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A Million Reasons to “Believe” with Macy’s *Giveaway*
Last year I shared about Macy’s Believe Campaign and this year they are at it again! This year, Macy’s is adding to the spirit of “Believe” with a national Santa Tour, an honorary National Believe Day, a “Yes, Virginia ” animated special, and a new TV commercial featuring Queen Latifah.
The nostalgic holiday campaign was inspired by the New York Sun’s famous “Yes, Virginia , there is a Santa Claus” editorial from 1897 and includes letter-writing “Believe Stations” in Macy’s stores across the country. For each letter received, Macy’s will donate $1 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, up to $1 million.
I think this is a fantastic campaign. But I am wondering… Does someone read all the letters to Santa?
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My child has already written her letter! We plan on taken it to Macy’s on Black Friday.
I just heard this being advertised yesterday and thought it was a nice idea. My son, however, is past the santa stage.
well no matter how old, its nice to drop a letter to santa, and this is a great promotion
I think this is a great cause (a letter = $1 corporate donation), so if I had young children, I probably would encourage them to write a letter for that reason, but I personally don’t like pushing the whole “Santa” thing very much.
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I am going to have my child send a letter to Santa.
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I visit Macy’s regularly and will continue to do so. There’s a Macy’s in Stanford Shopping
Center in Palo Alto so it’s convenient for my family. Yes, I’ll help my daughter post her letter
to Santa at Macy’s. It’s a good cause to support.
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My daughter will definitely write a letter to Santa
No, my son is now 25 so he gave up writing letters to Santa and no grandkids yet. Maybe I should asked Santa for one??
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My daughter is still in her “santa” years so I will def. ask her to write a letter! My son is 12 so he doesn’t believe anymore but, I bet that I could still get him to write one for a good cause.
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My kids will all be writing their letters to Santa. I can definitely take them to Macy’s to drop them off.
oh yeah – letters to Santa are a must in our household
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I don’t know if my friend is going to encourage my God-daughter to write to Santa, although I know she does promote the idea of his existence. Maybe now that she’s in Kindergarten, she might do it this year.
my older kids have thiers ready
this is a neat idea! my daughter is too young right now to join in though.
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I would if I could but my baby girl won’t be here until December 11th… baby #1 is coming!
We are going to drop the letter off when pictures are taken with Santa
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My kids love writing to Santa so it seems like a no brainer to do this.
The letter has already been written.
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I think it is a great idea to have a place to take Santa Lettera…
Children always see Santa at department stores and malls, so Macy’s is perfect for children to believe he will get it. Mine also are older, but have written Santa letters when younger.
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My boys 6 and 8 dont believe in Santa or the tooth fairy,easter bunny, etc and never did
My daughter however is 3 and she has not voiced her opinion yet so I probably will encourage her to join
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Yes my littlest will write a letter and we WILL help out the Make a Wish Foundation by delivering it to the Macy’s mailbox in our mall. Super idea. yay for Macy’s!!!
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We actually saw the commercial for this event last night while we were watching one of the movies from the ABCFamily holiday lineup. Because I had read about this before, I could answer my kid’s questions — and *they* decided that we are participating. We usually sent Santa a letter anyway, but this year they’d like to add theirs to the group.
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My kids are past the stage of letter sending, but I sent this to my stepson so my grandson can send one.
Nice idea. My sons, however, are past the santa stage.
My children are too old but I would have when they were younger
yes, my kids always write letters.
we all sent letters to Santa, we all believe.
If my son wants to send a letter to Santa we will participate.
I think that this is a wonderful idea and yes, I will have my son send a letter. Thanks so much.
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My kids are past the Santa stage too.
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yep! my child will!
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My grands are funny. We have never used the Santa myth. And have told them that it is a fun story that people love but Santa does not fly around the world delivering presents. But year after year a least one wants to send a letter to Santa, I think it is just in case grownups are wrong. And we do let them participate in the myth. So off to Macy’s I will go to deliver Santa’s letter.
My nephew always does a letter to Santa so this is a great idea to bring it to Macys. My sister and I shop on Black Friday so we could do it then.
We will definitely be participating. The kids write letters to Santa every year.
Cute idea…. my boys are a little too young yet!
