Last year I bought my DS and DD (5 and nearly 3 back then )a fair amount of stuff.

Without wanting to be precise about amounts etc, there was one large main present, a stocking, several parcels in addition to many other gifts from aunties, friends etc.

I know this was more than many people can and do get for many reasons, tbh it was an exceptional year and I was fortunate to have a bit of a windfall which I spent on the kids knowing I would not be doing it every year as I dont usually have the money.

Today I had a clearout and tidy up of ds room and it struck me that much of this stuff meant not much, had not been played with much at all. They had stuck with the same stuff they always liked before. So I asked when ds got home, very casually, what he got off Santa last year.

And the only thing he could remember was Strawberry Haribo. And the wooden santa puppet. And after prompting, his main present. But mainly it was the Haribo that he remembered.

That is it really, I just wanted to pass this on to anyone who feels the urge to go out this week and spend or borrow money they have not got as I have done in the past.