If you’d like to add some extra Christmas cheer to your annual letters, consider getting a special Christmas cancellation from a city with a Christmas-themed name. The most popular postmark is undoubtedly from North Pole, Alaska, but you can also get festive holiday cancellations from other cities, such as Nazareth, Pennsylvania, and Santa Claus, Indiana or Noel, Missouri.

To make the holiday postmark even more fun, you might also want to consider adding a custom Christmas stamp to your envelopes. Then your postmark can be added to the special stamp you create.

To get your Christmas postmarks, simply address, stamp and seal your Christmas letters as you normally would, and then place them all in a larger envelope or box. Address the larger package to “Postmaster: Christmas Re-Mailing” with the city, state and zip codes below. The postal workers in these Christmas-y cities will then open your package, cancel your Christmas letters with a festive postmark and send them on their way.

There is no additional charge for this service (you just pay the regular U.S. postage rates), but be sure to leave plenty of time for the post office to deliver.

To get an idea of the type of postmarks available, see the images below. These are examples of real cancellations from Christmas-themed cities. Note, however, that the design may change from year to year, so the images depicted here may not be what is stamped on your letters this year.

Happy letter writing!

North Pole, AK 99709
Christmas postmark
Nazareth, PA 18064
Christmas postmark
Santa, ID 83866
Christmas postmark
Santa Claus, IN 47579
Christmas postmark
Noel, MO 64854
Christmas postmark

If you need some holiday paper to print your Christmas letter, you can get a variety of designs online immediately at Blue Mountain Greetings. Sign up for the 30-day free trial membership and you’ll get access to printable Christmas letter templates and envelopes, such as the images shown below, as well as printable and electronic holiday cards and other projects. To see their Christmas selection, click Create and Print from the homepage, select Holidays, click Christmas and then select Stationery.

An inexpensive alternative is to create your own Christmas letter paper with clipart. Visit our page on how to add a watermark for one idea on how to do this.