You can talk to Santa right now using apps like Portable North Pole or Speak to Santa for personalized video/voice messages, or dial dedicated hotlines like +1 (605) 313-4000 (USA) or the UK's +44 (0) 330 606 0547, which connect you to automated services or volunteers, but for the real experience, you'll need to wait until Christmas season for live tracking like Google Santa Tracker.
Yes, you can call Santa in Australia, mainly through Telstra's free festive hotline by dialing #HO HO HO (#464646) from any public payphone between mid-November and Christmas Eve, using AI to connect calls to the North Pole, with other apps like Portable North Pole also available.
Calling #464646 (which spells #HOHOHO) from a Telstra public payphone in Australia connects you to a free, interactive hotline to speak with Santa Claus, a popular Christmas tradition that runs annually until Christmas Eve, allowing kids to share wish lists and chat with the North Pole.
In 2025, Santa Claus is approximately 1,700 years old, based on his historical inspiration, Saint Nicholas, who was born around 280 AD in Turkey, making him an ancient, timeless figure who continues to deliver joy, though some estimates place him slightly older or younger depending on the exact birth year used.
If you call Santa's number the kiddos will be able leave a voicemail at the end of the call (he actually called back) and if you call the Grinch they'll hear the Grinch Story. Santa :951 262 3062 Grinch : 712 832 85 55 My kids love it and hopefully your kids or will too 💚🌲🎅
He has his own set of the lucky numbers. Santa's lucky number is a positive integer number that is divisible by at least on lucky number. For example, 8, 42 and 94 are Santa's lucky numbers.
"There is no such thing as being too old to believe in Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy," Kelman tells Yahoo Life. "Letting kids figure it out on their own is preferable to parents breaking the news to them.
🎅🏻 The #Greek roots of Santa Claus. Saint Nicholas of Myra was born on March 15, 270 AD, and died on December 6, 343 AD (at age 73 years old).
Santa loves his white milk and cookies, but after stopping at every child's home, give Santa Claus some flavored milk for a tasty surprise. Or switch out the milk for some holiday eggnog!
Yes, *69 can work in Australia for Call Return on some networks like Optus, but Telstra uses *10# for a similar service, and it often involves per-use charges; however, mobile networks often store caller ID, making landline-style codes less universal, with features depending on your specific provider and service plan.
The hotline is an international voicemail line for children of all ages to leave messages for the North Pole at no charge. Callers across the globe may dial into Santa's Hotline at 1-605-313-4000. FreeConferenceCall.com also allows children to call Santa using numbers in countries outside the United States.
So please remember, if you or your child accidently calls 999 – don't hang up! Speak to the Call Handler and let them know it was just a mistake, they won't be annoyed or angry, you will be helping them by letting them know officers aren't needed. Your browser can't play this video.
Mrs. Claus is the wife of Santa Claus. She is known for making cookies with the elves, caring for the reindeer, and preparing toys with her husband, Santa Claus.
List of Services. Aussie Santa wears the traditional clothing of Australian cattlemen. The kangaroos pull Santa's sleigh. The Joey, as the baby kangaroos are called, lives in the mother's pouch and helps the mother carry out her Christmas duties.
1300 numbers are not toll-free numbers. Call charges apply depending on whether the call is made from a fixed landline or a mobile. The caller is charged at a local call rate if dialing from a fixed landline. Calls made from a mobile is charged according to the mobile carrier.
In 2025, Santa Claus is approximately 1,700 years old, based on his historical inspiration, Saint Nicholas, who was born around 280 AD in Turkey, making him an ancient, timeless figure who continues to deliver joy, though some estimates place him slightly older or younger depending on the exact birth year used.
Does Santa have any children? Although Santa and Mrs Claus almost never have children in any of their many depictions, there is at least one Christmas Burlesque musical from 1892 that features Kitty Claus, the daughter of Santa. Funnily enough, we find a few mentions of Kitty in our newspaper collection.
The dark history of Santa Claus stems from older European folklore featuring terrifying figures like Krampus and Père Fouettard, who punished naughty children with switches, chains, or even abduction, acting as the "bad cop" to Saint Nicholas's "good cop," punishing the wicked while Saint Nick rewarded the good, a tradition rooted in pagan winter rites and medieval tales of cannibalism and violence.
No, Coca-Cola didn't invent Santa's red suit, but their popular advertising campaign starting in 1931, featuring Haddon Sundblom's jolly, red-clad Santa, significantly shaped and cemented the modern image of a plump, red-suited Santa in the public's mind, making the red suit ubiquitous. Santa had appeared in red before Coke, drawing from Saint Nicholas and earlier illustrations, but Coke's extensive, decades-long marketing campaign made the look universally recognizable.
There's no specific age when kids stop believing in Santa. “In my experience, most children begin to question the myth at about 7 or 8 years old, but the ages vary widely,” says Coleman. In other words, they could be much younger—or much older—than that.
The research, which has not yet been peer reviewed, found that for most children, disbelief crept in gradually about the age of eight – although some three- or four-year-olds had convinced themselves that Santa wasn't real, while other children believed in him until they were 15 or 16.
Santa Claus has a deep voice. He chuckles as he holds his round belly, and the sound comes out as a low-pitched "ho ho ho". When he does this, he is expressing his immense happiness with boisterous laughter.
Here's how to make the magic happen: Pick up any Telstra payphone Dial #HOHOHO (that's #464646) You'll be connected straight to Santa! You can call Santa any time until Christmas Eve, and it's completely free.
Santa's real name is Saint Nicholas, and in many countries, he's still called that, including in Germany, where Sankt Nikolaus still visits children. The name Saint Nicholas has morphed into Santa Claus and that has become the most widespread name for Santa.