“Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas!” To many children Santa is the mascot for the entire month of December and is the topic of many conversations. Parents of children tend to think about mall Santas, the long lines, and the uncertainty of how their children will act when sat on the jolly old guy’s lap for a quick photo. You know that photo……the one where the baby looks at Santa and screams or the toddler pulls Santa’s beard. While classic, that is just not the ideal visit. I am sure my husband would rather have a root canal than go to the mall during the month of December. Wouldn’t it be nice to take the stress out of visiting Santa?
Now Santa can come to you!
SantaSpeaking.com offers live, personalized, truly believable, Santa experiences that turn even skeptics into believers! Their Santa is happy and kind, knows your child’s name, and whether they’ve been naughty or nice. You simply choose the date, time, and provide all the details, which they deliver to Santa. You will watch the magic unfold as Santa calls during your scheduled time.
I recently talked with Elf Bob and I fell in love with Santa Speaking. This company turns Christmas in to a magical event that can be replayed year after year with the Mini CD Ornament the company mails after your telephone call with Santa. You absolutely need to listen to the “Hear a Sample” phone conversation between Santa and Natalie. While the children in this sound recording are not my own I actually teared up when the girls sang with Santa and when she told Santa that she loved him. Having your child’s voice recorded year after year in an audio recording that you can listen to forever is absolutely priceless and beats a photo of a mall Santa hands down!
Santa Speaking offers several different options including a Single call (lasting 3-5 minutes and is recommend for one child), the extended call (lasting 8-10 minutes and is recommended for up to three children), CD recordings on a mini CD that can be played in any tray type of CD player and can also be used as an ornament, MP3 recordings which are emailed to you within 48 hours of the call, Christmas Eve messages, and Letters from Santa.
The Christmas Eve messages seem absolutely perfect. Beginning with the 4pm hour, you’ll hear from Mrs. Claus as she prepares Santa for his big journey. Then, continuing with three more hourly updates, you’ll listen in on the Elves at the workshop while they finish up making the toys, hear from Santa himself as he prepares to leave on his sleigh packed with presents, and finally, Santa, once more as he gets close to your neighborhood and makes sure that all good boys and girls are tucked away in bed! Can you feel the magic in the air?
Later in the month my girls will receive their very own Santa Speaking phone call. I fully intend on capturing it on video and posting some of the audio for you to hear. I foresee a personalized phone call from Santa as our new annual holiday tradition.
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Use code CAG2010 for 10% savings on ALL SantaSpeaking.com orders. This code is active through the Christmas season.
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Prize: One Live Call with Santa, CD included (valued at $40.90)
Number of Winners: 1
Giveaway End Date: November 23rd, 2010 at 11:59:59 PM EDT
Eligibility: This giveaway is open to residents of the U.S.
Random Selection: One winner will randomly be chosen and will be notified via email. He/she will have 48 hours to respond to that email or another winner will be chosen.
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Leandrea is a married mom of two girls, ages 13 and 12, living in Atlanta, GA. She is passionate about helping people save money one coupon at a time. Read more
I love that you get a CD. How awesome is that? Would love to win this for my boys.
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I love that it’s recorded and sent to you.
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I love that you get a cd!
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I love that it gets recorded. What a great gift for grandparents.
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I liked Santa speaking on FB
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I love that it is personallized to your child!
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I like that this can be recorded.
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I think it is great because it brings the magic of Christmas back and special for the kids
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I love that you can speak to santa live and get a copy of the call 🙂
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That it is personalized to the child so they will believe it is santa and not a fake recording.
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I love that it’s so real to the kids. They always hear about the elusive santa but never have a personal interaction with santa in their home!
My kids would FLIP to hear santa call *them*. Such a great idea!!!!! :yes:
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I love that as he gets close to your neighborhood and makes sure that all good boys and girls are tucked away in bed. so cute!
The aspect I like the most is that you get a recording of the call. That will be a wonderful keepsake to cherish of the joy that my sons would have when they got a call from Santa
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this is such a great idea! i love that it brings a little magic to your christmas season!
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I love the live call. I think this would be a great way to reassure a child who was nervous that santa wouldn’t come because the family was out of town.
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I liked Santa Speaking on Facebook
I love the fact that’s is a real person and not a recording!
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I love how excoted y little girl would be to hear Santa!!!
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I love that you can record it. 🙂
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I think it is great that you can record it. I can just imagine, when they get older, and listen to it. This is a great idea.
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I LOVE LOVE the idea of keeping their recording on a CD, how special of a memory for the years after, esp since mine are so small now….thank you.
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I love that it keeps children dreams alive.
I love the whole process that the kids will actually get to talk to Santa and you have a recording that you can treasure for years to come!
Love give my child the chance to talk to Santa himself. It would be a great memory!!