What do Royal Mail do with all the letters to Father Christmas?

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Just curious. We posted one today!

You will get a lovely reply off them.

One year we posted really late and it must of arrived after Christmas. We still got a reply detailing all the work Mr and Mrs Claus had put in over the holiday etc. It was really nice to receive after Christmas

We've sent them every year but three children don't put their address so (obviously) we don't get a reply. That's really nice that they do that though.

You may be a little late for a reply according to these links. Deadline was December 6th.

www.postoffice.co.uk/write-to-santa
metro.co.uk/2019/12/05/what-is-santas-address-how-to-send-a-letter-to-santa-via-royal-mail-and-get-a-personalised-reply-11270739/

If you do it next year - post early and also include a SAE to get a reply from the man himself.

I didn’t know about the reply so hadn’t put the address on or anything! Nevermind.

When I was a teenager, my grandad told me they take the letters northward in a helicopter, and drop them over the north pole. I'm not sure if I believed this, any more than I believed in Santa!

You could always show the Raymond Briggs cartoon of the grumpy but loveable Father Christmas, going through the letters in his ordinary townhouse.

They read them & reply (where applicable) then recycle them.
There’s a team (lots of retired postal workers) who do this.

There’s a team (lots of retired postal workers) who do this.

That's one of the loveliest things I've read in a while.

There’s a team (lots of retired postal workers) who do this.
Lovely!

If you write before the deadline you'll get a reply - the letter you send needs a stamp on it and an address inside to reply to, but IIRC you don't need a SAE.

You could send one now with an SAE and get the post Christmas reply

Just type out your own and drop it on the doormat!

We didn’t get a reply this year! Bit sad about this.

Do the retired postal workers get paid?!

If you include your address they reply, we got ours about 2 weeks after sending. No SAE needed. We send them every year in early December.

My 9 year old said this year that Father Christmas is obviously real because he has an actual address!

I love the idea that they take them to the North Pole by helicopter @wanderings

I hope the letter get read before being recycled.

We sent one well before the deadline but still haven't had a reply. Thankfully DDs only 3 so she's not thought much else about it!

Holding my assumption would be the retired postal workers do it voluntarily as a nice festive thing for children.

Are you imaging a production line of enslaved elderly people or something?

Slightly odd response not sure where you're coming from. You honestly think they are obliged, contractually or something?

I mean if that's who does it, seems not that unlikely though!

One year our reply cake just after Christmas so don’t lose hope!

BertieDrapper They said if you hadn't had a reply by 15th December to email them so I did and we got a letter back 2 days later!

santamail@royalmail com for future reference!
My email reply was from Elfina, chief letters elf 😂

No SAE needed, just a stamp on the envelope you send yours in and your address on the letter.

Obviously with a . between royal mail and com!

Knowing how the Royal Mail work I was yes thinking they would be enslaved!

Must be quite a task

@MrsLJ2014 thank you