Important reminder re Santa

Not gonna lie, mine could have been forgotten this year as I fell asleep putting dc2 to bed. Luckily DH stepped up for a change and sorted stockings.

I’ve never allowed stockings in rooms, always downstairs

given that ds2 (10) is still awake this was the right decision
santa has just had to do his special delivery in the room immediately below his when I knew he was still awake. Had to get dh to go and talk to him gently to distract (hopefully) from the noise

I don’t think he actually believes but I think he desperately wants to

I will get up at some point and fill them but the kids are only just in bed…

I regret ever starting this whole stocking in the bedroom business.

I prepare all year for this by putting their school uniform/clothes out as I go to bed. I'll lay out clothes for Church tomorrow tonight. So it makes it easy to put a Santa's sack in, as it's just me clattering in the wardrobe finding clothes as normal.

Stocking all filled hiding outside the bedroom door so I can put it on the end of the bed from 6am! If he wakes any earlier I can say he hasn't been yet and we must go back to sleep for a bit 😅

I also remember the excitement I'd get from feeling the sack on my feet and trying to replicate this!

Santa leaves the stocking outside the bedroom door for dd (14) to open when she wakes up. I was always allowed to open my stocking whenever I wanted and it was something I loved doing. One present (Random choice) after breakfast and rest after lunch as she's old enough to wait!

That's sad.

I had a conversation with my adult children about an hour ago how Santa mentioned to me that he might come before midnight tonight, as he had a lot to get done.

I was assured headphones would be on in both bedrooms and to pass that message back to him.

I still love suggesting to Santa what he could pop in their stockings. And they still love receiving them.

I keep putting off going to hang it on DC's door. 1, because I cannot be arsed to get out of bed. 2, I'm terrified DC will catch me because 'bloody santa' has put a bag of sweets in the top that makes crinkly noises!

Stockings at the end of the kids beds is my favourite part of Christmas! We all stay in bed and me and DH drink coffee and the kids open their stockings.

Never had stockings as a kid and still don’t have them for DC 🤷🏻‍♀️

Interesting all the different traditions.

Not sure why people are sneaking stockings for teens though?

Teen DC here so I'll do their stocking in the morning before they surface, I cant wait til they've gone to bed! 🤣

Tried to persuade my 2 to do that, but it's not as much fun as opening stocking presents upstairs on the bed and makes them the same as normal presents 😞😞😢

And this is why I don’t delete my Mumsnet account. The WISDOM

I am ‘Team Duplicate Stockings’ too. I simply set an alarm and swap them over at 4am, that’s when they are deepest asleep lol and I can still get back to sleep after the swap. If they do wake up, at least they’ve had a few hours sleep prior ! Mine are all teens now but I’ve done this since they were tiny !

This reminds me of how I found out Santa wasn’t real: I woke up to my dad drunkenly trying to hook the stocking on the door handle from the outside, and failing miserably.

Just snuck mine in. Stressful moment when DC rolled over but all is now well!

I have always done this and it's amazing. Stockings have been filled since this morning.

My DC are now mid teens and still have no idea there are duplicates!

Bless her. That's so sweet. At least she gave Father Christmas a heads up!

Same! I'm neither waiting up for 16 yo to go to sleep, nor creeping in his room at stupid o'clock. It's magical in different ways not being woken up at 5am!
DS1 isn't home from Thailand until Boxing Day so Father Christmas has to come that night as well.

I feel your pain, mine are in the pub too. I’m on sofa with dog, wine and Hugh Grant 🎅🏻

I’m awake and mustering the courage to get in there as if I get it wrong it’s hard to back track. Still have to sneak downstairs and get rid of the mince pies and carrots scared for that too!

ive got two stockings that are not identical after the debarcle of last year and it taking to long to fill with a light sleeper, when asked tomorrow why Santa changed them,
I will be saying - no idea that’s a weird thing to do!

I’m waiting for my teens to go to bed so I can deliver to their bedrooms 🫠

We do pillow cases, just random ones each year. We pick which one they will use as part of the elf of a shelf thing early in December (a sort of saw-esque game, which one will you choose? 🤣 -its only sinister in my head). Then I fill the chosen one's match and shove them in the garage under some tarpaulin. The empty ones go on the end of the beds, dc go to sleep and the swap happens.

I like the end of the bed, if downstairs they get muddled up with tree gifts and would want to open them all then and there. I need a break from the presents for a bit, stockings pillow case gifts get open in our bed when they wake up, go downstairs, eat the chocolate in their stockings, play with the toys till breakfast is ready. After breakfast, get dressed then tree gift time. Breaks it all up for me.

Side note: when I was a kid, I tried to trick father Christmas and put a duvet cover instead of a pillow case, hoping he would give me more presents. I woke to a full pillow case and a note saying 'nice try'.

Stocking on the landing here. Also have two identical stockings - DD only thinks there’s one. Secret one is full so can just do a quick swap as hubby comes to bed early hours (he then hides empty stocking)