Who are Santa's presents from, him or us?

[MrsWembley]

New argument with DP.

He just told me that Santa's pressies come from us and Santa just delivers them. I said, nooooo, that's so wrong in sooo many ways. Santa's pressies are all to do with him. DD sends him the begging letter and also the thank-you afterwards. We know nothing about anything until Christmas morning.

Anyway, I told him that I had never heard of that before and I would put it to MN to find out let him know it's bollocks.

She'll be 2.6 at Christmas so it's her first one where she'll really get the build up and DP is also very excited about the glass of sherry and mince pie extravaganza that Santa will get. Again .

When our Dcs were little, FC used to bring them a stocking with just enough cheap and tacky rubbish to keep them amused between them waking ( usually around 3am) and us waking ( having leapt into bed at around 2.59 am when we heard DCs stirring ). He also used to bring some of the gifts under the tree and very kindly used to put 'our' presents to Dcs in a separate pile after he had removed them from under the tree to make way for his gifts! Presents from other people are always from the person who gave them, under the tree or otherwise.

These days DCs are all growed up! ( early twenties/late teens) so FC now only leaves them a small stocking. Still buys the same old tat though! Funnily enough, DCs seem to look forward to the tat more than the decent stuff that 'we' buy them!

FC used to do the stocking and big present here but then poor DS started to ask why some children get much more than him. So now "he" still brings the big present but DS realises that we give the £ the money to pay for it rather than thinking FC loves him less than Johnny new bike and 2 games consoles down the road

I think that Santa brings the stocking and a large gift. Parents, friends and family then buy any additional gifts, which are not delivered by Santa.

Last year was ds first Christmas and we spent the morning alone then went to my parents. We met up with dh's family a few days before Christmas to do a present exchange mini Christmas with them. Only to be told we couldn't exchange them as d niece thought Santa brought them.
I'll go with that until ds understands - he'll be nearly 2 this Christmas. Then niece should be old enough not to believe and we can all just give presents.

I think it takes all the joy out of giving. Oh and to top it off we are told what to give- last year it was Sylvanian family set for d niece and a voucher for her baby brother. Why not just hand over cash if you can't choose or give the present!! All we did was trail to the shops and wrap it!

Santa. The elves make them. They get pressies from aunties and uncles and gp and so forth too.

I remember this question came up last year and it got very heated indeed! Personal insults were thrown, with people accusing each other either of being selfish for denying the magic of Santa or irresponsible for not teaching their children to say thank you!

It wasn't pretty!

I reckon there is no right answer!
Really, it's up to you to invent Christmas customs which work for you, enjoy

Although if you're after a vote for one side or the other, I like stockings coming from Father Christmas and tree presents from family / friends. We go to the ILs every other year though and MIL does Father Christmas presents under the tree too, which could be confusing, but ... I reckon by the time DS is old enough to worry about inconsistencies in where his presents from Santa come from rather than just enjoying them, he's probably old enough to know that Father Christmas doesn't exist anyway!

Until this year Santa has brought the pressies. But last year, on Boxing day, DS turned to me and said:

I got gifts from Santa, and my dad and all my family. Why did you not buy me a present?

This year, Santa will bring most gifts, but two pressies will be from me. In different wrapping paper.

Father christmas does the stockings at the end of the bed. Made by elves or purchased by father christmas ... He even shops at tesco I was informed last year being shown some tat with a made for tesco label on it oophs !!

Mummy, Daddy and other family presents are under the tree.

When you stop believing in father Christmas your stocking stops. Father Christmas can tell this by knowing if you can hear the magical sleigh bells and this was evidenced in the film Polar Express.. I love that film :-)

Santa brought the main present from us. DDs are too old to believe
Stockings,whatever fits from random relatives.
My parents presents absolutely come from them, I was not brought up to believe in God, fairies or Father Christmas.
As DDs got older, I told them that Santa sent Mummy the bill, so they couldn't ask for really silly things.

DH's family did stockings from Santa properly.
He and his sister recaptured some of the magic by doing stockings for their parents once they could afford to.

