Where are you from and what does Santa bring?

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Yorkshire.

My parents didn't do Santa with me growing up so I knew my gifts were all from them. With DS we do one gift from Santa and the rest are from us.

Stockings only, multiple locations in south and midlands

On Christmas eve my kids open their present from us- new PJ'S. There may already be gifts under the tree if we have seen family before Christmas. Everything else that arrives Christmas morning (including the stocking) cones from Santa. I don't think kids think too deeply about what their friends did or didn't get- mine don't anyway. I'm in Ireland.

And always Santa in Scotland! Never heard anyone call him Father Christmas here, although DD has been watching Peppa and has said it a few times

I'm in Scotland, when I was a child santa brought everything
Now with my wee one, santa brings 2/3 gifts (typically the 'main' one) and the rest are from mum and dad and family ones are from family

He's Father Christmas to my parents. The word Santa is considered to be distastefully American.

Scotland.
Stockings and one medium gift from Santa (left by fireplace!).

Main gifts are always from named real people.

New Zealand. Santa brings the stockings.

I do what my parents did for us which is stocking of small stuff from Santa and an additional visit from St Nicholas on 6th Dec when he'd fill a shoe with chocolates.
My parents are from Ireland and Germany, I think our Christmas traditions were more informed by the German heritage. We used to open presents late on Xmas eve, but I don't do that with my dc.

I'm from Italy, as a DC I was a bit confused whether it was 'Babbo Natale' or the baby Jesus that bought Christmas presents.

My parents did one present under the tree from Father Christmas so I do the same.

The Befana (an old lady/Christmas witch) brings stockings on the 6th January.

Don't think I have ever heard anyone in my family refer to 'Santa'!

London. Father Christmas brings everything for children. They don't get presents from their parents at all.

NE, Santa brings everything we buy, whether it's in the stocking or otherwise. We gift the Christmas Eve box from us which we've been doing since 15 yo was born and before they were even a thing. Anything bought by friends or family is from them.

I from SE. Santa brought the stocking. I can't recall a time where I though Santa brought the main presents.

Northern Ireland. Santa brings everything (from us, their parents), if it's from a family member or friend then that is from them. I've never known anyone to do it different so maybe it's a northern Irish thing

Edinburgh born and Santa brought everything apart from anything form family members which were under the tree.

I do it the exact same way.

I don’t think children think the same way as adults, we got more that some and and less than others and I never questioned it.

If I ever ask my DC what their friends got for Christmas I get a half vacant look, a shrug of the shoulders and a “I don’t know”

I'm from Derbyshire and Santa gifts the stocking. He also delivers the main presents, after mummy and daddy have sent him the money and list.

I don't like the idea of Santa bringing main presents, because I can only imagine how upsetting it could be for the children who come from families who have a smaller budget when Santa only brings them a couple of smaller things compared the the bigger budget families.
Family presents just come from family, they don't go to Santa or anything.

Midlands. Growing up father Christmas brought either everything, some things or everything but grandparents etc posted gifts to him to then bring to us.

Dds are 6 and 4 and we do it so that Santa brings a few presents, wrapped in different paper and labelled 'from Father Christmas'. It gets around the conversations about why some children don't have as much as others as well.

England. Father Christmas brings some and parents/family others. Name on tags. Nothing set in stone, kids don't really care. I don't really understand why people are so strict about it.

Yorkshire. Santa brings a stocking - chocolate, book, small things like slinky, rubiks cube. Big present from us.

NI here. We never had stockings or Christmas Eve boxes as kids so Santa brought everything for us. I remember getting a gift from the parents on Christmas Eve but I think they only did that for a couple of years when we were teens.
DD is only 5 months but Santa will bring everything. If she ever asks why her friends got more expensive gifts, that will be explained by he either ran out of it, thought she’d like something else more, or that person had a more difficult year so Santa is trying to make it up to them.