Self Magazine loves Dear Santa! “…Given the range of people from all walks of life you meet in the doc, it’s a gratitude-sparking, extremely heartwarming watch for people of any age (bring tissues). “

Dear Santa continues to bring on the holiday cheer! See why People Magazine said it was one of the best holiday movies to watch on Hulu! 

“Dear Santa is a feel-good documentary, meant to thaw even the iciest among us. There’s nothing better than seeing the faith of children and adults alike restored by good deeds. Get the Kleenex ready,” says DigitalTrends.

Entertainment Weekly calls Dear Santa “an uplifting doc that only the most hardened Scrooge could resist…Dear Santa deserves a spot on your holiday viewing nice list!” 

Woman’s Day loves Dear Santa! Read their coverage and see which other movies else made their nice list!

Women’s Health names Dear Santa as one of the three best holiday films on Hulu! Read their story.

Cosmopolitan Magazine ranks Dear Santa as one of the top three movies to watch during the 2022 holiday season! 

During a special panel held at Tribeca X, the Dear Santa team jointly announced with Disney’s Jennifer Donohue that the award-winning film has been greenlit for a six-episode docuseries for Christmas 2022. Read the full story in Variety.  

Dear Santa Earns Brand Storytelling’s Purpose & Impact Award! Full list of winners is available on Brand Storytelling TV.

Dear Santa wins at the 2021 Drum Content Awards. Check out the full list of honorees here.

‘Tis the season for celebrating! U.S.P.S’ Dear Santa announced as Best Use of Long-Form Content category winner in Adweek.

Dear Santa one of only fifteen projects – out of 166 entries - to screen in Park City in January 2022. More details available at Brand Storytelling.

Dear Santa brings home three Coins for UM Studios, the United States Postal Service, Director Dana Nachman, and producers Chris Karpenko, and TRAVERSE32’s Brendan Gaul. View the winners gallery at New York Festivals TV & Film Awards. 

The holiday gift that continues to keep on giving in 2021 is honored with Media Plan of the Year. Read the story in Adweek.

Dear Santa brings home top honors from the Tribeca Film Festival, coverage courtesy of Deadline.

Dear Santa Earns Best Not-For Profit / Government Initiative Award at Brand Film U.S. Details available via Campaign.

Dear Santa wins big at this year’s Telly Awards! See the film’s complete list of category wins via The Telly Awards.

Documentary examines USPS’s Operation Santa program and “tells heartwarming stories of fulfilling wishes during the holiday season” via Vulture.

DEAR SANTA Takes Viewers Behind the Scenes of Postal Service’s Operation Santa. See TODAY’s coverage.

See how USPS “Elves” Help Answer Kids’ Letters to Santa in this Heartwarming Doc, courtesy of Romper.

USPS Operation Santa Answers Twice as Many Letters to Santa This Year via MovieMaker.

DEAR SANTA brings audiences Yuletide cheer says USA Today.

Director Dana Nachman’s newest documentary is a “holiday delight, sure to inspire smiles and reaches for the tissue box”.  Read Tech Hive’s review.

Chicagoans Can Answer Actual Letters to Santa Via A US Postal Service Program, Complete with a North Pole Address for a Jolly Old Elf. See in Chicago Tribune.

Santa’s Head Elf Reveals the Emotional Wish She Made This Year. Watch her share with Drew.

Queer Elf Replies to Boy’s Heartbreaking Letter to Santa Asking ‘if God Loves Me for Being Gay’. Read more in Pink News.

A Documentary About USPS’s Operation Santa Shows Anyone Can Be an Elf for Kids in Need. Dana Nachman talks with LX.

How the Documentary ‘DEAR SANTA’ Discovered a Heart-wrenching Letter. Dana Nachman speaks with Yahoo.

The USPS Helps Christmas Dreams Come True Every Year. ‘DEAR SANTA’ Takes an Inside Look, via Los Angeles Times.

The Real Story About Dear Santa Letters. See Director Dana Nachman’s interview on GMA3.

‘Dear Santa’ Doc Features Garcia Family Who Lost Their Home in California Fire. Learn about their journey in Remezcla.

Nell Minow “cried happily all the way through ‘Dear Santa’….” Full review on RogerEbert.

Dear Santa “captures the warmth and spirit of Christmastime through the lens of [the] great American tradition [of gifts from Santa Claus], provoking audiences throughout the world to ask themselves how they can make the world a better place, one gesture at a time”. See Deadline.

Spoiler-Free Christmas Documentary ‘DEAR SANTA’ Is Full of the Holiday Spirit We All Need Right Now. Read the full review in Patch.

‘Santa, Can I Have Money for the Bills?’ US Kids’ Christmas Letters Take Heartbreaking Turn, courtesy of The Guardian.

Heartwarming Holiday Film ‘DEAR SANTA’ Depicts How the USPS Changes Lives Every Holiday Season. See the story in Upworthy.

DEAR SANTA Director Talk’s Little Boy’s Letter Asking if Santa Loves Him, Despite Being Gay, ‘It Just Slays You’, she tells Yahoo Life!

You Better Watch This Feel-Good Doc on Volunteers Helping Deliver the Presents. ”…Dear Santa is one of the most wonderful films of the year,” says Richard Roeper. Full review in Chicago Sun Times.

Dear Santa, a delight for the whole family, is the film we all need in 2020, courtesy San Francisco Chronicle.

Dear Santa named one of the top three best Christmas movies on the streamer this year! Check out the full list on Yahoo!

“Dear Santa delivers a desperately needed dose of holiday cheer during these troubled times that will leave even the most Grinch-like viewers bathed in their own tears.” Read Frank Scheck’s review in The Hollywood Reporter.