PRIVACY & FAMILIESWonder without the worry.
This website is a storybook Santa tracker. It does not request your child’s location or show real deliveries.
Letters stay private
Letter drafts in this tracker stay in page memory until a parent uses an explicit save or send action. The separate Parents’ wish box stores a parent-submitted email, state, optional nickname and wish for up to 30 days, visible only to the administrator. It does not send email. Unsubmitted tracker drafts are kept only in page memory. Drafts are not uploaded, put in analytics, or saved in browser storage. Closing or reloading the page removes them. A downloaded keepsake stays on your device.
Total visitor count
A first-party cookie remembers that this browser has been counted for up to one year. The counter keeps a shared total and start date. A separate 30-minute session cookie groups visits for a private Admin traffic log. That log records visit time, IP address and country when supplied by the hosting service, the page visited, referring page without URL parameters, and a search term only when a search engine supplies it. It does not include wish text or parent email. Logs are visible for 30 days; expired entries are removed when the Admin log is opened. Clearing cookies or using a different browser may count as another visitor.
YouTube North Pole cams
The North Pole cams are third-party YouTube embeds. A player loads when it is visible and may share your IP address and playback information with YouTube. YouTube controls availability, advertising, and playback. These festive broadcasts are independent of this site’s Santa journey controls.
When family mail is enabled
We use the signed-in parent account, verified email, consent record, optional nickname, letter, and delivery status to run the private family inbox. No public wish wall, ads, behavioral profiling, photos, or voice recordings are used. The configured email provider receives the wish to deliver it to your parent email.
Control and retention
Parents can delete all letters and disconnect family mail here. Letters become unavailable after 30 days and are removed on the next family inbox access. The site owner must operate periodic storage cleanup before broader launch. Delivered email copies must be deleted in your own mail app. Network and hosting providers may process necessary technical logs.
A note for parents
A Christmas wish is not a promise of a gift. Email verification establishes control of an address; it alone does not establish every form of legally required parental consent. Live family mail remains disabled until the operator has reviewed the process for the intended U.S. audience. This preview keeps letter drafts on your device. Family email is not enabled.