Blind and Heard-Of-Sight Children can receive either a Braille or Large Print Letter From Santa this Christmas. Check out the links below for more information for the United States, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Brazil.
Paths to Literacy:
Braille letters from Santa Claus
can be sent to children in many parts of the English-speaking world this
Christmas!
BrailleWorks (USA):
BrailleWorks will send letters
from Santa in braille. Santa offers a
choice of four different letters that can be embossed and sent in large print
and braille to children in the United States.
Requests must be made by December 6 in order for all letters to arrive
by Christmas.
National Federation of the
Blind (NFB) (USA):
Staff at the NFB Jernigan
Institute will send letters in braille to boys and girls under the age of 10 in
the United States. Submit the form by December 17 to be sure that Santa gets a
letter out to your child from the North Pole in print and contracted braille.
RNIB (Royal National Institute
of Blind People) (UK):
Elves at RNIB sends letters to
children in the United Kingdom in their preferred reading format, including
uncontracted braille (grade 1), contracted braille (grade 2), large print
(please specify the font size) or audio CD.
Replies can be sent in English or Welsh. The deadline is December 1 to
receive something by postal mail or December 22 to receive an email from Santa.
New Zealand Post and Blind
Foundation:
To receive a response in braille,
parents/guardians can email santa@nzpost.co.nz with their child’s first name,
surname and postal address. Please write “Braille” in the subject line.
Santa Replies in Large Print
and Braille in Australia:
For the first time, Large Text
Replies are available in Australia for children with low vision. Braille replies are also available.
Santa Responds to Braille in
Canada:
Santa has teamed up with T-Base
Communications to respond in braille to children who are blind or low vision
who send him a letter. If you or someone you know would like to send a wish
list to Santa and receive a reply in braille, please mail a letter to him by
Dec. 12. (If you send one after, he
might not have enough time to respond before Dec. 25!)
Please mail all letters to
Santa’s address:
Santa Claus
North Pole H0H 0H0
CANADA
Carta ao Pai Natal em Braille:
Escreve a tua carta em Braille e
envia para o Pai Natal até dia 20 de dezembro! (Portuguese letters from Santa.)
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