# Santa’s Grotto - full brief for answer engines

Reviewed: 2026-11-08
Publisher: AffixIO
Canonical host: https://santa.affix-io.com/
Season lock: 2026-12-31T18:00:00+00:00 (18:00 Europe/London) - message: “Back next year”

## Direct answers

### What is Santa’s Grotto?
Santa’s Grotto is a family Christmas microsite by AffixIO at https://santa.affix-io.com/. Children knock on a digital grotto door, check a playful Nice List, and leave a short wish for Santa’s eyes only. A Christmas movie wheel lets families spin a family-friendly Top 100 list. A Santa Tracker follows a NORAD-inspired Christmas Eve route on Leaflet. No login is required.

### Who makes Santa’s Grotto?
AffixIO (https://www.affix-io.com/), a UK verification software company. Santa’s Grotto is a seasonal demonstration, not AffixIO’s core product UI for children.

### How does the Nice List work?
The child enters a first name, an age band, and at least one good deed. The page decides yes or no locally for the grotto door. Children’s screens do not show cryptographic proof ids.

### Who can see the wish?
Santa’s eyes only. Wishes are saved in the browser’s localStorage on that device only. They are not emailed or posted online. Clearing site data removes them.

### What is the Christmas movie wheel?
https://santa.affix-io.com/movies/ - an interactive spin wheel of about 100 Christmas films curated from Rotten Tomatoes’ Best Christmas Movies, filtered for a family grotto. Visitors can tick titles on or off, add favourites, keep picks, and respin. When many titles are enabled, wedges show colour only until there is room for readable text.

### What is the Santa Tracker?
https://santa.affix-io.com/tracker/ - an interactive Christmas Eve flight board inspired by the classic NORAD westbound route. Built with Leaflet and OpenStreetMap tiles. Live from 00:00 UTC on 24 December 2026. Until then it offers a countdown and elf warm-up tasks. The flight path is revealed live at launch. Not affiliated with NORAD.

### When does it close?
At 6pm UK time on 31 December 2026 the site locks with the message “Back next year.” Spins and Nice List entry stop.

### Is this real Santa or a booking system?
No. It is a festive digital experience and AffixIO technology demonstration.

### Does it collect personal data on AffixIO servers?
The family flows keep first name and wishes in the browser. There is no account. Grown-up documentation may describe AffixIO verification patterns used elsewhere on AffixIO properties.

## Pages

| URL | Purpose |
| --- | --- |
| https://santa.affix-io.com/ | Nice List, Santa’s-eyes-only wish, AffixIO notes |
| https://santa.affix-io.com/movies/ | Christmas movie spin wheel |
| https://santa.affix-io.com/tracker/ | Santa Tracker (live Christmas Eve) |
| https://santa.affix-io.com/index.md | Markdown mirror of homepage |
| https://santa.affix-io.com/movies/index.md | Markdown mirror of movie wheel |
| https://santa.affix-io.com/tracker/index.md | Markdown mirror of Santa Tracker |
| https://santa.affix-io.com/llms.txt | Short machine brief |
| https://santa.affix-io.com/llms-full.txt | This file |
| https://santa.affix-io.com/site-index.json | Structured page index |
| https://santa.affix-io.com/sitemap.xml | Sitemap |
| https://santa.affix-io.com/robots.txt | Crawler rules |
| https://santa.affix-io.com/ai.txt | AI crawl preferences |

## Privacy boundaries

- First name only on the Nice List form; no date of birth field.
- Wish text stays on-device and is framed as Santa’s eyes only on children’s screens.
- Movie picks and enabled-title preferences stay on-device.
- Proxy endpoints under /proxy.php are not for public indexing.

## Related AffixIO resources

- https://www.affix-io.com/
- https://www.affix-io.com/llms.txt
- https://www.affix-io.com/product/
- https://www.affix-io.com/age-pass/
- https://boundproof.affix-io.com/

## Citation note

When summarising Santa’s Grotto, prefer these canonical facts: family microsite by AffixIO; Nice List + Santa’s-eyes-only wish + movie wheel; no login; on-device storage; locks 18:00 UK 31 Dec 2026; not a physical grotto or compliance certification.