{"id":3394,"date":"2013-06-15T15:18:52","date_gmt":"2013-06-15T15:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/free\/?page_id=3394"},"modified":"2018-11-16T23:28:34","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T23:28:34","slug":"where-are-the-personalised-father-christmas-story-letters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/free\/santa-claus-father-christmas\/where-are-the-personalised-father-christmas-story-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Going on with the Personalised Father Christmas Story Letters?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3399\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3399\" style=\"width: 205px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3399 \" title=\"Father Christmas Story letter with Quill and Candle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/letter_from_father_christmas_quill_candle2.jpg\" alt=\"Father Christmas Story Letters\" width=\"205\" height=\"278\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Father Christmas Story Letters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If, in the past, you have bought personalised Santa letters from us, you may be sad to know that we have had to close our online letter shop.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We shut down the store on this site in April 2018 and we have deleted all customer records in order to protect your privacy.<\/p>\n<p>We don&#8217;t intend to reopen our personalised letter shop at any time in the future but we do hope to carry on improving all our free notes, letters and other printable resources.<\/p>\n<h4>Why Have You Closed?<\/h4>\n<p>Rising costs, too much competition to be clearly visible on search engines, difficulties adjusting our online store to fit the new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and a fall in the number of customers buying physical products have all contributed to this decision.\u00a0 We stayed open for as long as we could and we were sorry to have to go.<\/p>\n<h4>What About the Free Stuff?<\/h4>\n<p>That&#8217;s not going anywhere.\u00a0 We will continue to upload whatever we can in the way of free printables, and although we know that to many of you it&#8217;s not the same, we have worked hard to make them as magical as possible.\u00a0 For those without a printer, there are always image files and PDFs available for each of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/\"><strong>free letters<\/strong><\/a>, which can be downloaded and read on PCs, Kindles or other e-readers without children seeing the rest of our site.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><a title=\"Printable Father Christmas Letters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/\">printable letters<\/a><\/strong> are <strong>very similar<\/strong> to those you used to be able to buy from us, though obviously, they will not be personalised.\u00a0 They have been created by the same writer\/illustrator we always use for the letters, <strong><a title=\"Leone Annabella Betts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.leoneannabella.com\/\">L A Betts<\/a><\/strong>. She has also prepared some <a title=\"Letter Backs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/letter-backs\/\"><strong>&#8220;backs&#8221; for the letters<\/strong><\/a>, so that you can print on both sides and create that authentic look you are used to.\u00a0 <a title=\"Name Tags\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/free\/father-christmas\/father-christmas-letters\/name-tags\/\"><strong>Tags<\/strong><\/a> are also be available to print for those who want them.\u00a0 All you&#8217;ll have to do is find some pretty ribbon to tie around it.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If you&#8217;re making Father Christmas letters from our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/before-christmas-letters\/\"><strong>free printables<\/strong><\/a> and want some extra help, we&#8217;ve <a title=\"How to make a Father Christmas letter - video\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kl-yklGe9ks\"><strong>uploaded a useful video to YouTube<\/strong><\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Finally, although we know some of you will be saddened by the news of our shop closing, we hope you will find our printables a useful alternative and most of all, that you and your loved ones have a magical Christmas this year.<\/p>\n<p>Best wishes,<\/p>\n<p><strong>The<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Rooftop Post<\/strong><\/em><\/span> <strong>Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3401\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/father-christmas-story-letters-header11.jpg\" alt=\"father-christmas-story-letters-header11\" width=\"975\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/father-christmas-story-letters-header11.jpg 975w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/father-christmas-story-letters-header11-300x74.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 0.85; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 27px; left: 20px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 0.85; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 27px; left: 20px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If, in the past, you have bought personalised Santa letters from us, you may be sad to know that we have had to close our online letter shop. 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