A big part of Bedford Santa is magic, so there is only so much we can answer online!

Bedford Santa is a program for households in Bedford, Massachusetts. We run entirely on donations including purchasing supplies to run the family and gifts for Bedford affiliated children who need assistance. Please consider a donation to keep the program running.

Our program has been a volunteer run tradition for 80 years. We encourage families and friends of any religion, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, housing situation, finances, or family makeup to participate.

To participate, register online www.bedfordsanta.com/register before December 8, 2025.

If you need help registering, email bedfordsanta@gmail.com or leave a voice mail at (781)275-1680.

We may call or email if we have additional questions or last-minute issues/updates arise, so please be sure your contact information is accurate.

If you are unsure of how many gifts Santa will need to deliver on December 24 or if you think that your plans/numbers change, please register now with your best guess and contact us on or before Gift Drop to update your plans. (Please note we do not deliver large gifts or gifts left at the front door on Christmas Eve, please see our FAQs for gift size requirements.)

Early registration allows our coordinators to plan routes and recruit enough volunteers for Christmas Eve and Gift Drop.

GIFT DROP DAY (December 20, 2025, John Glenn Middle School Gymnasium, starting at 9am)

Prepare your gifts. Please keep gifts small, lunch box size or smaller. Make sure that all of the gifts to be delivered to your home will fit together inside one standard size pillow case. Wrap all of the gifts going to your home in the same wrapping paper. Label each gift with a sticky/Post-It note that has the last name used in registration and home address on the front side and the recipient child’s first name and age on the backside.

Show up at JGMS gymnasium for drop-off as early in the day as possible with your gifts. Park in the back lot (adjacent to the tennis/pickleball courts and baseball field) for easiest access to the gymnasium.

If you aren’t going to make it to gift drop, consider sending your gifts with neighbors or friends!

If you have not dropped off your gift by about 2pm on Gift Drop day, you might get a phone call reminder from us in the afternoon. Please respond to the phone call!

CHRISTMAS EVE

Be home and ready by 5:30pm. That means your driveway and walkways are shoveled and cleared of snow and ice, your outside lights are on, and your dogs are put away (even if you have a friendly dog, they might not enjoy the commotion and beard!)

Did you get additional guests or your plans change? Please give us a call at (781)275-1680. DO NOT leave gifts outside your door for Santa to discover.

Santa should arrive by 8:00pm. If you haven’t seen him by then, give us a call at (781)275-1680.

Have a wonderful holiday!