Today I’m sharing my honest Portable North Pole review. If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, chances are you’ve seen some of my previous posts on Portable North Pole.
For me, Christmas is all about making memories and spending time with your loved ones. I’m not religious, so it’s not a traditional, Jesus themed holiday in our house. We don’t pray or go to church, but we do embrace all things Father Christmas related. Once again this year, we’re sharing an honest Portable North Pole Review. Read on to find out what’s changed, and how it works.
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Honest Portable North Pole Review
Portable North Pole (which is widely known as PNP for short) is an online service. They allow you to easily make personalised videos and phone calls from Father Christmas himself. There are 2 free Christmas video options available this year. Additionally, you can opt to buy a pass, which gives you access to more video templates. The free videos are much shorter than the paid for ones. The magic is still there, but on a smaller scale.
Rather than spending ages explaining how the videos work, I figured I’d share them here so you can see for yourself how cute they are! I made this one for Syd, which shows she’s got some work to do if she wants to get on the nice list…
When writing this honest Portable North Pole review, I wanted to show the different outcomes, hence Syd not getting straight onto the nice list. Don’t worry though – Santa can send her another message once her behaviour improves, to pass on the good news!
Syd was a little upset to be told she wasn’t on the nice list just yet, but the video definitely spurred her on to improve her behaviour ahead of Christmas.
Behaviour at Christmas
I just want to add a little sidetone here that in my experience, all kids “act up” a little in the build up to Christmas. I was exactly the same as a child, so the videos are great for that. When you factor in all of the excitement, changes to school routine and extra activities, it’s no wonder kids act out at this time of the year.
So as well as these videos, it’s worth making sure your kids still get some down time in between all of the excitement. Watch some Christmas films, share stories together, but make sure they have time to process things in between. This probably wasn’t relevant as part of this honest Portable North Pole review, but I wanted to share anyway.
Free Options
One of the things I love most about Portable North Pole is the fact there are free options available. This means all families can make a video for their children – even if they can’t afford the premium options. Additionally, PNP also donates 5% of all profits to Children’s hospitals around the world.
15% Discount
I have been given a Portable North Pole discount code by the team too, so if you want to save 15% on your premium pass, click here and it’ll be added automatically! Being able to spread a little Christmas Magic was a great bonus for doing this honest Portable North Pole review.
Sam faired slightly better than Syd did in his premium video…
The Verdict
For the purpose of this honest Portable North Pole review, it’s safe to say that both of the kids loved their videos! As they have every year. If you download the app, there’s also a reaction recorder, so you can record your child’s reaction to the video. All told, I’d highly recommend Portable North Pole, and would recommend everyone make a video for their kids (and big kids)!
Finally, if you found this honest Portable North Pole Review 2019 useful, why not check out more of my reviews here.
My daughter loved the PNP video, but I did notice a huge jump (+50 a day) in the amount of Junk mail I was getting literally a day after setting up my PNP account.