This holiday season, Leawood has a place for kids to send their messages and last-minute gift wishes to Santa before Christmas.
Where exactly: A special “Santa’s mailbox,” put on by AdventHealth Kansas City, is now up and waiting for letters at the Town Center Plaza shopping center at 119th and Roe.
- The mailbox can be found on the south side of the shopping center in the middle, near Brighton Collectibles and Sephora.
How it works: From now until Christmas Eve, the mailbox will accept letters addressed to the North Pole.
- It’s free to drop off a letter, but the first 100 letter writers to stick their not in the slot are guaranteed to receive a written response from Santa, via “North Pole Air Mail”.
- Make sure to include a name and return address on the envelope.

Other Santa sightings in Johnson County
Johnson Countians who don’t have time to send letters can still tell them about their Christmas wishes in person in various ways.
- Santa will make a number of appearances throughout Johnson County this holiday season, including an ongoing photo op through Dec. 23 at Leawood’s Town Center Plaza.
- Santa will also make appearances at Overland Park’s Holiday Luminary Walk, the final display of which will take this weekend at the Overland Park Arboretum & Botanical Gardens.



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