To think this is a really weird thing to do with presents?

[Santaslittlehelper83]

So a family member has just told me that every year with the kids Xmas presents they rip off every label from presents that have been given, then tell them that all the presents are from Santa! I mean...wtf. I feel it's an odd thing to do, and also nice for the kids to know who has got them what and to appreciate and thank them for it. I've now written in sharpie across all her kids gifts! AIBU?

I also get them club gear for our gaelic club, which they know is bloody well expensive, and it's what they ask me to get them each year because they know santa brings everything else on their wishlist.
And I have no issue with families in which santa brings only the Stocking and the rest of the presents are from the parents. But the way I do it was the way it was done for us and I intend to continue it that way.
I never once as a child questioned why my parents got me Pjs and sweets/Selection boxes and an aunt maybe got me a barbie. We were just grateful for everything that we got

My mum did this when I was a child. I genuinely believed that only Santa gave Christmas presents.

I grew up with Santa bringing all the presents and it didn’t really occur to me until I was getting to the age where I was beginning to realise the truth anyway.

Friends would say “I got a scooter, football, board game etc” and not say who from.

It's puzzling, and will eventually likely become problematic.
I consider myself very lucky that my parents did not bring me up to believe in Santa Claus (although I was firmly told never to disillusion anyone else).

Hubby’s family write from Santa on pressies they get for people, very strange!

I think that's awful. They're also setting themselves up to fail with the expectation that FC can bring anything and everything - they'll be asking him for ponies and £1000 phones

Also, surely the adults swap presents? Does it not seem odd to the kids that mum and dad bought each other presents, grandma and auntie Karen bought mum and dad presents, but none of the adults bought them presents?

Yes i agree with this ... when my grandaughter stays at christmas we say her presents are from santa regardless of who bought them in the home .. its all about the excitement for them x

Do you think she'd be less excited to get a gift from grandma/uncle/friend then?

She certainly would not. All this Santa business is so OTT.

I can remember, back in the dark ages, when I was really very small, telling my mother that Father Christmas did not exist and she was unbelievably cross about it! The parents care more about perpetuating the myth than kids. Christmas can be wonderful without that.

Nothing beats Santa at Christmas.

Nothing beats getting gifts from Santa and people who love you.

That’s what birthdays are for in our house but not Christmas. That’s all Santa’s magic.

Nothing beats getting gifts from Santa and people who love you.

This.

I find it incredibly strange that loved ones that loved Ines aren't allowed to write their names on gifts they have lovingly chosen and spent their money on.

And it would be a very unusual child who would feel less excited to see if a pile of presents if most didn't say FC or Santa on them. Every child I know would be, and is, excited for Christmas regardless of FC bringing them a stocking, one main gift or a sack of gifts.

I've never known anyone in real life to give alll presents from the man in red, removing the names of family and friends.

I agree - the stocking is from Father Christmas and everything else is from the present giver. How do they write their thank you letters if they don’t know they received a present from them?

My kids got Santa's magic and knew that others loved them enough to give a gift on Christmas Day. Win win.

When I was young enough to believe in Santa, it didn’t occur to me about others not giving me presents until I was older and beginning to realise the truth anyway.

Very weird. The day will come when they don't believe and then the parents will get all the credit for past presents. It's tantamount to stealing IMO.