Each year the U.S. post office in North Pole, Alaska, helps spread Santa’s magic by affixing special postmarks on any piece of mail for which it’s requested. And it’s free! All you need to do is make sure the post office knows you want the special postmark by sending it to the attention of “North Pole Christmas Cancellation.” Here’s all you need to do.

To get a North Pole postmark on your Santa letter, simply address and stamp your envelope(s) as you normally would. Then put them all in a bigger envelope and send them to:

North Pole Christmas Cancellation
Postmaster
4141 Postmark Drive
Anchorage, AK 99530-99998

To ensure delivery by Christmas, envelopes should be received at the North Pole post office no later than December 15.

If you’d prefer, you could get a Santa postmark instead.

But what’s really great is that you can create as many letters as you like with the yearly membership, which is only $14.99. So if you have two or more children, nephews or nieces, grandkids or other children, you can create your personalized Santa letter stationary for each of them for one low price.

The service makes it easy to customize both the text and the stationery. First, they offer several types of letters from which to choose, such as ones designed specifically for children who just visited Santa at, say, the local mall or for kids who’ve been extra good and make Santa’s nice list. You can then customize the letter with friends’ names, accomplishments, hometown, etc. (up to three types of customization per letter) and see a preview of what the final letter will look like.

Once you’re happy with the text, you can choose from a variety of Christmas backgrounds for your Santa letter stationary. You can even add images of Santa, elves, reindeer, Christmas trees and more to the background add with simple drag-and-drop technology. It’s easy for everyone. The quality of the stationery designs is wonderful, and you can also create a wonderful envelope design to go along with the letter..

If you’re looking for an easy way to create your own Santa letter stationary, try Instaletter.