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I’m definetly going to have my kids write letters to Santa and bring them to macy’s to mail. My 10yr old daughter got roller skates for her september birthday and my 6-yr old daughter was so jealous that she suggested we put up the christmas tree that night so santa could bring her a pair. It was too funny! Thanks for the giveaway!
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We sent them through Macy’s last year and I would love to do it again!
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We actually did this last year. Toddler was too little, but we dropped something off in the mailbox which was fun. We’ll do it again this year.
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My son is to little to write the letter himself so I’m going to write it for him and but it in the box.
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My children and grandchildren are all adults, but I would encourage them to assist in any program which aids in the cause.
yes I would love to help my daughter do a letter to santa.
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We actually went last weekend to Macy’s and my kids sent a letter to santa already!
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I think it is a wonderful idea, but I do not have children in the age group that this would be appropriate for.
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I think it’s a great idea, but my kids are too old for Santa.
I don’t have a child but we will encourage our nephews to be a part of this because it is such a good cause.
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I don’t have a child, but if I did, we would definitely participate!
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My daughter will join in with writing a Dear Santa letter. She will be doing so with her pre k classroom. The letters are then published in the local newspaper.
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My little kidlet is definitely going to enter!
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No “Santa” children here, but I have grandchildren that are still Santa believers
We will take ours to Macy’s when we go see Santa at Bellevue Square in 2 weeks. Thanks for the chance!
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My boys still know there’s a Santa & they write him letters every year! I think Macys having a big red mailbox just for Santa is awesome!!! We will definately be dropping ours in!!!
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my son is not yet old enough to understand, but i want hi to participate in the future, my mom saved all my letters to santa and drags them out at christmas, they are so cute!!!
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We really don’t do the whole Santa thing, so no, we try to focus on the religious aspect of Christmas a bit more.
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My daughter no longer believes in Santa and my son is to little to spell yet. But I think it’s a great and cute idea.
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I dont think my baby would want to send a letter to Santa, but I will try!
Since my child is grown, no…But I will encourage my niece to write her letter….I have helped her in years past (she is 7) and it takes her a long time to write as she can never make up her mind what to put on it. semtaylor(at)yahoo(dot)com
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My daughter is currently working on her letter to give to Santa. I don’t think she will ever finish it since she keeps finding new things to add to the list.
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I think this is a great campaign, and my children will definitely participate by sending a letter to Santa.
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Yes, he is crafting a letter in his head already!
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We usually put our letters in the mail, but we will bring them to Macy’s!
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My kids are bit young yet for a letter to Santa- but soon
No children = no letters to Santa. Can I write one?
my daughter will be making her list probaly tomororow and taking it in to macys.
we don’t “do” santa for personal reasons. thanks
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I’d have my kids join in by sending a letter to Santa. They always seem have lot to say and wish for.
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i think the letters to Santa idea is great…my son is too young to understand yet, so maybe next yr.
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This is such a wonderful thing but sadly all kids in my family are either too old or too young (like, newborns!)
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My daughter is past that stage, but she used to write to Santa. Thanks!
My kids are just learning how to write, so maybe next year!
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I don’t have little ones anymore, but I’m going to encourage my nephew to write. Thanks!
Yes, I have two grandchildren who will drop off letters.
We will be dropping our letters off! Thanks for the chance!
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Yes, she was going to write to Santa anyways. No she can be confident that it will get where it needs to go
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The Santa letter thing is so fun! It’s cute, it keeps the spirit of the holidays alive, and I would love to have my girl participate. I would have loved this as a kid
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my son loves to write to santa – so of course!
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I will have my kiddos write a letter to santa!!
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Unfortunately, my little one is not old enough to write, but maybe they will keep doing this so my child can participate
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My daughter saw the commercial and can’t wait to take her letter to macys to mail to Santa!!!
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Both of my children are sending letters to Santa again this year.
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I asked my daughter if she was going to write a letter, I got the crinkle nose. hahaha
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my child isn’t old enough to send a letter to Macy’s but my nephew is and I will get him to send one.
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My son is 3, so I’m sure he would love to write a letter to Santa!
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My kids don’t believe in Santa, so they won’t be writing letters. However, I might write one just in case.
My kids always cut pictures out of toy catalogs to send in their letters to santa
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Macy’s Believe is one of the most beautiful websites I’ve seen… yes, I will have my son sned a letter (with mom’s help).
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