I remember when we were kids we used to write our letters to Santa and then our parents would take them to the fire, hold them over the flames and the updraft would whisk them up the chimney. Don't ask me why we did this, but maybe it had something to do with Santa coming down the chimney, so we thought the North Pole was on top of the house or something? I don't know, but that's what we did.
Also, it's lovely to see on Christmas Eve the news reporting on Santa's progress, with some guy dressed in a Santa suit shown "setting out from the North Pole" in a sled drawn by deer. Great for the kids, and of course the newscaster always advises kids to get to bed early, so that Santa will see they're being good and leave presents. Ulterior motives, huh?
