How to give your kids a personal message from Santa by chatting to Alexa

If you have an Alexa at home here's how to get your message

With less than four weeks to go to the most magical night of the year, excitment is growing among little ones for Santa's arrival.

And if you have any kids in your life, we recommend you try this trick to bring even more festive magic into your lives.

From now until Christmas, Santa will be giving daily updates to Amazon Alexa about how he's preparing for the big day.

Not only can the kids listen to the updates but they can even get their own personalised message from the man himself.

All your children have to do is ask Alexa how many days there are left until Christmas.

After giving them the answer, Alexa will then reply: "Would you like to hear an update from my good friend Santa?"

Santa will then takes over the recording and promises to keep children updated on his festive preparations over the next few weeks.