The site offers eight different standard letters for you to personalize. Three are all-purpose letters, and the remainder allow you to focus on a particular theme, such as Baby’s First Christmas, You’re in Kindergarten, or a Reply to Child’s Letter to Santa. They also offer a Christian-themed letter. After selecting the letter you’d like to personalize, you can then choose from one of six different background designs and then add your child’s personal details, such as name, hometown, desired toy for Christmas and achievements from the year. Some letters offer more personalization than others. For instance, if you choose the letter designed for kids with new siblings, you’ll be able to indicate whether the older child is a big brother or sister. If you select the You’re in Kindergarten letter, you’ll be able to include the name of the child’s teacher.

After you preview your letter, you’ll be asked to select a package. Delivery is via instant download after you make your purchase through PayPal using a credit card or your PayPal account. The documents are delivered as pdf files, so you’ll need Adobe Reader to open and print them. But it’s free, so that shouldn’t stop anyone. If you’re looking for an inexpensive way to order a complete Santa letter package for your child or children, this is a good option.

FreeSantaClauseLetters.com

FreeSantaClauseLetters.com also offers some ideas on special surprises you can include with your letter, such as an autographed photo from Santa or Christmas recipes from Mrs. Claus.

Both designs feature smiling Christmas characters in soft colors. One shows Santa Claus holding hands with his reindeer and elves, and the other shows a pair of larger and smaller (parent and child?) snowmen waving. Both have light blue backgrounds with a large snowflake pattern.

The images don’t include a clear picture for the text of the Christmas letter from Santa you’ll be purchasing, so the site has a page with a Santa sample letter so you can read the letter and see what items you’ll be able to personalize (which are name, age, hometown, boy or girl, accomplishments and toy the child wants for Christmas).

For people strapped for cash who can’t afford the $4.99 fee for the personalized Santa letter, Christmas Letter from Santa.net also offers a free printable Santa letter. It’s offered on the same snowman background as the premium letter, but the free one is a pdf document that can’t be customized. Instead of saying “Dear [your child's name],” the generic version just starts out “Ho, ho, ho!” and also leaves out other items that you can customize, such as your child’s age, hometown and accomplishments from the year.

Santa Letter Templates.com

Their printable Santa’s Nice List certificate is also an easy-to-edit Word document. (You do need Microsoft Word to use these templates, but if you don’t own a copy, you can get a free trial download of the entire MS Office suite by going to Microsoft.com, expanding the Downloads and Trials pulldown menu and going to Office Downloads.) Note that these documents will NOT work with Microsoft Works.

The Nice List certificate has a colorful red border with snowflakes, and the certificate says, “In recognition of your good behavior this year, I, Santa, officially place [child's name here] on this year’s Santa’s Nice List.” You simply need to replace the placeholder text with your child’s name.

The certificate is signed by Santa Claus and his chief elf in charge of the Naughty and Nice lists and has a hoofprint from Rudolph. There’s also a Santa seal on it.

Both documents are priced at $4.99, but you can get a discount if you buy both together, and you can use the same letter and certificate for all the kids in your family – just edit and print. It’s certainly cheaper than buying a separate letter and Nice List certificate for each child, if you have more than one. You can also use the letter again in coming years, saving even more money.

You can purchase and customize a printable Santa’s Nice List certificate for just $4.99 from Christmas Letter Tips.com. The certificate is a simple Microsoft Word document, so all you need to do is open the file and add your child’s name in the text area provided. And you’ll never have to pay for a Nice List certificate again, as the file is sold with the right to use it for your own unlimited personal, noncommerical use.

So you can print certificates for all your kids, nieces, nephews, friends, etc., even your entire classroom if you’re a teacher, but you can’t give or sell the document to others or use it to start your own business selling letters. Given the low price, that seems a fair enough deal.

If you don’t like the style of that certificate, however, check this article for some other options for a Santa’s Nice List certificate.

These letters are available for single purchase in a Microsoft Word format (you’ll need Word 97 or newer) and once you buy the letter, you can use it to print as many copies as you’d like forever, as long as you’re only using them for your own personal, noncommercial use. The letters are priced at $4.99, so it’s a great bargain if you want to create several letters or if your children are young enough that you’ll be able to use the templates again in coming years.

The printable Santa letters are available in two designs, one showing a large image of Santa waving from a snowy backdrop and one with Santa and his reindeer taking off in a sleigh full of presents. They allow you to customize the usual fields, such as your child’s name, age and hometown. Because they’re created in Microsoft Word, however, you could actually add in your own customization, too.

The site also offer two free printable Santa letters in .pdf format or Word format. These offer a very basic clipart image at the bottom of the letter on a white background. The pdf version is offered for people who don’t have Word, and they can’t be personalized, but the MS Word version can be personalized. They’re a great option for anyone who can’t afford the premium personalized Santa letter, but the designs aren’t very colorful.

It’s easy and quick to create something magical for your child – or MANY children! One great feature of this service is the ability to design and print as many Santa letters as you like. The annual membership fee of just $14.99 gives you unlimited access to Santa letters (and also letters from the Easter Bunny, Cupid, and soon the Tooth Fairy and Dracula, too). You can print Santa letters for all your kids, nieces, nephews, grandchildren, or anyone! Best yet, you can actually get the service FREE simply by referring at least three other people who sign up because Instaletter will pay you $5 for each person you refer.

The service is easy to use and makes it simple to personalize the text and the artwork. You can select from letter templates, such as letters for children on Santa’s good list or those who recently visited Santa at, say, the local shopping mall. Then you can customize that letter with up to three types of details (friends’ names, accomplishments, hometown, etc), and view a preview of how the final product will look.

Then you select a background for your personalized Santa letter. There are currently more than a dozen backgrounds for your letter, and you can personalize these dragging and dropping images of reindeer, Christmas trees, elves and more. It’s fun and easy to customize the stationery.

Once you’ve finished designing your letter, you can then customize a matching envelope with the same simplicity. If you’re looking to print Santa letters with a lot of personalization, try  Instaletter.

Sample Santa Letter

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