When you ask Alexa to call Santa it plays a nice message recording that seems to be making a call to Santa. You will get his voicemail, you can then pretend to leave a message. The kids will love it. Special Notes: If you pretend to leave a voicemail it is not recording, and is never saved by us.
Just ask and Santa can tell you a story, sing a song, crack a joke, set a timer, and so much more. For hours of cheer for the whole family, just say “Alexa, enable 'Hey Santa'” to get started.
However, how does Alexa deal with the Santa Claus question? By answering with a deft swerve. “All I know is someone's been eating my mince pies and Father Christmas looks like the type.”
Kids from outside the U.S. can dial Santa's phone number in one of the 13 countries below: Australia: +61 (0) 3 8672 0121.
Children around Australia can connect to Santa, Mrs Claus, and Santa's right-hand Elf for a Christmas chat just by dialing a payphone. Aussie kids can call Santa's Workshop from any Telstra payphone by dialing # HO HO HO, which is # 46 46 46 on the keypad.
The Tradition of Secret Santa
From the German 'Christkindl' (meaning “Christ Child”) the name Kris Kringel is also used in Australia and Great Britain to refer to a secret Santa gift exchange.
Families with an Alexa device can call Santa for free, too! All you or your kids have to do is say, “Alexa, call Santa” to speak with Kris Kringle himself. Once you ask Alexa to call, it will prompt you to download the “Call Santa” skill.
The simplest way to do it is to say “Alexa, enable 'Hey Santa'” to get things underway. A parent does need to approve this request and will verify this in the Alexa app by signing into their account. After you've approved, you need to ask Alexa to Enable “Hey Santa” again to finalize things.
Kids can say, "Alexa, open Call Santa Claus," and Alexa will connect them to Old St. Nick and all his friends at the North Pole.
Hey Santa utterances to try (after enabling Hey Santa):
“Hey Santa, sing We Wish You a Merry Christmas.” “Hey Santa, sing the 12 Days of Christmas.” “Hey Santa, sing Deck the Halls.” “Hey Santa, tell me a story.”
Amazon will verify you're an adult via confirmation of your credit card CVV or via text message if you have a phone number on file. Your credit card will not be charged. Once permission is granted, just try saying “Alexa, where's Santa”. NORAD Tracks Santa is Santa's official tracker.
Ask Alexa to read your a festive story
Each story only lasts a few minutes, and many of them are told by Santa himself! Just use the command: "Alexa, tell me a Christmas story".
A long time ago, Santa was known as Saint Nicholas by his peers because he was so kind to others and often gave gifts to those in need. Today, some still call Santa “Saint Nicholas” among his many nicknames.
Australia. Australian children set out cookies for Santa, but instead of milk, they leave him an ice-cold glass of beer. After all, December is summer in the land Down Under. The children leave carrots for Santa's reindeer to munch on, too.
A white elephant gift exchange, Yankee swap or Dirty Santa is a party game where amusing and impractical gifts are exchanged during festivities. The goal of a white elephant gift exchange is to entertain party-goers rather than to gain a genuinely valuable or highly sought-after item.
Santa Claus in Australia
The children in Australia believe in Santa Claus. However, since it is summer, it would not be unusual to see Santa dressed in a lighter, cooler version of his red and white suit. Shorts can even be seen! Santa does use reindeer to pull his sleigh when delivering gifts to children in Australia.
Alexa will tell you how many sleeps, days, or weeks until Christmas and then pass you to Santa for an update from the North Pole. Yes, in December, you and your family will get special messages from Santa.
So, I would say absolutely, YES, any of the Alexa devices would be a good gift for your parents, your friends, etc. The reason I say this is simply because of the many different ways that Alexa can be used by you and/or whomever you gift it to.
If you have connected smart lights, Alexa can automatically turn them on and off to make it look like someone is home when you're away. Guard also works with security systems from Ring and ADT.
Christmas Escape: While delivering gifts, you accidentally got yourself trapped in one of the houses. Play as Santa and find your way out in time to save Christmas.
If your lights are going to be outdoors, you just need to make sure you get an Alexa plug that can handle outdoor weather, like the iClever Smart Plug or other outdoor plugs. Whichever plug you choose, plug it in, connect it to your Wi-Fi network, and make sure it's set up with Alexa before you begin.
Catch Santa Claus in My House is free to download and allows unlimited usage of a certain number of Santa stickers free of charge. The remaining stickers can be obtained through in-app purchases, which will charge your Apple account.