What is Santa's address at the North Pole?

For the USPS Santa program the address is Santa Claus, 123 Elf Road, North Pole, 88888. Other countries have their own addresses through their national postal services.

Do I need a stamp to mail a letter to Santa?

Yes. A letter to Santa is a normal piece of mail and needs first-class postage, plus a return address if you hope for a reply.

When is the deadline to mail a letter to Santa?

Postal Santa programs usually stop accepting letters in the first half of December. Check your postal service's Christmas page for the exact date each year.

Is there a way to send a letter to Santa without mailing it?

Yes. You can write a digital letter here, seal it and watch an elf deliver it to the North Pole the same evening. It is free and no account is needed.

Santa's address at the North Pole

Every December the same question comes up at kitchen tables across the country: where do we actually send this letter? There are two honest answers — a postal address for a paper letter, and a digital letter that arrives the same evening.

This page covers both: how to address an envelope so it gets where it is going, the deadlines to watch, and what to do when the mail is no longer an option.

The address most families use in the United States

The United States Postal Service runs a Santa program every year, and it publishes the address families should write on the envelope. The address used for the program is:

Santa Claus
123 Elf Road
North Pole, 88888

How to address the envelope

A letter to Santa follows the same rules as any other letter: it needs a stamp, a clear destination address and a return address, because the return address is what makes a reply possible.

Write the child's first name and your full return address in the top-left corner.
Write the Santa address in the middle of the envelope, one line per row.
Use a first-class stamp — a letter without postage does not travel.
Post it early in December; programs that send replies usually close their intake well before Christmas.

Santa's address in other countries

Several national postal services run their own Santa mail. Finland's Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi, Canada Post's famous H0H 0H0 postal code and the Nordic post offices all handle letters each December. Deadlines differ by country, so check the local postal service's Christmas page before mailing.

When the mail will not make it in time

Post gets slow in December, and plenty of letters are written after the deadline has passed. That is where a digital letter helps: the child still writes it in their own words, still signs it, still seals it with wax — and then watches an elf carry it north instead of waiting on a mail truck.

The magic of the moment is in the writing and the sending, and both survive the move from paper to screen. A grown-up can email the finished letter home so there is still something to keep.

Questions families ask

What is Santa's address at the North Pole?: For the USPS Santa program the address is Santa Claus, 123 Elf Road, North Pole, 88888. Other countries have their own addresses through their national postal services.
Do I need a stamp to mail a letter to Santa?: Yes. A letter to Santa is a normal piece of mail and needs first-class postage, plus a return address if you hope for a reply.
When is the deadline to mail a letter to Santa?: Postal Santa programs usually stop accepting letters in the first half of December. Check your postal service's Christmas page for the exact date each year.
Is there a way to send a letter to Santa without mailing it?: Yes. You can write a digital letter here, seal it and watch an elf deliver it to the North Pole the same evening. It is free and no account is needed.