"dad, what's a GeForce RTX 4090 OG OC Edition?"

"don't worry about it, just tell santa you want it"

I looked it up and hoped to find a letter where a kid asked for something heartwarming, but all I saw was a request for a laptop, requests for lots of stuff (capitalism at its finest), etc. This wasn’t nearly as sweet / aww as I’d expected. The mistake was my own optimism about our society.

Is it me or do a lot of them seem like they're written by parents on behalf of their kids? Love the concept, but the letters seem kind of forced.

Great idea. However, the first letter I read they asked for a beard trimmer. No joke.

I did this! You have to send them by next week I think, but they’ve also partnered up with ToysRus to have a small online store that ships directly to the family. The letters are only ones sent to a specific Santa address, meant for the operation Santa.

It took awhile to find a letter. Like some of the comments said there’s a lot of expensive stuff on there. But they’re kids. They just want what their friends have. They want to fit in. They’re writing a letter to Santa, who can gift them anything. I tried to cut them some slack for their wishlists.

The most heartbreaking one was a letter that said their house had just been foreclosed on and they had to move. They asked for beds, mattresses, and bedding for their two kids.

The letters can be from anyone. Kids, parents, even just adults without kids. I also appreciated that it wasn’t religious or military affiliated.

Santa Claus also has an address in Canada, at postal code H0H0H0 run by Canada Post. This year, however, the union of postal workers has been on strike for over 25 days, and many of those letters likely won't make it to Santa on time for Christmas.

This is so cool! Thanks for sharing, I didn't know this was a thing!