct 15#90
Agreed we are far too busy typing away postcodes! The Lapland tip is spot on though!
snowflake75
21 Oct 15#89
save your penny's and write the letters yoursekf, as if from santa. thats what I do and the kuds know no different! !!
kiish
20 Oct 151#10
It's not a scam but do you really think "Reindeerland" exists?
It's simply a fake address that Royal Mail have in their system which will redirect the mail to some fat ass in the Royal Mail office
jayjayuk1234 to kiish
20 Oct 1515#18
Thanks captain obvious, ( I think he was joking )
premierfella to kiish
20 Oct 15#23
That's right. Father Christmas. I think photos of Santa's personalised Royal Mail uniform have to have the Royal Mail logo photoshopped out for contractual reasons.
Jupitor5 to kiish
20 Oct 15#29
Steady now. There's a lot of fat asses at Royal Mail!!
BenderRodriguez to kiish
20 Oct 152#57
pig69er to kiish
20 Oct 15#80
that will be easy to find.
dereklogan7 to kiish
21 Oct 151#88
What do you mean Reindeer land doesn't exist. I'm telling my mummy. :confused:
Forreslad
21 Oct 15#87
look at Dans reply in previous comments...its a generic letter you get back. not personal
looke_o
20 Oct 15#68
All letters addressed to Santa or Father Christmas get answered by Royal Mail MDEC staff, any letters stating Lapland get sent to Finland and the Finnish authorities reply.
Source :- MDEC staff
Parp to looke_o
21 Oct 15#85
Your source is mistaken as the mdec staff don't answer the letters. We are busy processing the Christmas mail.
They are correct about the lapland mail.
sashh
20 Oct 151#30
I'm confused. If u send the letter do you get a reply?
premierfella to sashh
20 Oct 15#33
As said, not if you're naughty.
Or if Santa loses it.
Or you forget to put a stamp on it, because Santa works to tight margins and can't afford to pay the excess postage.
ruthbear to sashh
20 Oct 151#39
Yes
rohitmkiller to sashh
21 Oct 15#84
Yes
MadeInBeats
21 Oct 15#83
Dear Santa,
please make me, my best man and all our mates even more millions than we already have,
love
Gideon Osborne.
lostwebb
21 Oct 15#82
Dear Santa
All I want for Christmas is all of my post that Royal Mail has lost.
Thanks.
whelan189
20 Oct 15#77
why are idiots thinking there is a actual santa adress, its not real you idiots santa is made up!!
Bugeyed to whelan189
20 Oct 151#81
you were obviously way too naughty to get any presents and how do you explain that the glass of scotch and mince pies disappear on christmas eve ?
davidbrent
20 Oct 15#79
It's surely only a matter of time before Santa Claus is arrested and prosecuted under Operation Yewtree now they have his postcode.
scott_lithgows
20 Oct 15#78
Santa doesn't like privatised companies
slickafoe
20 Oct 15#76
paganfestivals with fairy tale endings
terayon00
20 Oct 15#64
THERE IS NO SANTA its your parents that get you the presents
rdwarr to terayon00
20 Oct 15#75
That's rubbish. I'm 54, my parents are long gone and I STILL get presents :stuck_out_tongue:.
postcode not found according to google maps.....be careful it may be a scam :smirk:
paulj48 to xstevo99
20 Oct 153#3
also doesn't appear in the Royal Mail postcode search on their website so an embarrassing oversight.
jeffsmaw to xstevo99
20 Oct 15#16
Haha very good! :laughing:
mmmmmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeeeee to xstevo99
20 Oct 15#19
its not a scam obviously the postcode won't be found on google map do you really think there is a place called reindeerland
rdwarr to xstevo99
20 Oct 15#74
Now you know why you shouldn't do jokes here until the grown-ups get home :confused:
srp111
20 Oct 151#73
God, there's some tight **** on here :confused:
JohnnyL
20 Oct 152#71
littlemisssunshine
20 Oct 15#70
I have never used a sae and have always had a reply every year.
