A personalized Santa video that knows the little things
Most personalized Santa videos say the child’s name and stop there. Children work that out faster than parents expect. The moment that lands is the one where Santa mentions something he could not possibly know.
The short answer
A personalized Santa video from Santa’s Notes is about a minute of Santa speaking to one child by name and mentioning one specific thing only their family knows, written for ages two to ten and delivered as a private link and downloadable file, for $24.99 per child.
The personalized Santa video is not taking orders yet. What is available now, in about a minute, is the North Pole Archive — a letter from Santa, a Nice List certificate, the Christmas Eve note and the sleigh docket, $9.99.
Why most of them do not fool anyone
A video that inserts a name into a fixed script is doing one trick, and it is a trick children see through by about six. The name is on their schoolbag, their coat peg, their birthday cards. Hearing it back proves nothing.
What a child cannot explain away is a detail that never left the house. The dinosaur’s name. The swimming lesson in July. Who got the last cookie. Those things are not written down anywhere, so when Santa says one out loud, the only available explanation is the one you were hoping for.
What to tell Santa
One small, recent, specific thing works better than a list of impressive ones. Specificity is what makes it feel witnessed rather than researched.
- The name of the toy that sleeps on their pillow
- Something they finally managed after weeks of trying
- A small kindness nobody made a fuss about at the time
- The odd food they have decided they love this month
- The thing they always leave out for the reindeer
What arrives
About a minute of Santa, speaking to your child and nobody else: their name said the way you tell us to say it, the detail he should not know, something from their year worth being proud of, and a warm word about their Christmas list.
It arrives as a private link you can watch as often as they ask, and a file you can download and keep. There is no account to make and nothing for your child to sign into.
What Santa will not do
Santa never promises that a particular present is coming. He is warm about the Christmas list and leaves the rest to the elves, because no parent should have their Christmas morning written for them by a video.
He also never uses the detail as leverage. Nothing about watching, checking, or behaving-or-else. The detail is there to delight a child, not to manage one.
Questions
What age is a personalized Santa video for?
It is written for roughly two to ten, and how Santa speaks changes with the age you choose. Younger children need shorter sentences and more warmth; older ones need the specific detail to carry more weight, because they are the ones actually testing the story.
How much does a personalized Santa video cost?
$24.99 for one child. Each child gets their own video with their own details, so siblings do not have to share one.
Will Santa say an unusual name correctly?
Tell us how to say it, spelled out however makes sense to you, and we prepare the pronunciation from your guidance. It is best-efforts rather than guaranteed, but getting the name right matters to us more than anything else on the page.
How long does it take to arrive?
Your video is produced automatically after you order and we email you a private link as soon as it is ready. Occasionally a submission needs a closer look before it can be produced, which takes a little longer.
Can I get one video for two children, or for the whole family?
Each video is about one child, because the detail is what makes it work and a detail about one sibling means nothing to the other. Order one per child, each with its own details, and watch them together on Christmas morning.
Is it a Christmas Eve message or a Christmas morning one?
Either. Santa speaks as if it is the night before, so it works at bedtime on Christmas Eve or first thing on the morning. Many families play it on Christmas Eve and give the letter from the North Pole Archive on the morning.
While you are here
- How to write a letter from Santa
How to write a letter from Santa that a child believes: what to include, what to leave out, and how to present it so it survives inspection.
- The note Santa leaves on Christmas Eve
What to write in a note from Santa left on Christmas Eve, where to leave it, and why the short ones work better than the long ones.
- The North Pole Archive
Four printable documents about one child — a letter from Santa, a Nice List certificate, the Christmas Eve note and the sleigh docket — ready in a minute. $9.99.
- Last-minute Christmas magic
It is Christmas Eve and something is missing. What you can still make tonight — a Santa letter, a Nice List certificate, an elf fix, a North Pole notice — in a minute.
Santa knows more than you think.
Tell Santa the small things nobody else knows, and he will tell them back.