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

[BooHaa]

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

@crosstalk

There IS a lot of plastic in that carriage, but that alone wouldn't put me off because something that expensive would be passed or sold on. Its single use plastics that are the big issue and sometimes people lose site of that. Obviously things like this aren't great on a carbon footprint but when I am in a family of 4 that don't fly, I feel that she had absolutely no moral superiority here. I eo t go on further tangents as its not what this thread is about but there are so many posts on other threads where she leaves smug remarks about her environmental friendly choices and how others should do the same and potentially making others feel ashamed when her, her husband and kids and presumably her visiting UK family are making transatlantic flights regularly!

Also, people who have commented about YouTube, are you aware that there is a safer children's version called YouTube Kids? It has parental controls and only approved videos with verified content are accessible.

Tell her Santa has a price limit And that's way over it

There's a similar style blow up ball pit in the shape of a carriage in Argos

Gobsmacked that you're even asking that question

Just thought I should let you know that I hate you OP. Ever since clicking on the link in your first post, I keep getting ads on here for Onbuy, and half the screen is filled with putrid pink plastic monstrosities.

A 5 year old on you tube is hardly unheard of. Sounds like she's watching Peppa Pig and Paw Patrol...not IT and Rue Paul's drag race ( although the carriage would not look out of place in the later! ) .

“That carriage is perfectly putrid darling. Sadly, Father Christmas is far too talented to make that pile of shite”

Tell your daughter that things cost money and you need to live within your means. For my children, Father Christmas leaves one present on the end of their beds (a present that will keep them busy if they wake up early) the other presents are from people they know and love. I also don't buy expensive presents at Christmas, their Birthdays are the time for that.

Buy her one for her dolls maybe and say she didn't give Santa enough time to build one big enough for her so has to wait till next Christmas... then hopefully she forgets lol
Iv seen this on some Chanel called Wendy pretend my daughter is OBSESSED with on YouTube.

I HATE WENDY OK!!!!!!

That sort of thing is bought by people with more money than sense.

Tell her that it is too expensive, so she needs to give Santa some other ideas. It won't fit on the sleigh and even if it did then he wouldn't be able to get down the chimney with it.

I've not rtft OP, as quite frankly some of the nasty comments about a 5 year old little girl wanting a princess carriage are horrid. You've had way too much stick on here for this.

Just came on to say, if it's any consolation, my 7 year old DSs list to Santa this year wasn't very long at all, he doesn't want much...

Just £100 in cash (because that's the figure he believes makes a person super rich) and an actual real life reindeer!

I've also been going through the xnas decorations as we are donating some to his school. We came across his Elf on the Shelf in its box (we do go in for all that naughty elf moving around business, he just likes the toy elf) and stuffed in with 'Buddy the Elf' I found a black shrivelled dried up banana. My DS said he put it in there so Buddy didn't get hungry while waiting for next xmas.

I get it OP, you have to your tell kids so many lies just to try and keep up 'the magic' because their little innocent minds are precious. And you have to be careful one lie doesn't contradict another, or definitely makes sense, as kids aren't daft and will call you out on it.

Mine already said last year "are you sure santa is real, cos it sounds like it's just you and dad really"

In our house, FC is just the delivery guy. We buy the presents, wrap them and FC collects them and then delivers the on Christmas eve.

I always find it interesting how different families deal with Father Christmas.

In our house, the children wrote letters to Father Christmas. They were allowed to ask for five things. Father Christmas himself only brought small unwrapped presents in stockings. I used their letters as the basis for choosing presents from us or grandparents (who always either gave money, which I converted into presents, or asked for ideas). That meant that most reasonable requests were usually accommodated.

My elder daughter loved her wooden train set and one year one of her requests was for a 'James' engine. James duly turned up as a present from my mother in law. Daughter was duly amazed at how Granny could possibly know that that was what she had wanted. I told her that Granny was probably lying awake one night wondering what to buy her, and that Father Christmas might have whispered into her ear.

I also remember one year when the girl who lived opposite us (same age as mine, probably 3 or 4 at the time, and they were good friends) had a big wooden Wendy House in her garden one year, which the friend told her was from Father Christmas. My daughter looked a bit surprised, but fortunately never asked why FC had given her friend a huge Wendy House but her only a few small things in a stocking!

in our house only 1 small present and the stocking is from santa the rest is from me and dh. a lot of family give them money i just buy something they have asked for and wrap it up and label it from the person who gave the money. they dont actually want money on christmas day at this point. if someone gives them money and i cant think of anything then they get the money and we try and take them as soon as possible to buy something with it

I'm really surprised about how many adults are being nasty about a 5 year old child. I can imagine them getting a kick out of being nasty to their kids when they request something. "Do you think Santa will bring me X?" "No he's not real how dare you ask for a present at Christmas time."

OP I do the stocking plus one small present under the tree from Santa. Doing everything from Santa means the kids don't appreciate or thank any of their family for their presents. Maybe keep her off YouTube kids at Christmas time

I’ve told my daughter that although Father Christmas makes (and buys from amazon) some toys the mums and dads have to send him money to pay for the things and pay the elves.

That’s why she can’t always have the big and expensive things (like a new iPad for example)

May be worth trying that route OP?

Also, people who have commented about YouTube, are you aware that there is a safer children's version called YouTube Kids? It has parental controls and only approved videos with verified content are accessible

It’s not stopped your DD watching channels/videos whose sole purpose is to market over priced shit to kids though has it ?

Too big for the sleigh

Santa only brings stockings to this house and it wouldn’t fit in one, so that’s a no. My DC don’t do a list for Santa as he always brings them useful, fun bits and bobs which they are very happy with. They do a list for us which I told them from very young is just a guide, it doesn’t mean they will get it all.

I used to tell my kids that I and other parents had to pay "Santa" and he would bring presents according to how much the parents could afford.