Today is the first of December and the Christmas countdown has officially begun. That first advent calendar chocolate has been munched. Christmas tunes are pumping over the radio. Magical lights have been flicked on in cities around the country and children’s hearts are beating a little bit faster as they ponder that great day when the twinkling lights of the Christmas tree will give light to piles of nicely wrapped presents.
If they haven’t already put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboards), this is also the time of year that
children write letters to Santa asking for presents, pleading their case and ensuring he knows just how good they’ve been. The UK deadline for letters is the 14th of December (to make sure he has time to focus on all that present packaging and delivering).
In England the address for Santa is: Santa/Father Christmas, Santa’s Grotto, Reindeerland, SAN TA1. In Canada his address is: Santa Claus, North Pole, H0H 0H0. It seems many countries around the world have their own special address for Mr. Claus.
Clearly, Santa uses mail forwarding services! It’s not hard to understand why. Different mailboxes in different countries help keep the letters organised which help Santa, and his hardworking team of elves, to sort the mail between each country. It is also very beneficial when it comes to sorting and organising the presents for dispersal too.
There are many reasons why jolly old St. Nick uses this service and why you should too no matter the size of your business. Here are the two key reasons for getting a mail forwarding address:
1. It improves privacy: This is especially important if you are Santa Claus/Father Christmas/Kris Kringle. Surely if the true address of Santa’s house was revealed it would result in treks to his home, which naturally would cause great disruption to Christmas plans and schedules. We just can’t let that happen.
For small businesses who work from home having work related documents sent directly to your home may not be safe or conducive to a good work-life balance. Having post come via a London mail forwarding address gives you the privacy you need and saves loads of money, which you can spend on other aspects of running your business (or on Christmas presents!)
2. It saves time & money: with the economy being what it is currently, anything you can do to save your pennies is helpful. But in December it’s all the more important to save time as well. For Santa, having several mail forwarding systems in place around the world means he frees up time and money to be spent on Christmas preparations, time with Mrs Claus and time spent helping new Elves to learn the ropes. For him it also saves money on setting up complicated North Pole security or from excess costs from constantly needing to move house to avoid being bombarded by enthusiastic visitors (except of course those who come via Polar Express, they are the exception).
For you, it saves time having to wait for missed packages to be re-delivered (as someone is always there to sign for your delivery) and it saves money by letting you work from home or where you want
This Christmas, as you’re counting down to holiday time off, navigating the busy streets and shops to seek out presents, decorating your home and working hard to finish up your work before the holidays and new year, consider switching to W1 virtual office services and mail forwarding. to but still keep an address in a great location. This means you can spend more time with your family and have a bit extra cash for those special presents.
Let your resolution this year be to give more, spend less, work hard but play harder, and enhance quality time with your loved ones. That will definitely get you on the “Nice” list.
