{"id":4479,"date":"2021-12-02T21:24:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T21:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/?page_id=4479"},"modified":"2021-12-12T15:58:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T15:58:33","slug":"simple-before-christmas-letters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/before-christmas-letters\/simple-before-christmas-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Before Christmas Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Before Christmas letters below are short and simple and made with our special font.\u00a0 (If you&#8217;re looking for handwritten letters, you want to visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/before-christmas-letters\/\">this page<\/a> instead.)\u00a0 They&#8217;re designed to cover a number of different Christmassy situations, or to answer questions children often ask, and we hope you find them useful.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-4479 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/before-christmas-letters\/simple-before-christmas-letters\/father-christmas-letter_try-your-best-to-be-good-created-by-leone-betts\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Father-Christmas-Letter_Try-Your-Best-to-Be-Good-created-by-Leone-Betts-716x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"This is a simple, illustrated Father Christmas letter, asking a child to try their best to be good. It is free to print out for your child.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-4480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Father-Christmas-Letter_Try-Your-Best-to-Be-Good-created-by-Leone-Betts-716x1024.jpg 716w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Father-Christmas-Letter_Try-Your-Best-to-Be-Good-created-by-Leone-Betts-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Father-Christmas-Letter_Try-Your-Best-to-Be-Good-created-by-Leone-Betts-768x1099.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Father-Christmas-Letter_Try-Your-Best-to-Be-Good-created-by-Leone-Betts-1074x1536.jpg 1074w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Father-Christmas-Letter_Try-Your-Best-to-Be-Good-created-by-Leone-Betts.jpg 1398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-4480'>\n\t\t\t\tTry Your Best to Be Good\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-Covid-Letter-from-Father-Christmas_Next-Year-Will-Be-Better.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"set-target no-lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-Covid-Letter-from-Father-Christmas_Next-Year-Will-Be-Better-716x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"This is a printable letter from Father Christmas\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-4264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-Covid-Letter-from-Father-Christmas_Next-Year-Will-Be-Better-716x1024.jpg 716w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-Covid-Letter-from-Father-Christmas_Next-Year-Will-Be-Better-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-Covid-Letter-from-Father-Christmas_Next-Year-Will-Be-Better-768x1099.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-Covid-Letter-from-Father-Christmas_Next-Year-Will-Be-Better-1074x1536.jpg 1074w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-Covid-Letter-from-Father-Christmas_Next-Year-Will-Be-Better.jpg 1398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-4264'>\n\t\t\t\tNext year Will Be Better \u2013 A letter from Santa to read before Christmas\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/before-christmas-letters\/simple-before-christmas-letters\/father-christmas-letter-mince-pies-with-your-mum\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Father-Christmas-Letter-Mince-Pies-with-Your-Mum-716x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A magical letter from Father Christmas to print for your child. In it, Santa says that he has had a cuppa and some mince pies with your Mum, who told him how hard you&#039;ve been trying to be good.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-4558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Father-Christmas-Letter-Mince-Pies-with-Your-Mum-716x1024.jpg 716w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Father-Christmas-Letter-Mince-Pies-with-Your-Mum-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Father-Christmas-Letter-Mince-Pies-with-Your-Mum-768x1099.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Father-Christmas-Letter-Mince-Pies-with-Your-Mum-1074x1536.jpg 1074w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Father-Christmas-Letter-Mince-Pies-with-Your-Mum.jpg 1398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-4558'>\n\t\t\t\tMince Pies with Your Mum\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/before-christmas-letters\/simple-before-christmas-letters\/father-christmas-letter-mince-pies-with-your-dad\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Father-Christmas-Letter-Mince-Pies-with-Your-Dad-716x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A lovely letter from Father Christmas to print for your child. In it, Santa explains how he has had a cuppa and some mince pies with your Dad, who told him you&#039;re trying very hard to be good.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-4560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Father-Christmas-Letter-Mince-Pies-with-Your-Dad-716x1024.jpg 716w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Father-Christmas-Letter-Mince-Pies-with-Your-Dad-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Father-Christmas-Letter-Mince-Pies-with-Your-Dad-768x1099.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Father-Christmas-Letter-Mince-Pies-with-Your-Dad-1074x1536.jpg 1074w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Father-Christmas-Letter-Mince-Pies-with-Your-Dad.jpg 1398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-4560'>\n\t\t\t\tMince Pies with Your Dad\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_4598\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4598\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/before-christmas-letters\/simple-before-christmas-letters\/santa-claus-letter-helpful-mice-by-leone-betts\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Santa-Claus-Letter-Helpful-Mice-by-Leone-Betts-716x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Free printable letter from Danta Claus to give to your child. This one is about how busy everyone is at Santa's house, getting ready for Christmas. It was written by Leone Betts.\" width=\"474\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Santa-Claus-Letter-Helpful-Mice-by-Leone-Betts-716x1024.jpg 716w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Santa-Claus-Letter-Helpful-Mice-by-Leone-Betts-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Santa-Claus-Letter-Helpful-Mice-by-Leone-Betts-768x1099.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Santa-Claus-Letter-Helpful-Mice-by-Leone-Betts-1074x1536.jpg 1074w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Santa-Claus-Letter-Helpful-Mice-by-Leone-Betts.jpg 1398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Helpful Mice &#8211; A letter from Santa Claus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Don&#8217;t forget<\/span>, if you want that double-sided look to your printed letter, you&#8217;ll need one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/letter-backs\/\">letter backs<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4187\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4187\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/letter-backs\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/letter-back-folded-with-ribbon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/letter-back-folded-with-ribbon.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/letter-back-folded-with-ribbon-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A folded Santa latter which has had a back printed on it, for that extra authentic look.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Before Christmas letters below are short and simple and made with our special font.\u00a0 (If you&#8217;re looking for handwritten letters, you want to visit this page instead.)\u00a0 They&#8217;re designed to cover a number of different Christmassy situations, or to answer questions children often ask, and we hope you find them useful. Don&#8217;t forget, if &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/before-christmas-letters\/simple-before-christmas-letters\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Simple Before Christmas Letters<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"parent":2443,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4479","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4479"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4603,"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4479\/revisions\/4603"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/story-letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}