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How to explain that santa wont bring a certain gift.

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IShitGlitter · 21/12/2019 07:32

My DS4 wanted all kinds for Christmas this year so weve bought almost everything he wanted but a camera. I just cant afford it along with everything else hes got his birthday is in Feb so am planning to buy him one then. I have explained santa doesn't bring everything on the list but it's just not cutting it.

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dementedpixie · 21/12/2019 07:37

We used to say that although Santa brought the presents he used our money to pay for them so presents were limited by how much money we had in our account. You can then say that he might get other things at his birthday too

IggyAce · 21/12/2019 07:37

This is why Santa only brings one gift in our house and we and others buy anything else.
I know others have a rule that Santa doesn’t bring tech gifts.

Shaunthesheep34 · 21/12/2019 07:41

I tell mine Santa only makes so much of each toy so if he gets to our house and has run out of it they get something else he thinks they would like instead.

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IceCreamAndCandyfloss · 21/12/2019 07:47

If that’s the item he really wants I’d return one of the other gifts and exchange it. I got one from Amazon recently as a birthday present for a friends child and it was approx £15.

SunnyForMe · 21/12/2019 07:50

You could say that there is only limited space on Santa's sleigh, so if he gave your DS everything he wanted another child might miss out altogether as there would be no room for their toys. Santa has to be careful to make sure that he manages to get presents to every child, and sometimes that means not getting everything on your list. Something like that?

TreeTopTim · 21/12/2019 07:50

I told DS when he was younger that santa didn't always bring what was on your list. He gave you things that he thought that you may like better.

TreeTopTim · 21/12/2019 07:52

Also remember that it is a wish list not a shopping list. I think it is good that children learn this and learn that they won't always get what they have asked for, even at Christmas.

Danni91 · 21/12/2019 07:54

Always told mine Santa brings toys and not technology ect as the elves can't build it.
Same goes for clothes and food.

We pick a 2/3 toys out from Santa usually board games / wooden toys type things.

I think a camera would come under technology!

Tellingitlikeitisnt · 21/12/2019 07:54

Santa just brings one thing per child

So you either just write one thing on the Santa letter or he chooses something from your list.

He doesn’t have room on his sleigh for more than one present each

He also has a limit on how much the gift can cost but sometimes children’s parents chip in towards it with data which is why occasionally children get a huge gift (or you say that their parents will have told the child it’s from Santa but it isn’t, one of the smaller presents will have been)

Oh what tangled webs we weave hey?!

Anyway OP don’t start the tradition of trying to get your child everything in the list- as they get older the stuff gets more elaborate and you will find yourself in a ridiculous position.

Pixxie7 · 21/12/2019 07:55

Tell him as it’s a special present you want to buy it and thought he might like it for his birthday.

pinkyboots1 · 21/12/2019 08:00

We always told ours that we paid Santa in 'Santa Vouchers' and that way the kids knew there wasn't an everlasting supply of presents.
Your child may not be impressed by not getting the camera but he really does have to learn now that he can't have everything on the list. It should be a list of ideas and not a list of demands

Emmacb82 · 21/12/2019 08:01

That’s why Father Christmas will only ever bring the stocking in this house. Makes it incredibly difficult to explain why he can’t bring expensive stuff otherwise. Just have to keep telling him that the elves can’t make everything and that he’s a very lucky boy to get one gift let alone a few from him. Good luck!

SymbollocksInteractionism · 21/12/2019 08:01

@TreeTopTim
Same here. Mine were always told that Santa doesn't always bring what's on their list because he is very clever and knows what they will actually play with and sometimes he knows they have to be a wee bit older to really enjoy a particular toy.

You cant argue with Santa!!

IndecentFeminist · 21/12/2019 08:02

We've always said the list is suggestions not a shopping list. They will probably get some, but probably not all from it.

myfuckingfreezer · 21/12/2019 08:02

Also remember that it is a wish list not a shopping list

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THIS

Your kid is going to be balls to the wall excited on Christmas Day. Not having a camera will not ruin it and it's a great lesson to learn. Christmas is magical and amazing and yes you get presents, but you don't get to orchestrate the whole experience - that would take away some of the fun!

codenameduchess · 21/12/2019 08:03

No help now, but I've told my DD that she can ask Santa for up to 5 small/reasonable things and can ask us for anything else but she might not get everything.

She's asked me for some pretty expensive shit toys and I've just kept simple with 'that's a bit too big/expensive' and she's accepted it.

Re the camera, I got DD a kids one from amazon just last week reduced from £45 to £20, it's fab!

Mumdiva99 · 21/12/2019 08:06

It's a list not an order form. (Santa brings stockings and 1 present here). We give them a couple of other presents.

cleaning247 · 21/12/2019 08:09

We just say the list is a few suggestions but Father Christmas might freestyle. You might put a pony on the list but frankly youre getting toothbrushes, bath bombs and a satsuma

drspouse · 21/12/2019 08:10

Santa just brings stockings here.

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IShitGlitter · 21/12/2019 08:11

I love the santa doesn't bring technology toys as we dont like them having to much tech anyway they both do have tablets that were our old ones but hardly ever go on them. Anyway........I have already told him this morning santa doesn't get everything on the list and he didn't quite get it as such so these are some great explanations to give him along side it thank you.

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stargirl1701 · 21/12/2019 08:16

My DC (7 and 5) put 3 things on their list and Father Christmas brings one of them plus a stocking. All other gifts are from people who need to be thanked. We are trying to send the message that getting everything you want does not make you happy. Trying to make Christmas perfect will make you unhappy. Christmas is about being with family and friends, and the presents are a small token of love.

Elves can't build electronics as the North Pole workshop is too cold. Once they start asking for tech it will come from us.

BuffaloCauliflower · 21/12/2019 08:20

Santa should only bring smaller stocking gifts, main under the tree gifts come from parents/family. I don’t get why Santa would bring everything?

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 21/12/2019 08:24

Santa brings one gift, family get the rest.

beela · 21/12/2019 08:27

The list is just ideas for santa.

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