Ans: Santa got a web site at his own domain in 1994 , the first Santa specific web site domain on the Internet. Santa also got an email address the same year . During 1994, 1995, 1996 we had close to 50 million people look at the web site and write to Santa. 1997 was an even better year with 1998 looking to improve even more.

Ans: Santa had some friends who recommended that he look at the great new technology to help spread the Christmas spirit, talk kids of all ages around the world, and generally help people around the world use technology to enjoy the season!

Does Santa like children to write to him from the website? If so, does Santa always respond to the children?

Either Santa or one of the elves always responds to all the email that comes in. Occasionally one of the cats, dogs, or reindeer sneaks in and answers some of the mail to help too. Some children have written to let me know that the animals were using the computer even when they are not supposed to be -- which always gives me a great laugh.

Unfortunately, sometimes the reply email address is not correct. For example, people have enterred a street address; just put "Sam123" without the domain written "Sam".It always helps to make sure that your email reply address is correct. Likewise the mail gets lost somewhere on the Internet for some other reason. Remember, someone always does respond, but it could get lost.