The Golden Star: Santa calls about something your child did well
A golden star with your child's name only lights up when your child tells Santa what they did well this year.
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Recorded live with our test child. Santa's words change with every call.
What Santa does
Santa is at the Nice Tree, full of golden stars. The elves just hung a new one with your child's name on it.
A star only lights up when its story is told out loud, and the elves do not know the story.
He asks what your child did this year that they are proud of. If they are shy, he offers gentle prompts: helping at home, sharing, being brave.
He tells the story back to the star. A flicker, a glow, and it shines brighter than the whole tree. The elves applaud.
What you fill in beforehand
The one thing you want praised: helping a little brother, a brave visit to the dentist, sharing. Santa makes your child tell it.
Parents ask
- Can Santa also say something about behaviour that needs work?
- Keep it positive. Santa praises; he does not threaten with the naughty list. If you want a gentle nudge, write it as a wish in the note.
- Does this work for an older child?
- Up to about nine. Older children enjoy telling the story themselves; Santa listens and asks how it felt.
- What if my child cannot think of anything?
- Santa offers small examples and waits. The note you wrote is his backup: he steers there.
Two tips
- Tell your child beforehand that Santa heard about something. They arrive proud.
- Afterwards, hang a paper star on your own tree. The story gets retold every time someone asks.
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