Our 'Letters to Santa' project was launched at the Hockley Christmas Lights switch-on and proved to be hugely popular with families looking to bring some festive cheer to youngsters. As in previous years, children received a handwritten letter and a magic Christmas Bell to keep safe until the big guy arrived on Christmas Eve.
We received some lovely feedback from parents of youngsters who posted a letter in our Christmas postbox box which has been situated outside our Hockley branch during the month. Here are a few comments from the recipients of the 127 letters we helped Santa reply to:
'A heartfelt thank you to Amos once again proving to be so kind and generous for our community. Not only do they arrange for Father Christmas to reply to letters - they went above and beyond mentioning our daughter's birthday yesterday and magically arranging for the Kind Elf to deliver Santa's reply on her birthday. You do so much for our Village with charity, bunting etc, Have a great Christmas Amos Estates you deserve it team Amos Hockley" Melissa
'Our first year doing the Santa letter and was surprised when we received such a fantastic, handwritten response yesterday! Thanks, team and have a great Christmas. Rest those weary hands.' Katie
'I was so impressed with the letters, a whole A4 page each for both of my boys and so personal. Thank you so much, they (and I) loved them. Thanks again and Merry Christmas' Hannah
'Thank you so much for our letters from Santa. They were so personal and so much effort gone into them. Thanks again and Merry Christmas' Lindsay
'We received ours today, thank you so much! They were so magical and thoughtful. So kind of you all. Merry Christmas' Heidi
'Thank you so much for ours and for knocking to check one of the names, I really appreciate it. Can't wait to give them their letters' Michelle
'Thank you for our personalised letters, the fact that you even came to Ashingdon just shows how amazing you are and made my little ones' days when they returned from School so thank you' Lauren