Portable North Pole

If you have little kids in your life who believe in Santa, this website is pretty awesome. It is called the Portable North Pole, a site where you can create free personalized videos that get emailed to the kids (or me, in our case- I get all giddy and tell the girls Santa has sent them their annual email). He says their name, knows how old they are, what grade, what they need to work on through the year and the gift they want. You can also add photos. 

Here is Savanna's video this year. She is too funny about it. She is always slightly nervous she has not made the "nice" list so she wants to watch it in private. I humor her (but leave the door open a crack and watch her like a good old fashioned creeper). I catch her waving "hi" to Santa, answering his questions out loud and holding her cheeks in suspense as she discovers whether she made the Nice list. Scarlette' video is here. She wanted privacy while watching too, probably copying her sister. Watching them watch their videos is one of the highlights of my holiday season. The magic is alive.

You can pay for upgrades and longer, more detailed videos, but free is for me. Just wanted to pass this along! Ho Ho Ho!