Letter from Santa in the UK, 2026: every way to get one
Checked on 15 November 2026. Dates come from each service’s own page.
1. Royal Mail: free, if you post by 9 December
Royal Mail asks children to post their letter to Santa by Wednesday 9 December 2026, with a stamp on the envelope and their full name and address on the back so the reply can find them. The address is Santa/Father Christmas, Santa’s Grotto, Reindeerland, XM4 5HQ. Royal Mail says Santa will reply to as many letters as possible, so a reply isn’t promised for every child. Royal Mail’s page.
2. The NSPCC letter is taking a break
For years the NSPCC’s Letter from Santa was the best-known personalised letter in the UK, sent for a donation. Its page now says it is taking a break this year, so there is no NSPCC letter to order for Christmas 2026.
3. A posted, personalised letter
Several shops will print and post a personalised letter. Card Factory and others start at about £2.99 plus delivery; boxed sets with certificates and keepsakes run to around £30. Each has its own last order date in December, so order early, and check the date on the shop’s own page before you pay.
4. Print one at home tonight
If December has run away from you, a printable letter needs no post at all. Chimney Post writes a letter from Father Christmas about your child’s real year (something brave, something kind, something they learned) and you print it at home with a Nice List certificate and an envelope band. You read the whole letter free, and the print set is £2.99.
Making any letter feel real
- Mention one thing only your family would know: the bike, the new school, the cat’s name.
- Fold it in three and leave it somewhere a letter could plausibly arrive: by the fireplace, on the doormat, under a plate of half-eaten mince pie.
- Older children like the details: a postmark, a seal, a signature from an elf.