DS has put something on his Christmas list that we haven’t got for him

[Gingerbreadcottage]

My DS is 6 years old and is wanting an X Box for Christmas. He said he’ll definitely be getting one because he’s told Father Christmas he wants it.

We have bought him a new Amazon fire tablet to replace his old one that’s broken - it’s a bigger screen and suitable for an older child. Now I feel sad that he may be disappointed on Christmas morning.
We’ve got him plenty of other things he’s asked for and a few surprises too.

We don’t feel that he’s old enough for an X Box and would rather wait until he’s maybe 7 or 8 at least.
A few of his friends have one, some have older siblings though.

What can I do?!

I've not read the whole thread but for DS, Santa was only the magical delivery person who put toys under the tree on Christmas eve. Toys were bought by family and sent to santa in advance. Plus there would be an extra (small) gift from Santa himself.
Always worked for us and explained why some friends got more or fewer gifts

So you've got him a new pad PLUS other stuff too ?
Sorry but your son sounds spoilt.
That's WAY too much already for a bloomin 6 year old.
You're teaching him nothing by giving him all these expensive presents at such a young age.
He will just come to expect more and more.
Tell him Santa can't bring him everything and not to be greedy.

There's always one isn't there... 🙄

Can Santa write him a note ahead of Christmas telling him that he is too young for a X Box and he will keep it in mind for when your son is bigger?

Have you made clear that what he asks for is just a wish list? FC doesn't get everything he just picks a few things he'd like.

My son is 33. Since age 5 or 6, he would mention he really wanted a wolf for Christmas....we didn't do Santa's Wish lists, but the wolf got mentioned dozens and dozens of times each year....We didn't get a wolf, though eventually we did get a Jack Russel one year when he was about 18....he survived, and learned to love the Jack...a Christmas wish is just that, a wish, not an order. I also wish for a faithful partner but I ain't gonna get one any time soon, and that's also OK. I can go without. Your boy may experience a little disappointment, but sounds like he's got lots to look forward to regardless...Have a Great Christmas!

Sorry OP that sounded a bit harsh having read it again
I'm sure he's just very loved, not spoilt.
Kids have no concept of money etc.....they just want everything they see and everything g they see their friends have.
I come from a different era when we were happier with so much less.
I know it's different today.
Please accept my apologies and I hope your boy has a lovely Christmas.

Exactly this, they are ideas of things we would like if possible. Part of accepting and being grateful, alternative is spoilt expectations.

I'd get him one. Minecraft is crap on a tablet. If he's allowed to play games may aswell be on a decent console.

Just tread carefully though or he may ask for heroin next year 🙄

I wouldn't do anything. Children need to learn that they can't have everything they want.

Wow that’s harsh, he can learn if she tells him now. He doesn’t need to learn it in Christmas morning. Good grief.

In our house Father Christmas just brings the stocking gifts, and all other presents are under the tree and from us or their family / friends. Presumably you say everything is from Father Christmas, so in that case I would just explain to him that he’s not likely to get an Xbox as he is too young for it - I would have thought that would be more like a secondary school age child’s interest. My eldest asked for a real hippopotamus one year, and I had to explain that FC can only bring gifts that fit in the stockings, and there was no way Mummy and Daddy were buying him a hippo!

I’d say something earlier than Christmas morning, I don’t think we need a sobering “teaching moment” first thing Christmas morning for a six year old!

I’d be honest that it’s you and your husband who don’t agree with one at his age it though, fobbing him off saying Santa thinks he’s too young won’t wash when predictably his friends in his class play on them/ may get one?

On a side note- It is more frustrating playing Minecraft on a tablet over a Switch or Xbox though, so maybe this will deter him a few years!

Just buy the Xbox. It’s Christmas, why break the magic so young when you only want to wait until he’s 7 anyway.

It’s Xmas, not a teaching moment.

Why don’t we just give him a lump of coal why we are at it.

How many people can afford to ‘just buy the x box’ when they’ve already bought their child’s Christmas gifts?

I think that Father Christmas could write him a letter and explain that he is getting a lot of presents but for one or two of the excellent reasons suggested already, this year he isn’t getting an X box and his mum and dad will talk to him about that

This was always how we did it in our family too. Stockings had smaller toys books and chocolate and family gifts were the big ticket items under the tree

Let him know it's not coming now rather than hoping for the best on xmas morning. Go with the age thing as others have suggested. You can get xbox on ebay if/when the time comes.

I've always told my kids that they don't get everything on their lists - keeps an element of surprise!

Put a Letter from Santa in the stocking, explaining that Santa couldn't get it this year because XBoxes are for bigger boys - but if your son eats his vegetables and grows nicely, Santa will get him an even better XBox in the future. Sign with a fancy "S" and Rudolph's hoofprint.

This

Santa has to get gifts for all the children in the world so he only gets small gifts.

Big gifts come from mum and dad who don't think a 6 year old should have an Xbox.

Wrap up a egg box and say santa couldn't of heard properly ask again next year

I remember one year I wanted a specific doll that was really sought after (it was called Baby Expressions!) and it ended up being sold out everywhere. My mum just said that Father Christmas said it was sold out, and I just accepted it. I always knew that I wouldn’t get everything on my Christmas list anyway.