Write to Santa for free (no stamp needed ; works for all countries) and get a response from him.
By topffer
@topffer (42156)
France
December 8, 2016 7:05pm CST
@coffeebreakwhatever started a discussion giving the address of Santa to get a North Pole postmark. I asked her the permission to start this one to give you an address where you will get a response from Santa himself.
Since 1962 the French postal service ("La Poste") responds to any child writing to Santa Claus. 60 people are employed by Santa for his correspondence, and each child receives a personal card from Santa. It is completely free, and you have not to put a stamp on the letter to receive a response. The postal service redirects all letters sent to the "Père Noël", i.e. Santa Claus to his office, but to be sure that it will reach him on time, it is better to send your letter directly to the right city 
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Père Noël
33500 Libourne
France
Warning : Santa's secretariat closes on December 23rd (everybody knows that he is very busy on Dec 24th), so your letter has to be received before this date to get a response, but, if you speak French you can write an internet message to Santa, and he will send back a card by snail mail to you : sorry, but he is too old school to send emails... and it is a postal service
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The child has to choose the colors of the clothes he wants for Santa, to write a message and to give his complete postal address. I give you the link.
I do not know how many languages speaks Santa, but last year he responded to 1.2 million letters and 129 000 internet messages from 140 countries. Not bad, for an old man. Some people have complained to not have received a response. Well, a letter without a stamp might be lost, but indeed it is not Santa's fault, and he usually responds.
Most of the children writing to him are between 3 and 9 years old, and some are a bit absent-minded : do not do like them and do not forget to give your complete postal address if you want to increase seriously your chances to get a response.
Will you write to Santa ?
Thanks again to @coffeebreakwhatever to have inspired me this discussion.
:
Père Noël
33500 Libourne
France
Warning : Santa's secretariat closes on December 23rd (everybody knows that he is very busy on Dec 24th), so your letter has to be received before this date to get a response, but, if you speak French you can write an internet message to Santa, and he will send back a card by snail mail to you : sorry, but he is too old school to send emails... and it is a postal service.
The child has to choose the colors of the clothes he wants for Santa, to write a message and to give his complete postal address. I give you the link.
I do not know how many languages speaks Santa, but last year he responded to 1.2 million letters and 129 000 internet messages from 140 countries. Not bad, for an old man. Some people have complained to not have received a response. Well, a letter without a stamp might be lost, but indeed it is not Santa's fault, and he usually responds.
Most of the children writing to him are between 3 and 9 years old, and some are a bit absent-minded : do not do like them and do not forget to give your complete postal address if you want to increase seriously your chances to get a response.
Will you write to Santa ?
Thanks again to @coffeebreakwhatever to have inspired me this discussion.
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@marguicha (223136)
• Chile
9 Dec 16
@topffer I´m afraid that my wishes are not the sort of presents Santa usually gives
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@topffer (42156)
• France
9 Dec 16
@marguicha Who knows ? Santa is full of resources
. I do not know how a letter takes to reach France from Chile. But you can try the link I give and send him an internet message.
. I do not know how a letter takes to reach France from Chile. But you can try the link I give and send him an internet message.1 person likes this
@LadyDuck (471498)
• Switzerland
9 Dec 16
We have the same service here in Switzerland, every letter sent to "Santa" or "Baby Jesus", even without address, is sent to a special department and (if there is the address of the sender) they reply to all the letters they receive. Last year the Swiss Post Office replied to 18386 letters, the service is in place from 60 years.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
10 Dec 16
Home made responses are certainly more accurate than the responses sent by the postal service.
I learned with this discussion that this "Santa service" was existing in many country, and I think that it would make an interesting and original collection of postal stationary.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
9 Dec 16
Should have found this out earlier, our letters usually take a month to reach Europe, next year I would send it earlier.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
9 Dec 16
@topffer oh yes, will also save this, my children are a little bit grown up now, will save it for my would be grandchildren in the near future, oh well when another new phase in our life comes and Santa is still around, always there
and Santa is still around, always there1 person likes this
@topffer (42156)
• France
9 Dec 16
@louievill Children should never go to school. It is in a schoolyard that my classmates told me that I should not believe in Santa
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. It is in a schoolyard that my classmates told me that I should not believe in Santa.1 person likes this
@gigil_etb (140)
•
9 Dec 16
i'm a grown up.. i think i would not qualify even it will reach him, it'll be screened out.. :)
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@gigil_etb (140)
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10 Dec 16
@topffer it is my daughters edited pic.. :D then it would be for my child not for me.. ill write santa for her if only i knew french.. :)
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@much2say (55675)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Dec 16
That's cute - I wish I would have known about this a few years back! But remembering what you said about knowing French to get into that art school over there, perhaps my oldest should think about doing this next year 
. My little son, nah, he laughs that many of the kids in his class believe in Santa (he knows to keep that to himself though) . . . the teacher has even gotten the kids to behave with the Elf on the Shelf but my son doesn't buy that one bit . Maybe I'll have to tell him the REAL Santa lives in France .
. My little son, nah, he laughs that many of the kids in his class believe in Santa (he knows to keep that to himself though) . . . the teacher has even gotten the kids to behave with the Elf on the Shelf but my son doesn't buy that one bit . Maybe I'll have to tell him the REAL Santa lives in France .1 person likes this
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
9 Dec 16
Many children would like to tell Santa their wishes. It will be a lot of work for Santa
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@GooglePlus (3831)
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9 Dec 16
I liked the discussion and so the topic.
It wasn't that bad. It took 5 mins to send a letter. And learnt two words - Prenom means first name , Ta Ville means my town. rest was understood. Well let see when and how I get a response to it. I am not expecting to see my wish come true. It was rude to ask something costly from a person I never met or talked to. But that is what I want 
And in case he takes my wish seriously, you never know
Well I didn't make a wish I just thanked him for responding to so many responses
It wasn't that bad. It took 5 mins to send a letter. And learnt two words - Prenom means first name , Ta Ville means my town. rest was understood. Well let see when and how I get a response to it. I am not expecting to see my wish come true. It was rude to ask something costly from a person I never met or talked to. But that is what I want And in case he takes my wish seriously, you never know
Well I didn't make a wish I just thanked him for responding to so many responses 1 person likes this
