I want a Letter from Santa

maisiescamp

I want to buy a letter from Santa for my 5 yr old DD for the 1st time, but there are soooo many to chose from so I just wondered if anyone could recommend a particular one?

I have a leaflet about an NSPCC one, TRU emailed me to say they do them, I know RM also do as well as about a million different ones on ebay:eek:

I just want it to be a nice genuine looking one, thats a little special!

Thanks guys!

Lugh_Chronain

I posted this a while ago:

Free Letters From Santa Claus

I guess you've already read this:

For a suggested donation of £5, we can arrange for Santa to send one of his magical letters and make Christmas extra special for a child (or big kid!) you know.
The letters are colourful, beautifully illustrated and uniquely personalised with the child’s name, gender, address and age. We have different letters for children of different age groups and every child in the same household will receive different letters. Please read our comprehensive FAQs if you have any questions.
Last year we sent letters to almost 150,000 children all over the world, making their Christmas extra special!
The money you donate goes straight to the NSPCC and will make a huge difference for thousands of vulnerable children who so desperately need our support. Thank you!

Kt888 wrote: »

I have got my kids one from NSPCC for three years now and I think they are really sweet. I do give £5 each letter because the NSPCC is a charity I support but I do know people that have just given a £1 before.

The ones Royal Mail send out can be unreliable apparently.

Merry Christmas! :xmassmile

maisiescamp

Thanks for replying! I have heard that the royal mail ones can be unreliable too, I think the NSPCC one sounds sweet and is probably a nicer and safer bet than ebay! Think I will prob go with that one!

SIRENS

We had the NSPCC letter last year and will be ordering another this year.
They are lovely and my daughter was delighted, also its nice that its for a good cause.

barnesan

There is a lovely one of these on one of KiddieBase's stores - Robinson Designs - its only £3.50 and £1 goes to Claire House Children's Hospice.

Lugh_Chronain

From the Charity Commission:

Registered Number 1004058 Charity Name CLAIRE HOUSE

http://www.claire-house.org.uk/

Letters from KiddieBase cost £3.50, £1 of this goes to Claire House, a local children's hospice in Bebington Wirral [& Liverpool].

Not sure about KiddieBase though, can't say I've heard of them. Kiddiecare yes but not KiddieBase.

There is some information on Whois but is a little vague.

Nevertheless, information is as follows:

Domain Name: KIDDIEBASE.COM
Registrar: 1 & 1 INTERNET AG
Whois Server: whois.schlund.info
Referral URL: http://REGISTRAR.SCHLUND.INFO
Name Server: NS67.1AND1.CO.UK
Name Server: NS68.1AND1.CO.UK
Status: ok
Updated Date: 23-sep-2010
Creation Date: 21-jan-2010
Expiration Date: 21-jan-2011

http://www.whois.net/whois/KiddieBase.com

Lugh_Chronain

Found this via http://registrar.schlund.info/:

http://registrar.schlund.info/xml/registrar/Whois_Result;jsessionid=A7DEC76B01CB1EE922FD09CB6B0D05BB.TC15b?__reuse=1288917293627&__frame=

barnesan

They are a limited company with their address, company number etc. on the site - I've seen a few adverts for them now and there are a lot of reputable stores selling on the site. Looking at their press page, they've also been in an article in The Guardian, other papers etc.

Lugh_Chronain

Sorry, I can't find anything on Guardian.com on KiddieBase.

I did find this though. Doesn't say much really.

I'm sure there's nothing wrong with this website/company though can't help being a bit suspicious, especially when noticing the few posters on this website who mention this company have joined recently and are KiddieBase based posts.

Appears quite promotional though I’m sure most people on here can make their own minds up about this.

barnesan

Gosh sorry - didn't mean to cause issue - just thought it looked good - won't post on them again! Am new to the forums and was just trying to share what I knew about.

The Guardian article was there when I linked off their website - in some baby supplement or something - didn't mean to mislead at all.

Lugh_Chronain

It's alright barnesan; it's just me being overly suspicious. Wasn't meaning to cause an issue over this, just wanted to see what others might think.

Probably not the best place to start a conversation about this though.

And I'm sure there's an article on KiddieBase on/in The Guardian, it just appears that I couldn't find it.