Even now, my parents insist that there is pressie under the tree that they didn't buy. Santa brought it.

I'm 38.
And I have to say I love it.

haha jules, stopped myself from getting lots of art&craft type stocking fillers earlier because they said tesco on them, and DS1 is very proudly learning to read. Cover would be blown.

Oh I hear so much misunderstanding about Father Christmas!

In the olden days when there weren't so many children in the world and before plastic/electronic toys etc were invented, and when people didn't have so much money, the Elves did make all the toys in their workshops.

Nowadays, children still send Father Christmas a list because he likes to read them, it's a bit of tradition and he still chooses one or two smaller things from the list to give from himself.

People now buy presents and leave them for the Elves to collect and Father Christmas delivers them on Christmas Eve. He wouldn't be able to make all of the toys/presents and it seems a bit daft when they can be bought in the shops anyway.

He delivers all the presents on Christmas Eve and manages to get it all done in one night thanks to different time zones around the world.

FGS, of course they come from Santa. Have you never opened the door on Christmas Eve to an irate little man with a beard, dressed in red, complaining vociferously because your chimney was blocked up? And handing you the presents, while saying "Where's my fucking sherry? I need it after that."

That sounds like a Parcel Force driver that really need some retraining.

Santa definitely brings the presents- he is magic and makes all your dreams come true!

I don't understand parents that tell their kids it's them that gives santa the presents, or that they give him money etc I don't even get why you would make the rubbish stocking presents from santa but the big and best ones from parents, surely that makes it all a bit less magical.

I think some parents just can't handle Santa getting the credit- it's all very selfish of them if you ask me.

Kids always find out the truth eventually and you will get your credit for the lovely magical santa years eventually- so we say santa brings all the presents and dds little face when she sees them is a treasure- we alone couldn't make that magic moment.

MrsWembley

FC brings stockings and one or two bigger presents for under the tree. We get the dc a couple of smaller things which are labelled from us.

So far ds1 (will be 5 at Christmas) has no idea that a letter to FC is part of the deal. FC decides what to bring, based on information gathered during reconnaisance missions to establish 'goodness' of behaviour. If you're an ungrateful bugger not happy with them, he'll not bother next year .

Santa brings stocking presents everything els comes from parents or relatives. It must be Santa bringing the stockings as DH and I each get one.

See this is all alien to me! Santa/fc brings the " stockings" (medium sized gift bag). He bring what he knows you will love- you don't have to write letters etc, and often brings stuff your mother would never buy you- character underwear for instance and lots of edible goodies, or the latest " silly toy" .

Otherwise present from granny are from granny (what's all this " granny gives it to fc to deliver" lark- he's not a postman!) and the big pressie is definitely from mum and dad!

Santa also has a very bad habit of leaving glittery snowflakes/ stars magically on your bedroom floor so you you can get your feet prickled lol. I think he may have learned stars are less prickly than snowflakes underfoot!

I absolutely believe you are never to old for a stocking and I think I'll do one or my elderly parents this year. Yknow, just to give the big an a hand!

FC does stockings and will deliver all the other gifts, but we bought the other gifts (and he delivers them like a postman that let's himself in).

We live in an area with a lot of people who are a lot richer than us, I don't want DS to think that they were 'more good' than him.

FC is the postman here, but he is watching, and if you live in my house he also phones up on xmas eve to make sure the DC's are going to bed properly...
it's amazing what my DH will do sometimes!!

Yup Father Christmas is the postman here too. We have a special phone line to discuss what presents the DC's want. We buy them, wrap them and then put them under the tree before xmas. Santa then collects them and if DC's have been good he brings them on xmas morning, however if he thinks they dont deserve them then he gives those presents to other children who deserve them. There is always a special present just from Santa though.

Thats how my parents did it with myself and my DB and we always enjoyed xmas.

In our family, all presents come from Santa, none from parents.
We put other family presents under the tree, they will all have gift tag/card to say who they came from. But none from parents.

Hooray MCos someone else who does 'him' the right way