1234321
20 Oct 15#69
I prefer the nspcc ones
herby247
20 Oct 151#63
TO BE CLEAR....................
Does this mean a stamp on the address TO Santa and Royal Mail will send you a bog standard pre paid envelope reply with the kids name on it?
OR
Is it a stamp NEEDED on the return envelope with the kids name and address to get their reply?
Dan2008 to herby247
20 Oct 151#67
Just 1 stamp on the one you post to them :smiley:
Last few years it hasn't been a letter, It's been a christmas card which is no longer personalised.
This was last year's one :
tawse57
20 Oct 15#66
Where does the Easter Bunny fit into all of this?
arjanvirdi
20 Oct 15#65
(The Postcode XM4 5HQ is actually XMAS HQ ... of course!)
clashpie
20 Oct 154#62
If it puts a smile on a kids face and adds to their Christmas enjoyment then Royal Mail are doing a good thing....I think there are just too many scrooges on this website by the looks of things.
Adidas Addict
20 Oct 15#61
They will not be profiting on the letter travelling from anywhere in the UK to their HQ, making a personalised reply and posting it back anywhere in the UK at 63p.
herby247
20 Oct 15#60
"giving them a some easy profit"
I hope if you do any hand written letters you make nice clear coherent sentences.:stuck_out_tongue:
I'm surprised they still do this, usually when a something goes from being a service to a business they stop all non-profit making products.
BenderRodriguez to Adidas Addict
20 Oct 15#58
Hundreds of thousands of lazy morons who are too busy watching Hollyoaks to spend 5 minutes hand writing a personal "Santa's" letter to their own children, pay 63p for something that costs RM 40p to produce and deliver, giving them a some easy profit.
How exactly is this surprising?
jfclfc
20 Oct 151#1
straight in the postman's back pocket
herby247 to jfclfc
20 Oct 15#56
We prefer "postperson" in 2015.
marleyboy
20 Oct 15#55
Far more personal and cheaper to do it yourself.
petermcgregor14
20 Oct 151#54
What?!?....All this time I have been led to believe....the deceit, the lies...I wish I had not seen this. But then who has been eating the pies every christmas eve?!? The carrots? The dog cannot reach the mantlepiece.....could it be....could it be the wife? Has she been sustaining this chronic deception, this charade? What a fool I have been...But no longer! This christmas! When the time is right! I shall be the one who laughs, I will catch her in the act, reveal the deceit. If only I had put together the clues sooner....the santa's outfit "bought for me" which I have never worn.....The carrots bought for "christmas dinner" I always suspected there wasn't as much on my plate as what she had bought.....such a fool. Divorce will follow.....
If only I hadn't checked this page to check my postcode was correct...too many times he has failed to reply....and now I know why, such a lie, I must bid you farewell now, it is my time to cry, goodbye.
bumbaclart
20 Oct 151#53
iibdii
20 Oct 15#51
Cold its not real
iibdii to iibdii
20 Oct 15#52
By it i mean santa
ajavaid92
20 Oct 15#50
Sorry that this may be a daft question, but what's the purpose of writing to Santa? As in, what do you (i.e. the kids) get out of it?
peodude
20 Oct 151#49
You'll get a letter back off 'Santa'
MJ10
20 Oct 152#48
Haha XM4 SHQ = XMAS HeadQuarters!!
afroylnt
20 Oct 15#47
what you mean Reindeerland doesn't exist?? next you'll be telling me there aren't any effective fiscal polices under socialism... or anti-austerity as its referred to these days...
premierfella
20 Oct 15#45
I'm surprised that the Royals themselves have escaped a competitive tendering process - I'm sure G4S would think they could do a better job for half the price (paying minimum wage to the new zero-hour contract Royals of course :P)
ollie87
20 Oct 151#44
If you have a problem with that I hope you don't vote for the parties that did it ever again.
