To claim some of Santa's haul?

[bumblebee39]

So normally I do Christmas Eve boxes, and Xmas day is all Santas Magic plus a sprinkling of other gifts from other friends and family

Thing is Santa has a rather generous haul this year.
Do I wrap some from me? Or let them think Santa was particularly generous this year they haven't been particularly well behaved

Wrap some from you, take some credit. Not many people on here would say it’s all from Santa. Just look at one of the many threads on the subject.

You say you helped Santa. Then you dont have any extra jobs.

Not wrapped yet so no extra jobs just whether it's one or two types of wrapping paper

Fuck Santa, he should bring a stocking and have done with it. You can still leave the mince pie and carrot.

Really don’t understand why children shouldn’t appreciate that parents work hard to spend money on them and buy them what they’ve asked for and let a pretend story take all the credit. I think that’s ludicrous.

Santa is a generous delivery guy in our home - he fills stockings and brings one ‘big’ present (which is something from their lists, not necessarily most expensive but the thing they really want the most). Everything else is from us! Would that work for you?

My DSD doesn’t appreciate anything she gets as ALL of it is from The Elf, The Birthday Fairy, Santa etc. Magic brings it, without any effort from her or anyone else, so why should she care? She has no concept of labour in exchange for money in exchange for the mountains and mountains of presents she gets. It’s a shame for her as I think the world is going to seem pretty shit when the wheels come off and she she realises it was all her mum, dad and me. Santa has his place, but I do think it is important for reality to co-exist with him. Take the credit. Get some thanks. You deserve it.

After awkward questions from my eldest (who is 8 years older than the next one) of why did we not buy her anything - why are their toy appeals for children who won’t get anything - why does Santa no like them

We changed it for the rest of the kids Santa brings stocking and one small thing from the list.
I honestly don’t think they will mind they won’t know what Santa’s quota should have been and will be so busy in the excitement to stop and think.