To think my sister is a flipping genius

[Boooooot]

I send my sister today what she and the kids usually leave out for Santa as my daughter hassaid this year she doesn’t think we should be leaving beer for Santa as he has to drive 🥲

So my sister tells her kids that Santa sends her a message with what he would like to eat and the kids prepare it. Aka, the kids prepare my sister and her husbands elaborate banquet for the evening. This year the kids have done a big cheese board with chutneys, pre-buttered crackers, pate and ham! They will sit and scoff the cheese board and wrap presents.

genius. Can’t believe I’ve never thought of this.

Santa likes white chocolate in my house and a bottle of Berries and Cherries cider to wash it down.

My little bro is autistic and never believed - I witnessed him at 4 looking at my mum as if she was mad when she said what shall we put out for Santa. Maybe everyone could get off their judgy high horse for one day?!

Santa has always enjoyed cheese and crackers here. And either a beer or a glass of wine depending on his mood

Father Christmas always got a whisky at my house and some carrots for the reindeer so I thought we were winning!
But cheese board genius!

FC normally enjoys a mince pie and a whisky here. Rudolph and the rest get a carrot.
Just chewed a carrot and this year FC has had lemon drizzle cake. ( Not got any mince pies) and a cider. I couldn't be bothered to look for whisky in the depths of the cupboard.

I'm sure he'll enjoy the variety.

I've also got and hidden under DD's stocking, a fake sleigh flying license and North Pole button. I'm very excited about this.

Laying some blocks of cheese on a board and putting a few jars next to them is hardly Gordon Ramsey level.

I think most people would too - never heard of anyone’s child not believing at 5. Thats such a lovely age at Christmas before they question any of it and everything is magical.

re the “believing in Santa vibe” - I tried to (gently!) explain to my secondary aged child (yr7) that it’s not real….. they’ve totally changed my words in their head to fit the story they want to believe. And that’s ok. My middle dc was 12 when they were “told” by another adult - they were mildly shocked but laughed. Eldest never admitted they didn’t believe but must’ve figured it out year 6ish…. It shouldn’t be a drama, and it’s a real shame ‘other kids’ are the source of the worry - there is no #bekind in Britain, I’m so sad to have realised this.

"they have covered them in loads of icing and edible glitter spray - just to see if they can make ‘Santa’ (DH) sick. "

So, based on this thread, the kids better not wake up in the night or they will find a pissed and stoned Santa vomming up Bacardi Breezers, carrots and cheesy glitter beside a huge lump of Malteser reindeer turd. Naaaice :-)

sounds clever, until you realise that you’d have to eat food that small children have touched.

Father Christmas used to have a glass of port at our house.

But it's a well-known fact that for houses with teenagers he actually comes in the morning, because he knows they won't be up until later (or so my DM said, after one of us had had an early morning loo trip and said that Santa must have been running late). So perhaps we should have left him a coffee.

Brilliant. X

My husband was gutted. Instead of our usual whiskey my daughter insisted on milk. I am also slightly concerned that our massive reindeer food bag is going to basically attract rats to our garden in the morning…. Am still up because I manage to wake up one child trying to extract her stocking. Not sure how much longer to leave it before trying again. Normally I make them put them outside their doors.

Well , I completely forgot to remind my teenagers to leave something out. So I ended up leaving some oats in a bowl and also sprinkled some on the carpet.
They will
-all know it's me who did it,

• think I've gone crazy
• let me clean it up.

Nevertheless I feel a bit excited about it waiting for them to see it

Gosh, if only they washed their hands first, eh? 🙄

This year the kids have done a big cheese board with chutneys, pre-buttered crackers, pate and ham!

by children that young? No thanks!

And the carnage after the preparation! Shudder!

My two threw oats outside for the reindeer. But most of them ended up on the car and birds shat all over it 🙄