Y_A_1979
20 Oct 15#42
That's privatisation for you! Sigh.
fireman1
20 Oct 152#40
Dear Santa,
For Christmas all I wish for is for you to return sending a simple letter to a reasonable price. Just sending this one has used all my pocket money. :-(
peodude to fireman1
20 Oct 151#41
You don't think 63p is a reasonable price to send a letter anywhere in the UK (or Reindeerland)?
afroylnt
20 Oct 15#38
Would have Santa could have found a more competitor provider by now, with the volume of letters he handles.....
dezontk
20 Oct 15#37
People who thinks the postcode thing is a scam, guess you're new. Welcome to HUKD.
joanne10
20 Oct 153#36
It's a made up address for our kids dear Santa letters and some people in Royal Mail kindly reads the letters and replys to keep the Christmas magic alive for our kids :smiley: it's a lovely idea we've written to santa before xx waiting till your children get a letters through the post :smiley: it's priceless!
spenspuma
20 Oct 15#35
Should read
..Royal Mail letter to the bin.
Error440
20 Oct 152#34
Send one to pere noel instead for free, practice your french.
weststandblues
20 Oct 152#31
Without doubt (IMHO), the best Christmas message your child can receive!
You fill out the details, enter the childs name and listen to Santa repeat it, upload pictures if you wish, even customise the message for your child
We have been using this for years and it's magical to see your childrens face when you play the message to them from Santa.
Go onto the website and register your interest and they email you a link when its up and running
theres also a NORAD powered website where you can track Santa and his sleigh as he delivers around the world
great for getting them into bed Christmas eve!
It's quite a sweet thing when it pops through the door. Yes of course you can do it yourself but my time is worth more than 63p so I'd rather let Royal Mail do it & walk the young one to the post box to send it & wait for it to arrive. This is a nice alternative to all these companies charging £2-£5 for a similar service.
Thanks for the heads up with the address.
noahsdad to ruthbear
20 Oct 15#27
Won't take long for it too catch up with other services costs with the speed of the Royal Fail price hikes.
qwertyking
20 Oct 15#25
Love this!
clarkey1976
20 Oct 15#24
That "Fat Ass" you refer to, is the very esteemed Saint Nicholas III ..... Show some respect or you'll end up on his naughty list!
He has to have a day job remember :man:
mmmmmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeeeee
20 Oct 15#22
its not some fat ass its a leggy blonde lol
kiish
20 Oct 151#20
I would hope so, didn't look like it to me
splender
20 Oct 153#17
Santa mail is re-directed to Mumbai.
noahsdad
20 Oct 153#13
When did Royal Fail start charging for this? This used to always be free.
jeffsmaw to noahsdad
20 Oct 152#14
Its not a charge you have to pay, its the cost of the postage to send the letter I think :smiley:
widzmorrow
20 Oct 15#12
Heat
djbenny1
20 Oct 155#8
hold on are you telling me all those letters i got from santa over the years weren't actually from santa??
empyphil to djbenny1
20 Oct 151#11
Santa is just doing some outsourcing.
Mentos
20 Oct 1524#9
Obviously the other child was naughty that year :smiley:
muddassarsardar
20 Oct 15#7
lol its no scam i think it would still work if u didn't put a stamp on as i never did as a kid and just wrote to Santa or even writing reindeer land should get it there u Know Santa's very clever just make sure u Right ur reply address thats the main thing
Cherry09
20 Oct 155#6
this has been running for years ~ and as much as I can remember this is the same post code.
The info is on Royal Mails website, ~ follow the link for full information. Probably just a post code either made up for kids or for a general sorting pile at Royal Mail
XM4 5HQ translated text talk is Christmas HQ!?
highly doubt its a scam advertised upon their own website :laughing:
eslick
20 Oct 15#5
That's because reindeerland is not Royal Mail a country that the Royal Mail manage the post for :smiley:
These are good but if you have more than one child might be worth sending in both children's names as we have had times when only one letter is returned.
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Opening post
Christmas letters to Santa
Dear boys and girls,
Christmas is a very exciting but busy time for me: the elves are making toys, the reindeer are practising their sleigh runs, and I'm busy preparing my list of who’s been good this year.
