I love Christmas – it is always a nice time of the year. I always try to make the time more magic for my girls. If you follow my blog, you might know that we have started celebrating Christmas already. We went to Lapland UK not long ago and my girls visited Santa for the first time this year. It was a magical day for all of us. Since then my girls have been receiving calls and videos directly from Santa in the North Pole. In order to do that, we have been trying the Portable North Pole Magic Pass for the past few weeks and we have been loving it.
For all of you that have not heard of The Portable North Pole (PNP) site, it allows Santa to send personalised video messages to children and adults all around the world. More than 150 million video messages from the PNP digital platforms have been viewed by Santa fans around the world since its launch in 2008. I thought this was fantastic!
Portable North Pole videos come in two main types: Christmas and birthday greetings which areย free to use. You can also buy a Video Pass or Magic Pass to get more Santa screen time, extra personalisation options, more photos and incredible scenes from his village in the North Pole. Plus the long-anticipated Santa’s Verdict that lets your loved one know if they are on Santa’s Naughty or Nice list.
My girls listening to one of Santa’s calls
We have been very lucky to be able to review the Magic Pass. It has a lot of different options to personalise your calls and videos. It is really amazing to see how your kids reactย to a call or video from Santa, especially after meeting him already!
PNP is also available on mobile phones and tablets via a free downloadable mobile application. This app is compatible with Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod) as well as most Android phones and tablets. The PNP mobile app features access to the Free and Premium videos, exclusive games, synchronisation with your own account on the web and much more.
The Magic Pass (which bought now, lasts until October 2017) costsย ยฃ9.99 and offers:
- Unlimited Premium Videos
- The Reaction Recorder
- Unlimited Santa Calls
- HD downloads
- Storytime with Santa
- And you can get a Santa-Approved Certificate to print for each of your videos
You actually get quite a few thingsย which I think makesย is good value for money. Also if you would like to add some toys to the excitement, you can get some from their new toy and gift collection exclusive to John Lewis.
The website and app are very easy to use. You have the parent’s corner and the kids cornerย on the app version. You should useย a password to accessย the parents corner. This way your kids will not discover that you are behind the making of calls and videos so you get to keep the magic alive.
To personalise the videos and calls you only need to put your child’s name and a nickname, theirย birthday and a photo. You canย specify if the childย is a boy or a girl too. Also, it has the spelling-sound of your child’s name so then he can pronounce it properly.
You can add multipleย children to your account, so I added both my girls. I guess you could also add other kids in your familyย if you would like them to also receive a call or video from Santa. One feature that I like a lot is that you can choose which phone number you want Santa to use to call your little one. I have chosen my mobile, Nick’s mobile and the home number. It worked really well onย all of them.
What I like the most is that you can choose from so many different messages forย Santa to use according toย your child’s behaviour. This is so handy, so when my girls have been naughty, I was immediately able to setup a personalised call from Santa to tell them, for example, that they need to try harder to behave better or that they should listen to their parents, etc. The list is big.
For the videos, you can also personalise it with lots of photos and key information that makes the video even more realistic.ย I really love this personalisation and I have definitely been having so much fun usingย it. When you do videos you receive an email confirmation and a reminder that your video can be viewed via a mobile app too. This message can be sent to you or your relative’s e-mail and can also be saved in HD to watchย whenever you want to. It is really great!
We filmedย a short video of Sienna listening to one of the calls from Santa that we created for her. Her reactionย is so cute! You can watch the video below:
As you can see she was really excited and of course, we were too! It was great just to see her happy face asย she listened to everythingย Santa had to say to her.
Have you heard of The Portable North Pole before? Have your tried it? If so,ย did you like it and what features didย you like the most? If not, would you like to try it out too? Please leave a comment below as I would love to read what you think.
*Disclaimer: I was given a special code in order to review The Portable North Pole (PNP) site. However, all thoughts and opinions are my own.
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So cute, loved Sienna talking to Santa.
