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No time to go to the mall and stand in line for a visit with Santa? Santa can contact your child from the comfort of your own home with some help from the little elves at SantaSpeaking.com
Once an adult fills out the questionnaire and pays the fee ($21.95), they can choose the date and time for Santa to contact the youngsters and work into the conversation even though coal prices are way up he's got a special hunk with their name on it the names of their friends, pets, and how they are doing in school, their favorite toys, etc.
Of course, you could have a friend do the same thing for free. I've used the Easter Bunny hot line several times to get verification that it is an Easter law that all the ears of chocolate bunnies be eaten mothers, and those calls never cost me a thing.
You could also send Santa an email but know in advance it won't be as impressive of a playground story as being on the horn with Father Christmas himself.
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12-10-2007 @ 9:25AM
Michael said...A few years back my sister got this "Santa Card" from somewhere that I thought had an awesome idea. It was a phone number that you called and put in some PIN and the child heard a message from Santa about being busy making toys or something and was encouraged to leave a message telling Santa what they wanted for Christmas. While that part was fun for the kids, the second function was really nice for the family. There was a different number the family could call and put in the same PIN and hear the child's response...thus knowing what was on their Christmas wish list. So you could let them talk to Santa in privacy and keep the magic of Santa alive in their hearts. I think it was much cheaper than this service, like $5 but it's been a while, so its very possible I just don't remember it right.
P.S. Vonage had a similiar FREE service not too long ago, some #nnn number you could call and the child heard a message to leave Santa their wishes after the beep, but you couldn't retrieve it later....You'd think with all the technology behind that, they could forward that message to the calling subscriber's voicemail box or something. oh well, not sure what happened, they're not even offering it anymore.
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12-10-2007 @ 10:56AM
Joy said...Part of me thinks this is kind of neat, another part of me thinks it's pretty sad if you don't have time to take your child to the mall to visit in "person".
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12-10-2007 @ 11:05AM
LS said...Little Man is really too young yet to be calling Santa, but he may get a phone call *from* him.... for free, as I'll have my nephew do the honors. That way, he can have his privacy, and I can find out if he asks for something that I don't know about.
As for Mall Santas? I'm allergic to them. I won't go *near* a mall Santa since I found out that every single mall anywhere near my house charges for pictures, and allows no private photos to be taken. They've gone so far as to block (with decorations) any good line-of-sight so parents cannot take their own pictures. This makes it difficult for parents to even *see* their kids visiting Santa, which means that both parents, all grandparents, siblings, etc - whoever wants to see the kid's visit to Santa - has to stand in line, making for obnoxious crowds. And don't get me started on the prices that the mall charges for those pics!
My solution is to take Little Man to our local Old Folk's Home or Fire House (they trade off) - they host Santa AND Mrs. Claus, the kids can spend any amount of time with the couple, photos are encouraged, as well as provided by the host organization, and cookies and hot chocolate are served. The price? A donation to the local food pantry.
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