Santa's Magic Key

Hang the key on the front door, or leave it just beside it, before bed on Christmas Eve. It's Santa's way into every kind of home, chimney or not. Instructions from the North Pole elves are included in the box.

On Christmas Eve, your child hangs the magic key on the front door before bed. It is the last little job of the night: Santa's key is what lets him in while the house sleeps. In the morning, the key is often found resting somewhere just a little different, as though it has been used, and the proof is under the tree. For most families, hanging the key becomes the tradition that officially starts Christmas Eve.

Any age a child believes, and even before. Plenty of families begin on a first Christmas, so the key is simply part of how Christmas has always worked. Children from about two or three can hang it themselves, and older children often become the keeper of the key for younger siblings.

Solid brass, engraved in red with "25" for Christmas Day and "Magic Lives Here". It arrives in a luxury red textured box with gold foiling, along with a note from the elves.

The key stays with your family, ready to come out every Christmas Eve. Bringing it out becomes part of the ritual, year after year.

Yes, and that's part of its charm. Brass deepens in character with every year of use, so the key becomes more of an heirloom each Christmas it comes out of the box.

For Christmas morning, of course. The key comes out on Christmas Eve so Santa can let himself in, and the red engraved 25 marks the day all that magic is for. It reads like it came straight from the North Pole's key cabinet.

It is. Santa and Father Christmas are one and the same, and so is his key. Whatever name he goes by in your home, it is hung on the front door on Christmas Eve, letting the magic in while everyone sleeps.