French children's sources of inspiration to fill out their list for Santa Claus 2019

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 10, 2023

The letter to Santa Claus is a tradition whereby, every year, thousands of children write in their letter to Santa Claus, a little note accompanied by the list of gifts they would like to receive on December 25th. Yet, it seems that nowadays this list is still and above all made up of the inspiration generated by toy catalogs. A study conducted in 2019 also showed the importance and influence of contemporary tools, and particularly YouTube, on the gift ideas submitted by children on this list.

What are your children's sources of inspiration for filling out their list for Santa Claus?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Toys catalogs	83%
Advertisements on television	58%
Friends	39%
Youtube and the youtubers she/he follows	28%
Brothers and sisters	8%
Other	7%

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October 2019

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Region

France

Survey time period

October 2019

Number of respondents

1,034 respondents

Special properties

Parents of children from 1 to 16 years old

Supplementary notes

The question was phrased by the source as follows: "Quelles sont les sources d’inspiration de votre enfant pour remplir sa liste au Père Noël ?"

The age of the respondents and the survey method were not specified by the source.

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