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Families and children in Saskatchewan still have time to send and receive a letter back from Santa this Christmas through Canada Post.
The deadline for teachers to mail class letters is Dec. 1, while the deadline to mail individual letters is set for Dec. 8.
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Canada Post says that letters to Santa should be addressed to:
Santa Claus
North Pole
H0H 0H0
Canada
All letters from the same household should be mailed in one envelope with a return address included and no postage stamps are necessary for letters to get to the North Pole.
Letters can be dropped off at a post office or Canada Post mailbox before the deadline. For more information, head to canadapost.ca/santa, where you can also find templates for young and older kids to get started.
An email reply from Santa at emailsanta.com sent to a Regina girl in 2024. (CJME file photo)
How to email Santa
Regina’s Winston Lok set up a website called LetterSanta.com in 2024 during the Canada Post strike, and it is still active in 2025.
The site is simple to navigate and prompts children with questions like their name, whether they were good this year, and what they’d like for Christmas. A letter is then generated by “e;f magic AI” and sent off to Santa.
The site says that children will “receive your special Santa response faster than Rudolph on Christmas Eve.”
At emailsanta.com, children can compose a letter using a simple template, also receiving a speedy response.
After a letter is sent, children read other children’s letters to Santa Claus too, and even send a pet’s Christmas wish letter (apparently the elves made a special keyboard so Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer can reply.)
There is also a Santa webcam and a live chat is also available.
Extension cords for lights need to rated to be outside and for up to -35 C, -40 C, and even with LED lights, homeowners should avoid overloading outlets. (Discover Estevan file photo)
Be safe while decorating for Christmas
With Christmas decorating underway across the southeast, Redvers Fire Chief Brad Hutton is reminding residents to make sure their lights, trees, and fireplaces are safe.
Hutton says outdoor lights are one of the first things people should check and people should make sure they are using outdoor Christmas lights. Proper ladders and safe setups can help prevent falls.
Extension cords also need to rated to be outside and for up to -35 C, -40 C.
He warns that even with LED lights, homeowners should avoid overloading outlets.
“That doesn’t necessarily mean to put power blocks on and run six or eight different strings off the same outlet at one time,” he said.
When it comes to Christmas trees, Hutton says artificial trees are generally built to handle lights, but natural trees need daily attention.
“If you’re using real trees, you got to … keep the tree watered so it doesn’t dry out very quickly,” he said. He said that tree additives can help, but the key is checking the water level, especially in the first few days when trees “drink quite a bit of water.”
Fireplace safety is another seasonal concern.
Hutton says people often forget how flammable older decorations can be.
“Stockings and stuff are often years and years old, so that’s a real dry material. That’ll be very flammable,” he said. He recommends keeping anything hanging “a safe distance” from heat sources and paying close attention to the area around a wood stove or fireplace.
Pets can also create unexpected risks.
“Cats like to play with decorations and stockings as well,” he said. “Around fireplaces or wood stoves, just make sure that stuff is enough away so your cat can’t accidentally pull it down and start the fire.”
Hutton also addressed a lighter seasonal question about frozen metal poles.
“When you’re outside, and the temperatures are below zero, if you lick a pole, your tongue will get stuck to the metal,” he said, adding that the safest solution to this is warm water.
“Try not to pull or rip too hard because obviously you remove layers of tissue off your tongue.”
— with files from Discover Estevan and Swift Current Online
