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cant decide - which presents from parents which from FC - straw poll please

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preghead · 23/12/2010 21:50

DC are 6 and 3 so need to decide now what we will do as 6y old starting to try and catch us out. On my house FC bought nearly everything - stuff in stockings (unwrapped) left in bedrooms and all presents under tree apart from one present each from Mum and Dad.

Dp says in his house only stocking presents from santa anything bigger / under tree from parents. This doesnt seem right to me, much as i would like the credit.

Now he is saying as a compromise we should give them the biggest/best thing everything else from FC. I am thinking a smaller thing i.e not the main one they each have. What do you do in your house?

Also, do you give something from each sibling to the other or wait til they are old enough to go out and buy it!?

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Seona1973 · 23/12/2010 21:56

we do it as all presents we buy from santa incl. stocking and stuff nfrom other people comes from them. We dont take credit for any of it. We dont give from one sibling to the other yet (dd is 7 and ds is 4)

Megletitsnow · 23/12/2010 21:59

In my house FC gave unwrapped stocking presents (usually pens, socks, chocs, smellies, torches, gloves) and the big presents from family were wrapped under the tree.

My DC's are 4 & 2, when they are old enough they can give each other a present, I'm certainly not starting it yet!

MrsGetoutClaus · 23/12/2010 21:59

I'm with DP on this one, FC brings stocking crap presents and anything under the tree is given from people who are sharing the day together. Why would FC put stuff under the tree that's wrapped when he'd put stuff in your stocking unwrapped? It makes no logical sense.

Don't even get me started on those weirdos who tell their children that they buy the gifts then send them to FC to bring back on xmas eve, I mean thats just stupid isn't it? What kid is going to believe in FC if they're told such utterly unbelievable dross?

Sorry, as you were. Merry Christmas.

ceebeegeebies · 23/12/2010 22:02

I'm with your DH too - that is the way it always worked when I was growing up and I see no reason to change....unwrapped stocking crap stuff from FC and everything wrapped and under the tree from us.

My DC are 4.5 and 2 and they are going to be 'giving' each other a present (albeit one I have bought and wrapped). I have done this for birthdays and Christmas since DS2 was born.

makemineapinot · 23/12/2010 22:05

Santa gives all the big things here as obviously I don't have the have the money to buy the big thingsXmas Grin. My present/s to the DC cost around £30 so I can keep it real IYKWIM. But Santa wraps all stocking fillers here - (gives time for a coffee while they are engrossed!. Kids totally believe - DD (7) was even shouting up the chimney the other day to tell Santa she'd tidied her room!! I will get all the credit I need when they're old enought to work it out (hopefully before they choose my care home Xmas Grin! ) I like to keep the magic alive for as long as possible.

My DC have bought each other a present since they were wee - I've always taken them to the £1 and let them choose for each other!! fantastic presents all round!!

dietcokesholidaysarecoming · 23/12/2010 22:06

Well I used to me of the opinion that the big things and stocking come from Santa. However new DP is of the opinion that big things come from parents and therefore we can budget them.

After seeing a close friend struggle with a request for a big ticket and the child still believing I am now inclined to go down the route of DPs thinking.

conkertree · 23/12/2010 22:06

Unwrapped stuff in stocking from fc, under the tree stuff (one big present from us, and other presents from other people) from everyone else.

Dc (3 and 1) give each other presents. Ds1 had a say in what he got ds2 this year. If ds2 got a say in it, he would have wrapped up a satsuma for ds1.

Breezy1985 · 23/12/2010 22:09

Up until last year everything I bought was from FC, until DD who was 5 then asked me why I didn't get her anything when all her other family did!

So this year they both have a present from me, not the main one though. The big one comes from FC still.

My DC are 5 and 6 and give each other a token gift what they have chosen each other.

I also don't understand why some people say they buy all the presents and send them to santa?! That just defeats the object to me!

Rindercella · 23/12/2010 22:09

When I was growing up it was big presents under tree from parents/relatives/friends and small stuff in the stocking (unwrapped). This is what we now do with the DDs. Can't see any good reason to change it.

