to think Father Christmas only goes to one house per child?

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Get up yesterday Father Christmas had been for the DCs.

Went to MIL's "Look what Father Christmas has brought you here"
Went to my parents, my dad tells the children how he got up at 5, but Father Christmas had not been so he went back to bed and when he got up later he had been with the DCs presents.

Surely FC comes to the children's houses and any other presents from people living at different addresses such as GPs are from them not Father Christmas. Or do other children have Father Christmas go to different addresses for them?

Also can I have another AIBU in the same thread? Well I am anyway

AIBU to ask MIL to limit presents to 5 each next year? I know she is their GP and she loves her DGCs to bits and she cant help herself, but when we went yesterday there was present after present after present and they kept coming for each DC. I dont want to be over-run with toys them to be too spoiled.

Thanks

How on earth is saying Santa left it at our house trying to out do the parents?? If GP's want to out do parents they'd say look at what we bought for you.

The vast majority of GP's just want to enjoy their grandchildren & for their grandchildren to get the maxiumum possible enjoyment out of Christmas. Who cares who buys what or who buys the most or whatever - just enjoy it all. If there's something you want to buy your own children because you know they'll absolutely love it - simply tell them that you are buying it.

Children don't care where he leaves presents - the more the merrier!!

Bebe - all you can do is tell your MIL what your DD said, then next year it's up to her whether it's from her or FC isn't it.

If you feel the presents are excessive - put lots of them away and bring them out during the year.

I know it's hard when they are fit & healthy or just a pain in the arse... but honestly, pick your battles. If they weren't here next Christmas how would you feel about what they had done this Christmas? Sometimes we can only appreciate these things by learning the hard way, but sometimes we can be a little smarter and learn these things from others who have been there before us. It's up to you which you do.

I'm of the 'pick your battles and let the kids have a whale of a time at Christmas' school of thought.

Though I do agree that asking GPs to limit the number of presents is reasonable, though GP may not.

I don't get your problem. SAnta is an invention. Do you tell the DCs all the presents at yours are from him? At ours the stocking was and the others were bought by fmily and brought to the house by him. In that case, why would it be wrong for him to leave some elsewhere? You are trying (as I was htere, I suppose) to impose logic on a magical story. It doesn't matter what the GPs say about the presents! WHy do you think it does?