Looking for an alternative to Portable North Pole?
Portable North Pole made personalised Santa videos a Christmas tradition, and for millions of families it is exactly the right thing. If you are here, you are probably looking for something a little different. Here is the honest difference.
The difference is the script
Most personalised Santa videos work by recording a set of scenes in advance and slotting your child’s details into the gaps. It is a sensible way to do it, the production values are high, and it is why the same video can be delivered instantly to a very large number of families.
Studio Santa works the other way round. We write the message from scratch for your child — three different versions of it — using their name, their age, their town, what they are into and what they have done well this year. You read all three, edit any of them, and pick the one that sounds most like your family.
That is the part no template can reach. A script written about your child can mention that they finally learned to swim in August, or that they have been kinder to their little brother since the baby arrived. A slot can only hold a name.
You see it before Santa records it
Nothing is recorded until you approve the words. That means you can take out anything that does not sound right, add something we did not know to ask about, and check that a name is spelled and said the way your family says it.
It also means there is no surprise. You know exactly what your child is going to hear before they hear it, which matters more than it sounds when the video is the centrepiece of Christmas morning.
What we do not do
We do not do live video calls with Santa. We do not have an app. We do not have a subscription that covers unlimited videos across the season — every video is bought on its own.
If what you want is an unlimited pass and a big library of scenes, the established services do that well and we would not pretend otherwise. If what you want is one video that is genuinely about your child, that is what we built.
The practical details
Prices start at £14.99 for one child, with longer messages and family or multi-child options above that. There is no account needed to start and no subscription.
You choose from three Father Christmases and three voices — you can watch and hear every combination before you decide. The finished film downloads in HD and is yours to keep.
- Three original scripts per child, all editable
- Nothing recorded until you approve it
- Cancel for a full refund any time before approval
- Ready within minutes of approval
From £14.99 · no subscription · you approve the script before Santa records it