How to become a Santa for your family: the Christmas guide for expats from Africa

Christmas is here again, the most beautiful time that one wants to spend with their family. Those living and working abroad, however, might not always be able to do that. But they can still make the best of it! If you celebrate your expat Christmas away from your loved ones, read on to learn how to become a Santa for them, even from afar, with the help of exciting new technologies.

Send money

One such technology is Profee, a licensed online money transfer service available in over 70 destinations around the world, including Africa. This holiday season, as you are thinking of how to show your family back home your love and support, it can become a magical solution in your guide for Christmas, saving you time and money. As an African expat in Europe, you can send money gifts with a couple of taps on your smartphone anytime, anywhere. Some examples of the benefits you can get from Profee while figuring out how to become a Santa for your loved ones:

• Top currency exchange rates on the market thanks to the unique monitoring system
• Zero fees on all transfers to Kenya and Nigeria and a special promo rate on the 1st transfer
• Options to send money to M-Pesa and Airtel
• Zero fees on the first transfer to Egypt, Rwanda, Uganda, Tunis, and other destinations in Africa
• The highest level of security for transfers to all the destinations we offer.

Let’s see how all these can help you show love and support to your family this holiday season.

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Make your mum happy

According to any Christmas guide for Santa in Africa, be it Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt, or any other country, it is the season for change and rebirth, part of which is renewing your looks and clothes.

For example, with all the errands she runs daily, when was the last time your mother visited her hairdresser? And wouldn’t she secretly love to spruce herself up a little bit for the holidays? Here is a perfect Christmas gift idea: schedule an appointment with the hairdresser and pay them via Profee using M-Pesa or Airtel. It is very easy to do as you only need the hairdresser’s name and phone number to make the payment.

Moreover, since Christmas is a time not only of joy but also of expenses, sending some money to your parents is a reasonable recommendation in any Christmas guide. Whether your mother is going to cook Kenyan nyama choma, Nigerian jollof rice, or Egyptian Kahk el Eid biscuits, the money can help her uphold Christmas traditions and treat the family and friends to a truly festive meal.

If you want to save some money to send more to your parents, learn about Christmas money-saving tips.

Presents for the little ones

Celebrating your expat Christmas in Europe, you would probably miss your little nephews and nieces a lot. As Christmas traditions in Africa go, you cannot leave the youngest members of the family without a present.

And thanks to Profee online transfers, you don’t have to! One of the Christmas gift ideas can be a money transfer to their parents who then could buy new clothes for the kids if they are, say, in Kenya, or give it out as small cash presents if your family is in Egypt.

Celebrate with old friends…

Making up a guide for Christmas while you are far away would also make you think of your friends back home. If you come from a large city such as Nairobi or Lagos, meeting them over the holidays is most probably one of your Christmas traditions. You probably miss them all, but you still can enjoy the holiday season while being away.

Luckily, today, modern technology allows us to cross borders and eliminate distances easily. To make your expat Christmas feel like one at home, send your friends festive text messages and make a video call while they are out celebrating. And with a money transfer via Profee you can buy them a round of drinks.

…and make new ones

The beauty of being an expat celebrating Christmas s that you can be a Santa both in Africa for your old friends and in Europe for your new ones. Even if you have met just recently, get together to celebrate and start making your own Christmas traditions.

Since your new friends’ families are also far away, sharing your experience of using Profee can be part of your Christmas guide.

Let them know about this very convenient and profitable way of sending money from Europe to Africa, and invite them to try it out with your personal referral link. Once they send their first transfer, you both get rewarded: you get €10, and they get €5! Isn’t it a nice way to brighten up your shared expat Christmas?

Visit our website or get the Profee app from Google Play or the Apple store to make these coming holidays feel like you are celebrating at home.