Hey Santa
Bring Santa to life with magical AI video messages 🎅✨
# AI Personalized Video GeneratorWhat is Hey Santa?
Hey Santa is an AI-powered experience where kids receive a personalized video message straight from Santa. It looks cinematic, feels magical, and takes less than a minute. Parents can add details about their child, and the video is delivered in minutes.
Problem
Parents struggle to create realistic, personalized Santa experiences for their children during holidays, relying on generic letters, mall visits, or low-quality DIY videos that lack emotional impact and cinematic magic.
Solution
An AI-powered video message platform where parents input child-specific details (name, hobbies, achievements) to generate cinematic Santa videos with realistic AI Santa visuals and voice acting, delivered in minutes (e.g., Santa mentions the child's pet or school).
Customers
Parents with children aged 2-10, primarily mothers aged 28-45 in Western countries, who value holiday traditions and seek memorable, shareable Christmas moments.
Unique Features
Dynamic AI adaptation of user inputs into script/narration, photorealistic Santa avatar with emotional expression control, multi-language support, and branded video packaging for social sharing.
User Comments
Kids believed Santa was real thanks to personal details in the video
Completed entire process in 4 minutes
Higher production quality than expected
Used as family keepsake year after year
Worth the price for emotional payoff
Traction
Launched November 2023 for Christmas season, ranked #1 Product of the Day on Product Hunt (December 2023), 800+ upvotes, $24.99 per video with volume discounts, founder @bentossell has 46.7K Twitter/X followers
Market Size
The global $18.4 billion personalized gifts market grows 8.3% annually (Grand View Research 2023), with 93% of US parents maintaining Santa traditions (NCA 2022) and 68% willing to pay premiums for magical experiences.
