Stockings fill up with plastic that is forgotten by Boxing Day. A QR card that opens a personal letter from Santa takes up no space at all and is often the thing kids talk about most. Older children love scanning it themselves; younger ones love watching the snow start to fall.
How it works on Christmas morning
Write the letter here, preview it free, and make it forever for $7. You then download a printable 5×7 card with your QR code and the line "Scan to open your letter from Santa". Print it, fold it into an envelope addressed in your best "elf" handwriting, and put it in the stocking.
Scanning works with any modern phone camera. No app needed, nothing to install, and the page loads quickly even on patchy holiday Wi-Fi.
Make it a tradition
Because each page lasts forever, you can build a little archive: a new letter every year, each with its own card. In a decade you'll have a stack of QR cards that open a record of every Christmas.
A line to get you started
I'm writing this from my desk by the big window while Mrs. Claus checks the sleigh lists one more time. You'll find this note in your stocking because I wanted you to have something that can't break.
Questions
Do I need a colour printer?
Colour looks best, but the QR code scans perfectly in black and white too.
What size is the card?
5×7 inches at 300 dpi, available as a PDF and a PNG. It also prints well on A5.
Will the link stop working?
Not once it is made forever. Unpaid previews are deleted after 7 days.