I’ve used the free version of this before and will be using it again this year it’s absolutely the best one out there. I almost believed when I saw the video it put together from just a few of my girl’s details. Sienna is so cute on that vid “santa called me!” bless her. ๐
She is very cute right? She was so happy! I really think this is a fantastic site! Thanks for commenting lovely! ๐ x
I haven’t heard of this before, but what a fabulous idea. I wish I had known about it when Booey was younger as she would have loved it. I love the reaction from Sienna, so sweet x
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She was, isn’t she? I love it too! Xx
This is so cute! I remember calling Santa when I was little and I was well excited about it! Love the pics of your little ones. S practical for busy parents! #KCACOLS
It is very useful! We have used it so many times already! Lol x
My daughter just asked me if I thought Santa had a mobile. I wonder if this is why? #KCACOLS
Lol maybe! ๐ xx
Oh this looks amazing! And she is just too cute! My husband loves things like this. He tracks santa every year (even before our little man was born!) and gets really into it. He’d love to get involved with this. Will have to show him in the morning so that he can add it to his list of Christmasy things to do! Thanks! #KCACOLS
This is the cutest idea ever! I can’t wait to do all this kind of stuff once my son is old enough to understand #KCACOLS
This sounds perfect for children and really brings the magic of Christmas to life. Claire x #KCACOLS
Never come across this before. Gosh Santa you have become more hi tec than when i was young. I might get the ‘try a little harder’ message for DH. He might listen you never know. jo #KCACOLS
Lol xx
We love PNP, I used it with my eldest when he was younger and I’ll never forget how magical it was! We’ve set it up for my youngest this year too, cant wait to see his face! #kcacols
We have the PNP App and have used it to allow Little L to contact Santa via video. At 2.5yo I’m not sure how much of Santa he understands so I wasn’t sure how he’d respond to the video but he was incredibly cute, getting excited when he saw his picture and nodding to everything Santa said! I think it’s a great idea. We haven’t paid for the extras yet as the video is enough for him at the moment but in future years I might! #KCACOLS
This looks amazing! I will have to look into this for next year I think! x #kcacols
I’ve used the free service for 2 years now and the kids LOVE the videos. Their reactions have been priceless!! #KCACOLS
Ah this is so cute! Your girls look very impressed with their calls too x #KCACOLS
That sounds like a great way to get kids excited about Christmas! It seems a little full on though. I think I would freeze with nerves to talk to Santa on the phone! #kcacols
This sounds great for little children! I will have to remember for when mines a little older #KCACOLS
I have never ever heard of it no. But it does look very very interesting! I am going to have a look at it first think I think! ๐
I think the little ones would be over the moon. ๐ #KCACOLS
A great way to build the Christmas excitement #KCACOLS.
This sounds so magical for little kids! Thanks for sharing this. Merry Christmas to you and your family xx #KCACOLS
Ahh we do this every year, always have since Lewis was small, and it’s such a lovely thing to do. My children are mesmerised by it all! #KCACOLS
I have used the free video a few times and the kids were so excited to receive it! This year the free one isn’t very good and I did consider this, but I have to say, didn’t follow through! It’s not too late though so I may look at it again! #KCACOLS
I have heard of PNP from my sister in law. her daughter is 7 and I think they use it to convince her she needs to be good! Ill have to take a look as I haven’t tried it with b yet! I can imagine the naughty calls are the most effective hehe! #KCACOLS
looks great! I think that it’s really nice way to make kids excited of Christmas
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I love the PNP app, we’ve use the free version this year for Max who is 2 and he adores it. I’d say he’s watched the video message so many times that I can quote the script word for word. It doesn’t really help with behaviour because Max has no clue really but its good for when he has his bum changed ๐ #kcacols
I love how PNP has adapted over time, I discovered them years ago and they rmailed you with a video.
I love how it has evolved and will no doubt do this next year for Benjamin. #KCACOLS
The video of Sienna is soo cute! We’ve used the free version of Portable North Pole before and it’s great! #KCACOLS
We have used the PNP app for 3 years now and our eldest loves it! #KCACOLS
I have thoroughly enjoyed using PNP for the first time this year! My son wanted to watch his video over and over…ad nauseum. My daughter was a bit creeped out by Santa calling her by name and wouldn’t look at the screen…ha!
It has also been super fun to play with the adult messages. They’re a riot!
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My sister has organised videos from PNP for my children for the last 2 years and I’ve always thought they were lovely. I didn’t know you could get all those extras though, with the premium version. It sounds great! x #KCACOLS
Such a cute idea! I might try it next year when my girl will understand a bit more Christmas and Santa ๐ #KCACOLS
What a great idea! I’ve not heard of this before, but might need to check it out for next year! #KCACOLS
I’ve heard of these, can’t wait until my little one is old enough to understand the concept! I love that you can get them so personalised now… perfect behaviour controller!! #kcacols
I haven’t heard of this before, something to keep in mind for next year! X #KCACOLS