What is EmailSanta.com?
{{lowercase title}} '''emailSanta.com''' is a [[Christmas]]-themed [[entertainment]] [[website]]. It claims to let people send emails to [[Santa Claus]] and get a [[Artificial intelligence|computer-generated]], personalised answer from the website.<ref>{{Cite web|title=EmailSanta.com puts kids in touch|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2022/12/15/tech-tools-emailsantacom/|access-date=2024-05-06|website=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Vnuk|first=Helen|date=2017-12-08|title=“This is how my kids email Santa and get a reply. And it’s free.”|url=https://www.mamamia.com.au/email-santa-and-get-a-reply/|access-date=2024-05-06|website=Mamamia|language=en-AU}}</ref> ==History== === Creation === emailSanta.com was started in 1997 by Alan Kerr. Kerr started the website after a [[Strike action|strike]] by [[Canada Post]] workers prevented his niece and nephews from sending letters to Santa Claus, which are replied to by volunteers at Canada Post.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/26/world/weeklong-postal-workers-strike-snarls-deliveries-in-canada.html|title=Weeklong Postal Workers' Strike Snarls Deliveries in Canada|first=Anthony|last=Depalma|date=November 26, 1997|work=New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Braid|first= Don |date=December 8, 1998 |title= Internet Santa rekindles magic|page= 4|work= The Calgary Sun}}</ref> During the first two weeks of the site's existence, emailSanta received over 1,000 emails.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet the People Who Respond to Emails to Santa Claus|url=https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/jmazd8/meet-the-people-who-respond-to-emails-to-santa-claus|access-date=2020-08-19|website=www.vice.com|date=23 December 2015 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Baird |first= Kirk|date= December 13, 2004|title= He's Got Mail: Kids find that e-mailing Santa is more fun than using snail mail|work= Las Vegas Sun}}</ref> The website can be read in different languages.<ref>{{cite news |last= Braid|first= Don|date= December 20, 1999|title= Kids hea