I need to let the elves know what to make so to help me out, please let me know what you would like as early as possible.
I will be getting my sleigh ready for the long journey on Christmas Eve and inbetween I will try to reply to as many of you as possible. To make sure I receive your letters, please could you send them to:
Santa/Father Christmas,
Santa’s Grotto,
Reindeerland,
XM4 5HQ
It’s really important that you write the address carefully on a stamped envelope, and that you include your full name and address so I can write back to you.
Please send your letters to me by the 6th December so I have time to reply.
Looking forward to delivering your presents on Christmas Eve. Make sure you remember my mince pie and Rudolph’s carrot!
Be good!
Merry Christmas to you all!
From
Father Christmas
Do it a bit cheaper using a 2nd class stamp for 54p!
- herby247
Don't be a cheapskate herby247
- Bugeyed
Top comments
Santa’s Grotto,
Reindeerland,
XM4 5HQ
postcode not found according to google maps.....be careful it may be a scam :smirk:
Latest comments (113)
Just like to say that i tried that many times and only once got a letter which was about 20 odd years ago!!
If you can afford it, the NSPCC do a great letter that i used last year for my granddaughter ...they let you include names of the childs friends & relative but best of all you can include something, which in my case was sharing toys that my GC had a problem with!!!...Santa said 'im pleased to see you are sharing your toys, blah blah..' .we were amazed at how she has overly shared everything ever since!!...great cause for underfunded charity :smiley:
Wouldn't be so bad if it was freepost with a minimum £1 donation to charity but this is just a way to sell more over priced stamps.
@RoyalMail: Hi, you'd need to include an SAE too.
XM45 HQ
Xmas HQ
Christmas Headquarters
Hey kids look we have letter from Santa!
It's simply a fake address that Royal Mail have in their system which will redirect the mail to some fat ass in the Royal Mail office
Source :- MDEC staff
They are correct about the lapland mail.
Or if Santa loses it.
Or you forget to put a stamp on it, because Santa works to tight margins and can't afford to pay the excess postage.
please make me, my best man and all our mates even more millions than we already have,
love
Gideon Osborne.
All I want for Christmas is all of my post that Royal Mail has lost.
Thanks.
Santa’s Grotto,
Reindeerland,
XM4 5HQ
postcode not found according to google maps.....be careful it may be a scam :smirk:
Does this mean a stamp on the address TO Santa and Royal Mail will send you a bog standard pre paid envelope reply with the kids name on it?
OR
Is it a stamp NEEDED on the return envelope with the kids name and address to get their reply?
Last few years it hasn't been a letter, It's been a christmas card which is no longer personalised.
This was last year's one :
I hope if you do any hand written letters you make nice clear coherent sentences.:stuck_out_tongue:
http://www.royalmail.com/personal/uk-delivery/2nd-class-mail
How exactly is this surprising?
If only I hadn't checked this page to check my postcode was correct...too many times he has failed to reply....and now I know why, such a lie, I must bid you farewell now, it is my time to cry, goodbye.
For Christmas all I wish for is for you to return sending a simple letter to a reasonable price. Just sending this one has used all my pocket money. :-(
..Royal Mail letter to the bin.
You fill out the details, enter the childs name and listen to Santa repeat it, upload pictures if you wish, even customise the message for your child
We have been using this for years and it's magical to see your childrens face when you play the message to them from Santa.
Go onto the website and register your interest and they email you a link when its up and running
theres also a NORAD powered website where you can track Santa and his sleigh as he delivers around the world
great for getting them into bed Christmas eve!
https://www.portablenorthpole.com/
http://www.noradsanta.org/
Thanks for the heads up with the address.
He has to have a day job remember :man:
The info is on Royal Mails website, ~ follow the link for full information. Probably just a post code either made up for kids or for a general sorting pile at Royal Mail
XM4 5HQ translated text talk is Christmas HQ!?
highly doubt its a scam advertised upon their own website :laughing:
These are good but if you have more than one child might be worth sending in both children's names as we have had times when only one letter is returned.