FATHER CHRISTMAS IS CALLING… PORTABLE NORTH POLE GIVEAWAY
Father Christmas is a big deal in our home. Every one of our boys still believes and I’m incredibly grateful for that. I won’t tell you how long it was that I believed for, but let’s just say the boys have quite a way to go to beat my record. Anyhow, I’m hanging onto the magic of Christmas for as long as we possibly can. Usually we go and visit Father Christmas at Lapland UK, but last year we just couldn’t afford it – and that was when we discovered the Portable North Pole.
WHAT IS THE PORTABLE NORTH POLE [PNP]?
The Portable North Pole [PNP] is an app which is basically a hotline to Father Christmas on your phone. It bought so much snuggled up excitement to our boys when they knew they weren’t going to actually see the big man himself last year and they loved every single thing about it – especially the messages Father Christmas sent to me and Daddy too. Daddy’s mostly told him to behave and be kind to me. Hahaha.
As soon as we start to use it, I’ll upload the reaction cam here as we don’t have any from last year, and if I start talking about Father Christmas with the boys now, as much as I love everything jingle bells, I’ll be losing mine by the time advent rolls around. So on December 1st, you can pop back here and I’ll have something up – and on our Twitter too most probably. If you’re the winner of the Magic Pass on here [see below!], you can tinker about to your heart’s content until you’re ready to let Santa into your home via the Portable North Pole.
WHAT CAN YOU DO ON THE PORTABLE NORTH POLE PNP APP?
Well, it depends on the pass which you have – there are three. They grant access to different videos for different lengths of time – the Ultimate Pass lasts TEN YEARS!
- Video Pass £9.99
- Magic Pass £12.99
- Ultimate Pass £34.99
We’ve been using the Magic Pass – and you can win your very own Magic Pass at the end of this post!
WHAT’S SO SPECIAL ABOUT THE PNP?
REACTION CAM FROM PNP
Well, I have my own selfish reasons for using it. You see, it’s perfect for capturing and bottling those moments of magic in childhood without having to stick your camera or phone in their face and ruin the moment – the reaction cam built into the app does it for you. When Father Christmas calls, their little faces are captured to your camera roll without you having to yell “SMILE AT FATHER CHRISTMAS!”. These are genuine, straight from their little heart reactions. I want to save them all and I can watch them over and over when they stop believing in the magic. Or you can watch them over the rest of the Christmas holiday, so that you can cry at how sweet they are, and remind yourself how lovely they can be when they’re all not squabbling and driving you crazy.
FATHER CHRISTMAS IS THERE WHEN YOU NEED HIM
If your little one is having a hard time at school, feeling glum, Father Christmas is there ready to tell them how proud he is of them, how he sees them doing good things – and it can turn a day around instantly. There is no one [besides Mickey Mouse, My Mom and Dad] who I’d rather be cheered up by.
On the flip side, I have a friend who firmly believes in the power of Father Christmas in keeping her little ones in line. You know…the list. Father Christmas likes to check that list – and call if you need a little help remembering that it’s good to be kind.
SIGN UP FOR THE FREE PORTABLE NORTH POLE VIDEO CALL
So at the moment, there are only paid videos available at the Portable North Pole – but later in the year, closer to the big day, free videos will be available! If you hop over to the PNP website, you can sign up for an alert so you don’t miss this.
FOR THE BIG PEOPLE ONLY
What’s lovely about the app is that there is an area for parents only – so that you can see what’s behind the scenes, so to speak, and arrange the parts that you need to. There’s a code which you can use to switch backwards and forwards between the two parts of the app – be careful to do this if it’s on your phone and your children have relatively free access to it like ours do.
THERE ARE OTHER PRODUCTS IN THE PNP RANGE
We have a very cute husky [Okida] and a really lovely storybook called 24 sleeps until Santa from last year which are still available on the site. We LOVED this book as it’s designed to be read every day until Christmas Eve and the boys looked forward to reading the next bit every night. Check out the PNP site for more details – it’s lovely to look around and makes you feel all festive!
WIN A PORTABLE NORTH POLE MAGIC PASS
WIN A PORTABLE NORTH POLE MAGIC PASS [PNP]Good luck! Competition ends on 26th November 2020, 00:00 GMT.
We love PNP too I’m hoping that Santa looks the same when we go see him in Lapland in a few weeks (I actually think I’m the most excited, but my two don’t even know!)
Just getting to see and spend time with all my family at once
This is a wonderful review, such an authentic Santa Claus, I’d love a video for myself ! My four old son will be so surprised!
My favourite part of Christmas is seeing my sons face when he wakes up in the morning to see Santa’s foot prints on our carpet to show that he has been
Spending quality time with family
You’ve reminded me I need to buy my pass for this year! Elijah loves this each year and whatever keeps that belief alive is all good by me ??
Christmas day dinner – as many of the family all around our table
Family time and all the excitement
My favourite part of Christmas is Christmas dinner for sure.
spending xmas eve getting ready for santa x
Going to the Christmas markets and buying lovely gifts for everyone x
Family time! plus the dinner too, but thats just because i love a good roast!!
I love PNP I have been using it for years to do videos for my grandchildren
my little munchkins faces,spending time with my family & making precious memories
I love the build up to Christmas – decorating the tree, wrapping presents, etc. 🙂
Quality time with my family and giving them Christmas gifts
I love the fact that with Christmas comes so much family time! I love the nights snuggled in watching a Christmas movie with lots of great snaps!!
Seeing my sons face light up with the magic of it all
The excitement on my grandchildrens faces and my xmas dinner that is made by my son
Going to the Christmas markets !
Having all the family together on Christmas day and watching the kids opening their presies excitedly 🙂
It has to be the excitment of Christmas eve, and putting out food for santa and the reindeers xx
Spending time with family making memories
One favourite part? Ooh that’s really hard as I love it all! I’ll say the excitement!
seeing my kids opening thier pressies on christmas day x
Being with all the family playing games and having fun
Definitely the family time and the excitement. Its magic when you have little ones.
Playing board games with my family!
Putting up the Christmas tree with my kids and then obviously seeing their little faces when they see that Santa has been on Christmas morning 🙂
I feel almost ashamed to say I love boxing day as the stress is over and I can relax with a book while the kids have fun!!
Spending quality time with family
My favourite part of Christmas is seeing my children opening their presents and Christmas dinner.
i love watching xmas films
spending christmas day with my family
Wow this would be just amazing.
I love the few days leading up to Christmas Eve, having an excited 4 year old is just magic!
Love spending time with the family
Sitting round a dinner table eating Christmas dinner with my family is my favourite part of Christmas x
Watching the kids open the presents but also like the fact my teenage stays downstairs rather than in her room!!
I love shopping for Christmas presents and decorating the tree
My favourite part of Christmas is seeing my children’s faces light up when they come downstairs in the morning!
Spending time with my family and children seeing every one happy
Christmas eve! All the anticipation and magic is just wonderful and i love Christmas eve.
christmas lights 🙂 xx