With just two weeks to go until Christmas, Council is urging children to get their letters to Santa as soon as possible so he can check he has all those gifts in stock and send a reply to everyone.
“Santa is always very careful with his gift-giving to ensure he is being fair to all children in the Forbes Shire,” said Forbes Shire Council General Manager, Steve Loane.
“It has been a particularly difficult year for some students with home-schooling and now the floods preventing time together with friends. Council has partnered up with Santa to provide letter templates and a post box located in the reception area of the Forbes
Council Administration Building. We encourage the children to tell Santa how they have been good this year,” he said.
“This simple activity is a great way for children to practice their literacy skills and bring back traditional communication methods of letter writing, which has quickly disappeared from our society,” said Mr. Loane.
The template letter can be downloaded from Council’s website; https://www.forbes.nsw.gov.au/community/community-services-and-information/families-and-youth-services/youth-programs
Santa requires all letters to be posted prior to 20 December to ensure a reply.