I know it's past Christmas Day but we have just arrived at my in-laws' house and they plan for us to exchange gifts on the 31st.
We have an almost 3 year old who has only just started to really love Christmas and get excited about Father Christmas. So we'd like to keep it secret for a little while longer.
However, my PIL and SIL do things slightly differently; while we give stocking gifts which are from FC, then main presents from parents and grandparents (my parents), the in-laws tell the children everything is from Father Christmas. Including presents to adults. Except then they go around thanking each other....
We are trying to think of a way to explain this away. It's the first time we have spent Christmas here and we've been able to dodge the issue till now!
Background: my FIL is notorious for giving away secrets (tells us what my MIL has bought us, which isn't the end of the world for adults) and yesterday said in front of our son that his older cousin (10) knows there is no FC. His justification was "he doesn't understand" (son is bilingual but doesn't speak much in their language). Luckily he seemed not to have heard.
How to get around this? And yes, I know it's hardly a major issue, but we'd just like to keeps the mystery a little bit.