To worry about hiding Xmas gifts in good locations?

[LymeRegals]

Thinking I have paid quite a lot of money and cannot afford to replace gifts, having put aside money all year for them. Where are the best and worst places? I’m thinking of the major risks - ie children looking for them, being burgled etc.

From burglary point of view... the worst would be the garage, shed or under the ttee.

From the kids point of view... I'd hide them in the attic if its easily accessible.

I did see a skit on SM about hiding them from teenagers in places like the laundry basket because they never open it.

I used to hide ours in the attic, in black bags, tucked away down the back. I wrapped them so that if they were found, they wouldn’t see the whole lot at once, and I might only have to replace one or two, and change wrapping paper.

Close to Christmas I moved them to the boot of the car, and on Christmas Eve , passed them through the window to avoid being spotted as the bedroom doors overlooked the hall.

I used to put my children's Santa gifts in suitcases which were always stored in a cupboard which was the original coal store in the house, they never realised and as adults say that by never finding gifts they were convinced of Santa for longer.

If you’ve got a loft then there. If you don’t or it’s used often then at a relative’s.

All mine go in the attic. Luckily the attic in our house is amazing, if we owned the house I'd make it another floor with 2 en suite bedrooms

We just tell DC not to go in one room unless they want surprises ruined. They love surprises so don't go in there. If they didn't like surprises then they won't have ruined anything by choosing to look.

Once the tree is up they will be wrapped and under it anyway.

People keeping gifts in the boot of the car is asking to have them stolen. I know of multiple people who have had their car broken into right before christmas.

Used to be attic but DC bedroom door is right outside and couldn't risk it anymore. Now it's the cupboard under the stairs in the utility room once they're wrapped (top back of our wardrobe covered in clothes if not) DC wouldn't go in the cupboard anyway, plus we shove a few heavy bags in front of it.

I lock mine into a spare bedroom. Loft is converted into 2 bedrooms and shower room so I've lost that hiding place now.

When the kids were small, we had wardrobes with high level doors for the shelf above the hanging rail. So they all went in there behind the clean sheets.

Now they are bigger, I leave the stuff they know about (ie my parents dropped off a box of wrapped stuff the other week when they visited - I won't see them now til after christmas) in a fairly obvious place, and everything else is stashed behind the clothes in my wardrobe.

My kids have got each other a giant 80cm plush toy that we have carefully stuffed together and wrapped (each separately of course). Both are now hidden on our bedroom floor covered by a bed sheet. Neither child seems to have noticed (not even the second kid to add to the under the sheet collection) 🤔 Could be we're saving too much for university 🤣