Privacy & Terms

Happy Santa is a tool for parents. You (the parent) create the account and enter everything. Children do not have accounts; they use Kids Mode on your device, inside your session.

For each child you add, we store what you type: a first name or nickname, an optional age, optional interests, an avatar color and emoji, the "Santa's mood" number you set (1 to 10) and its history, the behavior notes you write, badges earned, and the wishlist items your child adds in Kids Mode (title and an optional photo of the wished item).

We store this so the app works for your family. It is private to the parents in your family by default. We do not sell it, we do not show ads, and we do not use it to track anyone across other apps or websites.

You can choose to share a Santa Card for a child. A Santa Card is a private link. Anyone who has the link can open it without logging in, so only send it to family you trust.

You decide, per child, what the card shows: Santa's mood only; Santa's mood plus the wishlist (with photos, and the child's age and interests if you entered them); or those plus a short note you write. Behavior notes are never shown on a Santa Card at any setting.

A relative can tap "I'm getting this one" on a wishlist item and type a name (for example, "Aunt Erin"). That name is shown to you and to other people holding the same link, never to the child.

You can stop sharing or create a new link at any time in Santa's List. The old link stops working immediately. We count how many times a card is opened so your child can see that family is watching, but we do not record who opened it.

If you add a Santa Card to our sister app, Holiday Family Gift Exchange, that app fetches the same card using the same link and shows it to the family buying for that child.

We store your email address and password (hashed) to sign you in, and the family name and parent PIN (hashed) you choose. Wishlist photos are stored on our hosting provider (Base44).

The weekly report emails a summary of a child's mood and notes to your own email address only, when you tap the button.

Crash and performance reports are part of the platform this app is built on. They can include a device identifier, device model, system version and which screen was open. They are not tied to your name or email.

Happy Santa is a family game and organizer, not parenting advice, and not a substitute for talking with your kids. You are responsible for what you enter and who you share Santa Cards with. Please keep it kind: the app is built to encourage, not to shame.

Any paid features on our website are one-time purchases, never subscriptions, and nothing renews automatically.