Dear Santa (Red Tiger Gaming) – Review & Demo Play

Dear Santa: Slot Overview

Dear Santa wraps a festive 5x3 set-up around a Snow White meets Santa mash-up. It looks like familiar Christmas fare, with snow, baubles and a cheery tune, and plays on 25 fixed lines from left to right. I spun it over a few sessions and found the loop revolves around letter collection, the odd multiplier wild from Snow White, and expanding Santa reels. It’s a straight seasonal ride aiming to reach free spins, with the mailbox tracking progress at your current stake.

Dear Santa Slot Information

The slot runs on 5 reels, 3 rows, and 25 paylines. Stakes range from 0.10 to 20, with a default RTP of 95.76%, plus lower settings at 92.72% and 90.78%. Volatility sits in the mid/high bracket, and the hit frequency is listed at 41.59%, so wins show up often enough while bigger pops take a bit of patience. It’s fully playable on mobile, tablet, and desktop, and wins are evaluated from the leftmost reel on active lines.

The max win is 3,580x the bet, which matches the festive brief without going overboard. The Christmas letter collection is locked per bet level, so changing stake moves you to the mailbox for that level. The rightmost reel drops letters, which feed the feature flow and nudge you towards free spins. Between spins, the expanding Santa Wild and Snow White multipliers provide base game sparks, but the real action kicks in once the bonus lands.

Dear Santa Symbols and Paytable

Low pays are 10, J, Q, K, and A, awarding roughly 2x to 3x the bet for five of a kind. High pays are lollipops, golden horse, ice skates, and bells, paying about 4x up to 20x for five. Wild symbols substitute all pays, while the Bonus Scatter is the trigger piece. It’s a tidy ladder where premium clusters matter, and line-building through a multiplier wild gives those mid-tier hits some bite.

The paytable bands track as follows on five-of-a-kind: a top premium at x20, then x10, x6, and x4, followed by mid symbols at x3 and x3, and the lows down at x2, x2, and x2. Lower lengths scale with standard steps shown in-game. Scatter and Wild entries sit separately, with the Wilds doing most of the heavy lifting when paired with lines running through the first-reel Snow White Wild.

Dear Santa Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x20
	4	x2
	3	x1
	2	x0.4
	5	x10
	4	x1.2
	3	x0.8
	2	x0.2
	5	x6
	4	x1
	3	x0.6
	5	x4
	4	x0.8
	3	x0.4
	5	x3
	4	x0.6
	3	x0.2
	5	x3
	4	x0.6
	3	x0.2
	5	x2
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	5	x2
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	5	x2
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	Scatter
	Wild

Dear Santa: Slot Features

Snow White Wild lands on reel 1 in both game states and carries a random win multiplier of x2, x3, x5, or x10. The multiplier applies to all line wins passing through it, and the wild substitutes for all paying symbols, counting as the symbol that forms the longest win on a line. Santa Wilds hit on reels 2, 3, and 4 and expand over the full reel if expansion creates a win, also substituting for pays in the process.

Christmas Letters land only on the last reel and get collected in the mailbox above it. Free Spins trigger by either landing 3 scatters on reels 2, 3, and 4 or by collecting 60 letters in the mailbox, awarding 10 spins. Scatters do not appear in the bonus, so retriggers are off the table. At bonus start, a Santa Wild is placed on the middle reel and stays there for the entire feature.

During free spins, Santa throws Christmas Present Wilds on reels 2 and/or 4 for each collected letter. The amount is random, capped at six per spin, and these presents only appear in the bonus. Any letters left after the feature carry over to the base game. If you prefer to skip the post, Feature Buy offers free spins with 10, 25, or 60 letters for 40x, 100x, or 300x the bet, respectively.

Dear Santa: Slot Verdict

From my seat, Dear Santa plays like traditional Christmas card stuff with a neat Snow White twist. The visuals are cosy but generic; the gameplay rhythm hinges on letters, the first-reel multiplier wild, and expanding Santas, with the bonus adding Present Wilds for extra line coverage. It can tick along rather than blast off, yet the 3,580x ceiling, mid/high profile, and mailbox carryover keep the chase engaging. Casual spins fit it well, and letter banking per stake gives steady purpose.