How it works
JinglePost is a single letter to Santa and a single reply. It isn't an ongoing chat and it isn't a "Santa friend". A grown-up is in charge the whole way through.
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You set it up (grown-ups only)
Enter your email and state, confirm you're the child's parent or legal guardian, read our short notice to parents and give your consent. Then pay through a secure hosted checkout. Two extra choices are optional and unticked: gift-planning help, and marketing email. Kid mode stays locked until your payment goes through.
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Your child writes a guided letter
In kid mode, your child sees big, colorful buttons: "This year I'm proud that I…", "I love…", "I want to ask Santa…". They can tap a speaker to hear each question read aloud. The only typing is one short wish, up to 120 characters, and a first name if they'd like to add one. Kid mode tells your child, in simple words, that a grown-up can read their letter. It has no child login, no microphone, no camera and no ads.
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Every letter is safety-checked
Before Santa writes anything, every letter goes through a keyword check and then an AI safety check, both running on our own computers. If a letter mentions something like grief or illness, Santa's reply is gentle and the festive narration starts switched off. If a letter suggests a child could be hurting or in danger, we don't write a reply at all. A trained person on our team looks at it instead. More about safety.
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Santa writes back, and you read it first
The reply is warm and written for your child, using only what they told Santa. It never mentions products, stores, prices or "naughty and nice", and it never asks your child questions or for information. You read it on your parent page. Then you can release it, or ask for one different version.
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Your child opens the letter
On your device, your child taps the envelope and hears Santa read the letter aloud in a computer-generated Santa voice. You can also print it as a keepsake. The printout has no links or ads.
Optional: gift-planning help for you
If you opted in, your parent page shows general gift ideas based on the wish, like "building sets" or "art supplies". Our own AI picks these out from a fixed list, so no wording from your child's letter is ever copied. You check them and pick a budget and an age range. Then we open a private list of ideas on our separate gift-guide website. That site may earn commissions from stores. It only ever receives the general ideas, your budget and the age range. How the gift guide works.