Just few days remain before Xmas and Boxing Day. These long-expected holydays are around the corner. Be in a hurry for lack of time! Santa Claus is still receiving letters from everyone who behave well. If you don’t know how properly write a message to Santa, you’re on the right way!

Sure thing kids rarely make use of traditional postal service. All those envelopes, letters and postmen are vestiges of the past. It goes without saying that e-mail makes our life easier to some extent. Nevertheless, traditional post and e-mail have pros and cons.

What about Santa Claus? Want to be the first to get an expected gift? How to receive a Personalized Santa Letter? If you want your children receive it, you have to specify: child’s name, gender, age, hometown, accomplishment, present, and best friend’s name! There are 5 example letters just for your kids! Choose one of them, fill up and send by email. It’s simple!

It’s my letter from Santa

By the way, you can compose and mail a letter to Santa specifying following information: Santa Claus, North Pole H0H 0H0, Canada. Don’t forget to include your return address! Learn more about the Santa Letter-writing Program

Facts:

• Last year Santa received more than six million letters
• Last year Finland received letters from 150 countries (representing 90% of the letters received), France from 126 countries, Germany from 80 countries and Slovakia from 20 countries
• The US Postal Service has been answering Santa’s letters since 1912, the Posts of Switzerland and Austria since 1950
• In Canada, Santa has his own postcode – H0H 0H0
• Santa still receives far more letters than e-mail, proving that kids still write letters!!!

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I can bet you happened to compose formal or personal letters at least once in your life! There are several genres of letters you may opt: business letters, cover letters, letters of recommendations, etc. How to write letters properly according to basic rules? Let this be a lesson to you.

If you don’t want to pass for a bad-mannered person you should take into consideration main differences between formal and informal letters. Distinctive feature of official letters is its legalese. We have to make use of pattern phrases like “Dear Personnel Director”, “I would be delighted to”, “Enclosed you will find”, etc. in order to avoid misunderstandings and excess feelings showing.

Personal letters give us a freedom of choices. The term personal letter includes all letters not written to businesses. They are sent to apologize, appreciate, complain, congratulate, invite, etc. Keep in mind, a handwritten letter sometimes shows more emotions than an actual word that expresses feelings.

It’s up to you in what way your letter can be composed. Write or type, email or post. Be patient while composing one or another letter, because it should reproduce your interests and intention. Try to make a major contribution to what you are going to put into words.

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