To think this is a really weird thing to do with presents?

My other rationale is it makes the transition less of a shock when some do and don't believe, to me it's just what works for your family and what people grew up with.

With the ages in this house it works better for us this way

This.

If they are young enough to believe in Santa, I find it hard to believe that after 2 weeks they will go back to school perfectly remembering who got them what. Surely they just say what they got? Not necessarily from who.

I don't mind Santa taking the credit. Eventually, they find out who has really done it all. That's good enough for me.

Stockings of token gifts from Santa, presents under the tree from family etc. I hate the notion my kids would go back to school and boast what Santa brought them and some kid whose parents cannot afford it got SFA.

Also as others have said why should the big man get all the credit? X

Everything was from Santa when I was little, it was the same for DH growing up too which is why I imagine no one has objected to it.

It doesn’t feel rude to me at all but again, it’s also what I’m used to.

Hard agree.

A few small gifts from Santa, main gifts from parents.

I absolutely cannot imagine accepting gifts from others then pretending to my child they were from Santa!

So rude and also quite a large risk to take. Just one 'Did you like the dolly I sent you?' and the kid's Santa dreams are over!!

Can’t believe you’re so outraged that you would write your name with a sharpie 😂😂 everyone does Christmas differently. If you are that upset by it don’t give the children gifts. Not something I could get worked up about.

SPOT ON

I really don’t understand that… also I wouldn’t be buying her kids pressies. Or I’d give it to them after Christmas lol.

In our house Santa gives one pressie. It’s the one thing you really really want. All the other pressies get bought by me/DH and we send them to Santa who delivers them on Christmas Eve. If other people buy them things they are just put under the tree and they open them on Christmas Day.

My friend had to explain to my godson that Santa had to remember all the children in the world, so he would probably only get nice "little somethings" from him, when he blithely told her that she needn't worry about the eye-wateringly expensive wishes he had, as he would leave all that to Santa, leaving them to get little bits and pieces....
he genuinely thought that was the kindest way to spare them expense.

This is how the Santa thing was ruined for me as a child.

I remember being about 6 and a family member dropped off some presents (labelled) I saw one marked for me and it was a very distinctive shape(sort of triangular & bobbly).
When it was delivered by Santa (with label removed) I twigged that I'd been sold a story. 😞
I didn't let on of course-didn't want to risk the presente!! 😬

Stockings were from Santa - everything else is from the named present giver - DH/I or family and friends

That's a good one. You'd have endless MN parents down on you like a ton of bricks if you did that!

They must be very young to believe that.

The Santa business has become really out of hand in recent years.

I always called friends and family Santa Helpers. Gifts from mom and dad of course were from Santa.

Put a label inside the wrapping paper/present saying "Santa doesn't exist, this is from me" (obviously don't call yourself santaslittlehelper 😂)

What would you do if they said no?

And also, why do you do this? Why can't your children understand that other people give gifts too?

Everything is from Santa here including from other people but we ask them first. No one has said no yet.

sounds ridiculous tbh

I'd stop buying gifts for them. Santa fills the stocking, wrapped gifts are from real people, and whilst I don't expect kids to sit and write a dozen stupid 'thank you' letters, it's good for them to at least say thanks to the people who've made the effort to get them a gift.

Odd thing to do IMO! We have always put gifts under the tree throughout dec from us/friends/relatives, and presents from father Xmas appear on Xmas morning obviously 😁 ours are older now anyway so no father xmas…but never would I give father xmas credit for someone’s else gift they’d bothered to wrap and buy!

My youngest two, and their classmates still very much believe that all the gifts are made by Santas elves in santas workshop.
Just as my older children did. This is not something we have ever explicitly stated.

For many children, there's no notion that Santa is some kind of glorified delivery service, they wholeheartedly believe in the idea of magical little elves squirrelling away to construct toys and gifts.

Thank you 'letters' can take many forms. However, until they died, dd would write thank you cards to her great grandparents. They didn't have smartphones and really appreciated a tradition mailed letter or card.

Nothing wrong with a text to those who tend to prefer that form of communication but ], to me, it's about knowing the person and what they'd appreciate most.

Dd wasn't forced to write letters and notes, but grew up knowing that they were important to many people, especially her older relatives. Therefore she just did the without fuss,

If the op has spent time and effort (and money) choosing and buying a gift, why isn't she allowed to make sure the child knows who it is from?