Why isn't Santa more egalitarian?

[Catmeouws]

AIBU to wonder why Santa brings expensive toys for the children of rich families and cheaper toys for the children of poorer families? (On average)

Is it because the poorer children's parents wouldn't be able to afford the batteries?

... I have some bad news for you OP ;)

Anyway, it’s because the poorer families know the VALUE of a gift, and don’t care how much it cost. Obviously.

nothing to do with the parents buying the gifts at all

Santa only brings one gift at our house
The rest are bought by the parents.

He votes Conservative

It's because some -stupid-, -selfish- parents like to pretend that Santa brings all the presents. Just let him bring the stockings and make sure your children know that their parents actually care enough to buy them proper presents too.

Apparently I can't do strikethrough properly.

This is what happens when you pretend that Father Christmas brings all the gifts.
In our house he only brings stocking gifts. The actual wrapped presents are under the tree. My dc's know what I can afford and that they don't get Xboxes etc because I don't have the money for fancy stuff.

I always say, as my mum used to say when I was little, that parents have to send money for toys. That explains why some children get loads and others not as much.

StealthPolarBear
He votes Conservative

What a sensible chap he is.

Suspect, just like God, his fairness metric is different from ours.

I don’t agree with this. My experience as a secondary school teachers was that on the whole the poorer the family the more money was spent on Christmas.

Obviously there were some exceptions.

Santa just does the one gift here too.
Santa doing all the gifts doesn’t make any sense. Either you have to pretend that gifts relatives and friends have bought are from Santa or have your kids wondering why auntie Sandra got them a present and you didn’t.
I have a friend who tells her kids that parents send Santa the money so I guess that would save questions about why poorer families don’t get as much.

It's the reason why my kids sussed out that the truth about him.

It all seems so complicated in some families, santa and parents exchanging money and presents when surely the elves make them by magic??! We just do stockings from Santa and they know that all their gifts have been brought by us or family and can appreciate that different families have different budgets.

How will Santa be affected by BREXIT?

Wow, I have just realised I am stupid and selfish!!
Santa brings all of my childrens gifts.
I am far from rich.
I have never been in a situation when my kids have ever asked this question. Is this actually a thing?

Santa brings my DD all the gifts and I do the stockings. Other presents are from other people who love her. I don't give a monkeys how other people do it or how much others spend - each to their own

My parents used to do all the presents from Santa too Iput, I don’t think they were selfish or stupid. They ( thankful) lived in a pre Facebook and internet age so they could just do what they want without being judged.
We do a mixture of gifts Santa brings the stocking and a small present or 2. We do the rest, by the end of Christmas the dc can’t remember who got them what anyway.

Oh Santa will definitely be affected by BREXIT.
The poor elves will be fucked this time next year, and the reindeers oh the poor reindeers.

OP Brexit will affect Santa MASSIVELY . See...

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/23/prepare-for-a-no-christmas-brexit-in-2019

FFS when the vast majority of people say that FC brings all the presents they just mean the stocking/sack/tree ones, not every present off every person.

Anyway I'm one of those selfish and stupid people, but seeing that the whole lot cost about £100 I'm not too bothered.

Is there anything parents don't get judged on?!

Santa never brought me anything....

EVERYTHING is blamed on Brexit - so fucking stupid

DD (adopted) got nothing from Santa for 6 years. . She had it worked out that he hadn't been able to find her as she'd moved a lot.

Then in foster care he brought her loads (fab foster carers)

When she came to us we explained that the 2 big years were to make up for the years he had missed, and now it would be stockings, with big presents coming from family.

I do think that keeping what Santa does small, is more likely to extend the 'magic' , as with a questioning child it doesn't get so complicated.

Silvery ... there is a difference between cause and effect. The article does not say Brexit is CAUSING these issues, but the issues are the EFFECT of Brexit. It really is quite clear.