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Elves at a Royal Mail sorting office in Edinburgh are once again organising hundreds of thousands of letters to Father Christmas from children across the UK.
It is part of the annual Santa Letters programme, which has been running for more than 60 years.
Children who send their wishlist by Wednesday 10 December can even expect a reply from the man himself.
This year, a British Sign Language (BSL) version of the card from Santa will also be available for the first time.
Mark Dawson has worked for the Royal Mail for more than 10 years.
For the past five he has put on his elf attire for the two months leading up to Christmas.
He said: “Every year for about two months, we don our elf hats, and then we’re working for Santa Claus.
“We get all the letters from all the kids all over the country, and we gather them all up, we open them up, and we prepare them and send them off to Santa Claus in the North Pole.
“It’s all part of the magic of Christmas, isn’t it?
Children participating are asked to include their full name, address and postcode, and must stamp all letters.
Those who wish to write to Santa should mark their letters with the following:
Santa/Father Christmas,
Santa’s Grotto,
Reindeerland,
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