Welcome Break’s dial-a-Santa service returns for a second year following its successful debut in 2021, with the aim of helping those who want to take their children to see the big man but cannot afford to do so. New research carried out on behalf of one of the UK’s leading Motorway Service Area Operator, Welcome Break, shows that despite three in five parents believing it is important to take children to visit Santa, a third of parents cannot afford the ticket price due to the rising cost of living.
A further one in five parents say they cannot afford the travel costs involved. Over half of parents and grandparents will not be taking kids to visit Saint Nicholas this year.
Welcome Break has been busy working with the man himself to provide a service for those unable to get their gift list to Santa before the big day. For one day only, on one of the most popular weekends for visiting Santa and travelling to see family pre-Christmas – Saturday, December 10 – children will be able to video call Father Christmas by dialling 07355983802. Between 9am to 5pm, little ones can share their Christmas wishes and ask Santa any questions they might have about the North Pole, busy elves or even his Christmas Eve plans after he’s made his epic journey across the globe.
