In The Christmas Countdown Begins, Santa and his friends from the House of Kringle officially kick off the countdown to the big day. It’s a cheerful celebration of everything that makes the season special — anticipation, togetherness, and a little North Pole magic.
It’s a festive watch to mark the start of the holidays and build excitement with children as Christmas draws near — the perfect note to begin the most wonderful time of the year on.
For children, the countdown to Christmas may be the best part of the whole season. The anticipation — the slow, delicious wait — is its own kind of magic, and often the part adults remember most vividly from their own childhoods. The weeks before Christmas have a texture all their own, and marking the start of that stretch gives the whole season a shape.
Countdown traditions are some of the most beloved in family life precisely because they make the waiting tangible. Advent calendars, paper chains with a link removed each night, a special book opened each evening, lights switched on at the start of December — these small rituals turn an abstract “soon” into something a child can see and touch and measure. They give children a way to hold their excitement.
A video like this works beautifully as the opening bell for those traditions. Watched on the first of December, or whenever your family chooses to begin, it becomes the signal that the season has officially started — a shared moment that says, together, “it begins now.” From there, every other tradition has a starting point to build on.
And it sets a tone. The countdown isn’t only about waiting for gifts; it’s about decorating, baking, singing, gathering, and slowing down together. Kicking it off with Santa and his North Pole friends frames the weeks ahead as something to savor, day by day, all the way to Christmas morning.
As the countdown begins, there’s still time to make Santa part of your family’s Christmas.
Santa Can Visit From Anywhere
Not in Southern California? Santa can still visit your family — virtually, from anywhere in the world.