To ask if Father Christmas brings main presents or just stocking?

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When I was little it was just the stocking from Santa and I was very grateful to my parents for the main present. I just wondered what people are doing and if Santa's bringing EVERYTHING or just one present or just stocking...
This year DS is very interested in the idea of Santa/ Father Christmas, so need to start as we mean to go on.

*wrote a letter to Santa, not list! The letter writing was an activity - she’s just learning about letters and writing. And she drew pictures, did the envelop and stamp etc.

All stocking bits and one present under the tree. In films and books he's putting presents under the tree so I think my dd might question that.

He brings the stocking fillers and main presents in our house, so everything from me and DH. Then family presents are given from whoever they’re from.

Santa brings the stocking, filled with bits and bobs to keep the recipient busy and quite when they wake up at the crack of dawn. The rest of the gifts are from the family.

Stockings from Santa everything else from family/friends

Santa brings everything. I’m in Ireland and that’s standard over here.

Wanting ‘credit’ wouldn’t really occur to people.

Sorry to be clear, presents from family / friends come from them, not Santa.

Majority are from Father Christmas here. Not deliberately, we started off with a small number being from him but ds struggled to process it and decided they were all off him.

We're trying to separate gifts into two piles this year with different wrapping, one from FC, one from us, but we'll see how that goes on Christmas morning!

Up to you.
In my house it's stockings because I don't want the fat fella taking the credit! (and we don't do Santa lists, Santa brings what he brings).
But whatever you want to do is fine.

just stocking presents

Everything from santa except presents from grandparents etc . It's magical and amazing watching them fill with wonder when they see all the presents Christmas morning. That's credit enough for me they didn't need to thank me aswell. Now they are older they are thankfull I gave them all this, they are greatfull for their gifts from me now and love me for the fact I didn't destroy their early illusions by selfishly wanting credit for myself. Like I said sharing their magic and amazement was all the credit I needed.

stockings from santa which are mainly cheap tat, chocolate, underwear/clothes and stationary, with one item from the wishlist. everything else is under the tree from named individuals, except that mil insists on adding random items that are 'from the tree' which is their family equivalent of stockings.

Santa has his own wrapping paper and uses different paper for each child, because he doesn’t do labels.

Stocking from FC and everything else from named people. How else can your children thank the person who got them a gift? And what about kids who get very little? I've always thought everything being from Santa is daft.

Also, its not about 'credit' for the giver, it's about teaching your child gratitude and manners and that they should send a note of thanks, even if they don't particularly love the gift.

He is just the delivery driver here, all under the tree gifts are labelled to and from so the purchaser gets thanked. Stocking gifts are unlabeled so could be from santa I suppose.

We buy the presents. They go to FC to be "checked". He then returns them, or not, if DD has been good enough to get all her presents.

Just little bits and pieces from Father Christmas.
Big ones from family, including us as parents.
FC doesn’t bring anything big or main. He does the annual, chocolate coins, new pencil case, new book type stuff.

No Father Christmas here Santa Clause oops that is another thread anyway...

Santa brought me everything when I was a child with one small gift from my dad. It’s similar in our house Santa brings all of the main gifts and my husband and I get our DS a separate present each.

I know that isn’t the recommended way but it’s what we have always done and very common in Scotland.

Santa brings everything and it’s all in the living room, nothing in bedrooms, as of course is the Proper and Correct way to do it :)

Never had a stocking growing up and neither did my DH..once we moved in together we started doing them for each other as we both felt we missed out!
We have 1 dc who is only 2.5 so we are still working out how this will work.
I think stocking from Santa and 1 present,the rest from us/family.
I only ever had 1 present from Santa growing up.

DH and I mainly argue, light heartedly ,about what treat to leave out for Santa. I think it must be milk and cookies (I am Canadian) and DH insists on a mince pie and alcoholic drink,he doesn't even like mince pies!

I also call him Santa and Dh calls him FC

Stockings from Father Christmas.
All other presents from the actual giver.

Also my DS doesn’t write a list, he writes a letter and on it there are one or two suggestions of what to bring if he has been good enough. I suspect he doesn’t believe anymore but I would rather we all just pretend

@Adoptthisdogornot who says just because Santa brings everything to certain children they are not grateful or well mannered....

My girls write thank you letter or give big kisses and hugs out to all relatives that they receive from including Santa. They also love to write christmas cards to other family and friends with well wishes as they have been taught that love and giving at Christmas is not all about presents.

I just get enough “credit” from seeing their happy and excited faces.