The Beautiful Table Top Father Christmas
is about 18 inches tall. The Santa Christmas Tree Toppers have gold rimmed glasses, a long full white beard and mustache and a beautiful long gold velveteen coat with elegant soft gold and brown brocade panels on the front, sleeves and the matching stocking hat. The coat and hat are trimmed with beige and ivory faux fur. Over this is a very elegant long dark gold poly dupioni robe tied at the waist with a gold cord. This Christmas Tree Toppers is holding a strand of green garland decorated with gold, ivory and iced green balls and holly leaves. The plastic cone under his robe allows the Father Christmas to Stand Alone as an Elegant Centerpiece as well as decorating the top of any 6 foot and taller Christmas Tree. Select to see a complete listing of our Christmas Decorations Ideas.
Letters to Santa Claus.
A very important question of children around the world is how to convey their Christmas wishes to Santa Claus. For the millions who write letters every year the question is how to get their letters to the right address. For this the post office has made special arrangements. In the United States, the U.S.P.S. Operation Santa Claus takes charge. In Canada children send letters to Santa Claus or Pere Noel at the North Pole, postal code HOHOHO. In Denmark Santa live in Greenland and letters are forwarded to him there through the Danish Tourist Association. In Norway Santa Claus lives in a town called Drobak and has his own postal station to handle his mail. In Germany they have a special Celestial Post Office in the city of Augsburg to reach the Christ Child. In Austria kids direct their mail to the village of Christkindl, near Stryr, Upper Austria. Other methods of trying to get their wishes to Santa include putting the letter in the fireplace so the smoke will carry their wishes up the chimney and beyond until they reach Father Christmas. Or leaving the note in a shoe beside the tree or on the windowsill. Swiss children know their letters left on the windowsill have been received because of the chocolate left behind.
70,000,000 letters are processed each year with either the mark of a creche or the Three Kings, depending on whether the letter is mailed closer to Christmas or Epiphany. In Switzerland a December 6 post mark form the town of St. Niklaus is a collectible item.
A recent study of hundreds of American children revealed that boys and girls request the same amount of gifts, but that girls write longer and more polite letters. Select this link to view our Santa Ornaments.
Santa of the Year Award.
In 1995 the Santa Claus of Greenland Foundation instituted the Santa of the Year Award to be given each Christmas to an individual person, who is internationally recognized for humanistic views and deeds and who is committed to furthering awareness of the need for improvements in the welfare of children throughout the world. That year President Nelson Mandela of South Africa was given the award by the premier of Greenland, along with $100,000 to be used for childrens charities. Select to see a complete listing of our Christmas Tree Toppers.
