Sending letters from an African-American Santa
Claus to children are a hot item during the
Christmas holidays. If you search Google for
"Santa letters", you will find over 100,000 sites.
With so many sites, it can be confusing finding the
right website to buy this special gift.
Ordering and entering information online is a time-
consuming task. It's important to find a site that
makes it easy. When you visit a site selling Santa
letters, look for the following features.
Money-Back Guarantee
A 100% "no questions asked" money-back
guarantee is the norm. Make sure the quality of
the letter, service, and delivery is satisfactory. The
guarantee should be 30 to 60 days after buying.
Variety of Letters
Parents with many children need letters reflecting
the different ages, ethnic groups, and reading
levels. There should be letters for the young,
beginning readers, and advanced readers. Also,
it's extra special when children can compare their
different letters.
Fields for Personalization
Each letter should offer 3 or more fields to enter
information about your child. The more fields the
letter contains, the more personalized you can
make it. Look for letters that contain child's name,
town, gender, wish lists, and accomplishments.
Quality Paper
Do they use high quality paper? Good high quality
paper feels good in the hand, looks special,
frames easily, and lasts. Also make sure the site
sends the letters in large flat envelopes.
Secure Ordering
Check for verbiage on the site explaining safe
secure ordering. It should also accept various
credit cards including Visa®, MasterCard®,
American Express®, Discover®, PayPal, and
personal check or money order. For those who
don't like using credit cards online, check for
options to order by mail.
Easy Ordering
Do they offer different packages to make it easy
to order? Ordering by packages makes it easy to
personalize many letters. Letter packages
remove the need to reorder for each extra letter.
Look for sites allowing you to make 1 payment for
2 or more letters.
Delivery Confirmation
Do they offer confirmation the letters when they
mail the letters? This is a great service to provide
because you can tell the children to look for
something special in the mail during the week.
Adequate Cut off Dates
Is the cutoff date spelled out? Make sure the
cutoff date seems reasonable. The letters have to
go through personalization, postmark stamping,
and sorting. The latest date a service can stop
taking orders for processing is around the week
before Christmas close to December 17th. For
added costs, some site offer overnight delivery or
3-day shipping.
If you can find a site that offers all the benefits
above, sending special Santa letters will be a fun
exciting time for both the sender and receiver.
