Call Santa This Christmas From Any Telstra Payphone

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Thu 13 Nov 2025 - Wed 24 Dec 2025

Put in a direct call to Santa Claus and place your present wish list at one of Telstra's free public phone boxes across Australia during the festive season.


(Photo: Gillian Ching)

Have you made your gift wish list and are hoping for something special to be delivered from Santa's workshop in the North Pole to your home on Christmas morning? The magic elves at Telstra have made it possible to ring Santa on one of its public phone boxes throughout its national network. As well as talking direcly to Santa, using the push button style phones shows kids the evolution of the phones and how far technology and communication have changed.



And talking to the jolly fellow in the red suit couldn't be easier. Simply find and stop by a participating Telstra public telephone box and dial the number #46 46 46 (which just happens to spell out HO HO HO) and start your conversation.



Ok, sure, it's an AI-driven message, but it has been created as a conversation. Santa will ask each caller questions like:



I found my own payphone in my local Coles shopping centre in the inner western suburbs of Brisbane. My pay phone was a standard, adult height, but some may be lowered to child height to make it easier for kids to reach the keypad. Given that it is a public phone and receiver, it might be a good idea to bring an anti-bacterial wipe and wipe down the receiver and keypad to reduce the opportunity for any nasty germs.


(Photo: Gillian Ching)

If you can't make it to talk to Santa at one of the shopping centres or festive events, this could be an alternative or an additional opportunity to make sure he is very clear what is on your wish list.

This nationwide initiative to put in a call to Santa is operating across Australia at Telstra 2019s over 14,000 payphones. But you've only got until Christmas Eve (24 December) to make your call before Santa loads up the sleigh, saddles up the reindeer and makes his way around the world to deliver toys to all the good girls and boys in time for Christmas Day.

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