How to handle DD request for Christmas present I can't afford??

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DD wants one of these carriages she has seen on YouTube, they cost £1200!! DD is 5 and she fully believes in Santa. How on earth do I distract her from wanting this or manage her expectations???

www.onbuy.com/gb/cars-and-trucks/disney-princess-24v-carriage-ride-on-pinkpurple~c2342~p16663510/?exta=gshp&stat=eyJpcCI6MTIzNC45OSwiZHAiOjAsImxpZCI6IjIyMDQzODEyIiwicyI6IjgiLCJ0IjoxNTc0OTQ4NzAwLCJibWMiOiIwLjAifQ==&lid=22043812&gclid=CjwKCAiA_f3uBRAmEiwAzPuaMw9cKSyEOLvYOL6A51wlwxWYkB5N6bf4OyIB75TKmZh7kN808VujtxoCbiIQAvD_BwE

Er.... just say no!!!

You chuckle and say "sorry honey, I can't afford one of those, is there anything else you'd like?"

Just say Fr Christmas has a spend limit and it’s not in his budget

We used to tell ours that although Santa brought presents, we had to pay for them, so if we didn't have the money for it then he couldn't bring it. Also explains why some kids get more items than others

My friend told her kids that yes, Santa brought the presents, but Mum had to pay Santa for them. She said if something was too expensive, and that was that.

Buy her a pony to take her mind off it ?

Say "No" . End of .

There's not enough room on his sleigh for big presents.

Start a rule that FC can't bring electronics because of the elves having to make them/rain on the sleigh/magic whatever excuse you like. This is what I plan to do to avoid requests such as this, or when she is older iPads etc but as DD is only 3 it's easier.

I'd tell her that Santa only has a certain amount of space on his sleigh for toys so can't bring massive things for one child as then another child wouldn't get something.

Well that is hideous.

Tell her
Santa brings one big thing and a few little ones
Santa doesn't bring things Mummy doesn't like
Santa doesn't want children to be spoilt so he gets them some things they want but not all
Santa wouldn't buy that because we don't have room for it

Santa's elves don't make Disney toys, these days. They lost the contract, sadly.

Or just give her this and hope she's forgotten by Christmas?

www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/outdoor/electric-ride-ons/6v-disney-princess-royal-horse-and-carriage-electric-ride-on/p/176180?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5u-ltdqN5gIVBbTtCh3cnQwJEAQYASABEgKaXPD_BwE

Would she notice if Santa brought a different toy? Like this one?

www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/outdoor/electric-ride-ons/6v-disney-princess-royal-horse-and-carriage-electric-ride-on/p/176180?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6LX959qN5gIVDbDtCh1oJQlOEAQYASABEgIDfPD_BwE

In my house Santa brings the stockings and leaves them on the bed and any presents under the tree I fecking worked for not some fat bastard who works one day a year!!!
I done it this way so I could say to the kids no sorry can’t afford it!!

Still quite pricey mind!

Santa ran out
Santa didn’t have any

Is this even a serious post?

could you get a scaled down version, like this? and then maybe a princess dress to go with it? in my experience once it gets to the actual morning they are thrilled to open presents and if they see something exciting they tend to forget about the thing they asked for at the end of november. you could also show her youtube video which includes the ride on toy i linked x

I tell mine the same as demented. Its too expensive.

Or explain about plastic polluting the planet.

Don’t make up a stupid lie, just say no!

I used to say that Father Christmas brought every child a stocking and a toy, and everything else especially Big Presents were from mum. They still got excited.

Parents pay for the presents that Santa brings.

That’s why some children get bigger presents than others.

That carriage thing is too expensive.

Would she settle for a barbie sized one?

Santa only has room for one small toy per child on his sleigh. Friends and family also get you presents.
We can help Santa by sorting out old toys we no longer play with so he can take them to families who can't afford to buy much.

That's basically our Santa story.

Have you taken her to see Santa yet? If put loads of other ideas in her head and hope she forgets to ask.
If not, all of the above. Santa has a quota per child. I tell mine that we pay, but understand not everyone wants to do that.

Mum & Dad have to pay Father Christmas for the presents, therefore you can only have what we can afford