{"id":2986,"date":"2017-08-29T16:15:08","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T15:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/?page_id=2986"},"modified":"2019-02-05T18:09:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T18:09:09","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3342 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/rooftop-post-logo-2018-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/rooftop-post-logo-2018-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/rooftop-post-logo-2018-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/rooftop-post-logo-2018-230x230.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/rooftop-post-logo-2018-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/rooftop-post-logo-2018-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/rooftop-post-logo-2018.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Rooftop Post creates printable resources for parents to give to their children.\u00a0 We are best known for our letters from Father Christmas, which we used to sell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/free\/santa-claus-father-christmas\/where-are-the-personalised-father-christmas-story-letters\/\" rel=\"noopener\">via an online shop<\/a> but which are now only available as free printables.\u00a0 We also create a number of non-Christmas resources, including our ever-popular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/free\/magical-creatures-and-magical-people\/pirates\/pirate-certificates\/\">pirate certificates<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/free\/tooth-fairy\/tooth-fairy-notes\/\">notes from the Tooth Fairy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Where the Magic Comes from&#8230;<\/h4>\n<p>The lady who fetches our beautifully illustrated correspondence from the North Pole is called Leone Annabella Betts.\u00a0 Needless to say, she has a magical sense of direction and a very warm coat.\u00a0 She has been passing Santa&#8217;s letters on to us since 2002.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2993\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2993\" style=\"width: 515px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2993\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/leone-betts-at-the-north-pole-1024x629.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/leone-betts-at-the-north-pole-1024x629.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/leone-betts-at-the-north-pole-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/leone-betts-at-the-north-pole-768x472.png 768w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/leone-betts-at-the-north-pole.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leone Annabella Betts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We have lots of other contributors too though &#8211; and we don&#8217;t just stick to Christmas resources.\u00a0 You can find out more about the other types of printables we create <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/free\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4>Making the Magic Yours&#8230;<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2999\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/child-smiling-300x245.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/child-smiling-300x245.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/child-smiling.png 521w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every year, we try to add at least one new Father Christmas letter, along with\u00a0 dozens of other new printables.\u00a0 The idea is that you can choose a letter and print it for free, or simply download the PDF and read it off your PC, tablet, kindle or other e-reader.\u00a0 (We do recommend printing though, as there&#8217;s nothing like a real letter a child can hold in his or her hands.)\u00a0 We care a great deal about our printables and our only regret is that we don&#8217;t get to see all the children&#8217;s faces when they open their letters for the first time.\u00a0 However, we hope their smiles are as big as those belonging to children in our own family, who receive the same letters as you.\u00a0 We pride ourselves in sharing resources we love and use ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>Some of you may have purchased personalised letters from us in the past and we&#8217;re sad to say that we have had to close our online shop.\u00a0 It wasn&#8217;t an easy decision but it was one we had to make.\u00a0 You can <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/free\/santa-claus-father-christmas\/where-are-the-personalised-father-christmas-story-letters\/\">read more about that here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4>Your (Usual) Elf&#8230;<\/h4>\n<p>When you <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/free\/info\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a><\/strong> with questions, more often than not you&#8217;ll get a reply from Linda Joyce Betts.\u00a0 She is our Chief Elf and expert on all things to do with Christmas, fairy-folk, letters and magical worlds.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3015\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3015\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3015 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/linda-betts-in-fairy-wood.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/linda-betts-in-fairy-wood.png 675w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/linda-betts-in-fairy-wood-300x265.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Linda Joyce Betts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>Other Non-Christmas Magic&#8230;<\/h4>\n<p>As mentioned earlier, we also create <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/free\/\">free printables for other magical characters and times of the year<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 They include resources from the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and bits and pieces for summer and Halloween.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rooftop Post creates printable resources for parents to give to their children.\u00a0 We are best known for our letters from Father Christmas, which we used to sell via an online shop but which are now only available as free printables.\u00a0 We also create a number of non-Christmas resources, including our ever-popular pirate certificates and notes &hellip; 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