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preghead · 23/12/2010 22:11

hmmmmm

and unwrapped stuff in the stocking - do you take it out of it's packaging or not? eg have got ds2 some disney lighning mcqueen cars and thomas trains that he collects - would look nicer and be easier if put them in out of packaging - but would he think (later maybe) that they were not new?

aaagagagah yes, I am over-analysing as usual!!

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MrThorntonIsMyToyBoy · 23/12/2010 22:11

In our house, the sparkletastic stuff from the 99p store and a few other things go in the stocking from FC, but the rest come from us. Wouldn't it be rather odd not to get any present at all from your parents?

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preghead · 23/12/2010 22:12

it just seems a bit weird to me to make such a big deal about FC, making presents, writing letters, grotto visits, beiing good etc if all he brings you is small bits and bobs in a stocking and your paremts get the big cool stuff like bikes etc??

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preghead · 23/12/2010 22:14

will def be one from us in the requisite different wrapping paper just cant agree whether it is the big/best/most expensive thing or a lesser present - or indeed all under tree from us like DP/most of you used to

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preghead · 23/12/2010 22:16

will def be one from us in the requisite different wrapping paper just cant agree whether it is the big/best/most expensive thing or a lesser present - or indeed all under tree from us like DP/most of you used to

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Acinonyx · 23/12/2010 22:17

Stuff on dd's letter to Santa comes from Santa plus some other stuff (most I think - but it was a bit disorganised...) and the rest from us.

ruddynorah · 23/12/2010 22:18

Big main present is from us, all other bits and bobs from Santa. Stocking items are wrapped and to be found hanging on bannister. These can be opened before breakfast. Presents from family are from family.

ravenAK · 23/12/2010 22:21

FC brings stocking tat (unwrapped because ds would probably Hmm at FC using the same tatty re-used paper as I do! Grin) & one GOOD present here - whatever he promised via his Portable North Pole...

Everything else is from Fambly (Peggy Mitchell voice).

ChasingSquirrels · 23/12/2010 22:22

I do stocking presents from FC (and these are things like an annual, selection box, glowsticks, book, minor silly things, maybe a couple of minor presents - around the £5 mark) I also wrap these.
Then they have a present from me (this year ds1 - a wii game he wanted, ds2 - a general grevious lightsaber).
Presents from other people are from people that we see over the xmas period - and they are given them directly and open them then.

SuzieHomemaker · 23/12/2010 22:22

Nothing from Santa in this house. Just magical parents!

DebiTheScot · 23/12/2010 22:34

Stocking stuff from santa inc a couple of the cheaper things from the santa list. Most of it wrapped in different paper to everything else.

All other presents from who they are from inc main present from us. I think it's important for them to appreciate where things come from.

We've told ds1 (4) that santa will tell family members what is on his list and then he might get some of the things from other people.

harecare · 23/12/2010 22:37

FC does stocking unwrapped and unpackaged as much as possible, he's old and a bit forgetful and not quite with the times so he is excused from not getting the latest gadget (this is what I always thought as a kid as we never got the latest craze toys from FC or parents - too poor, but we enjoyed writing letters and asking for them and then being very happy with what we did get. We were among the oldest to believe in our school as my Mum did the magic part so well). Parents buy one "main" present and then relatives friends give whatever they fancy.
FC also puts chocolates on the tree and leaves the tree lights on so they are on as soon as you go downstairs - he often leaves a footprint so you know he's been and the reindeer spit out the top of the carrot and it lands in the front garden.

Joolyjoolyjoo · 23/12/2010 22:38

Well, here, everything from us is actually from santa (santa exists so parents don't have to buy presents, don't you know?) Everything from other people is labelled.

I couldn't give two hoots about getting "the credit" for our gifts. I am just so looking forward to seeing their little faces on Christmas day when they unwrap em all- can't wait! If they are over the moon with all their "stuff" (as I hope they will be!) that's thanks enough for me, tbh

NellyFartado · 23/12/2010 22:38

All from FC, bar stuff from aunties, grandparents etc, which all merit a properly written thank-you letter afterwards. The only other exception is that I give the DCs a book every Christmas Eve, and DH gives them a little something on Christmas Day (not of his choosing - he is rubbish at shopping, so I choose for him). My DCs are 6 and 8, and I give them some money to choose a present for each other - I take them on a special shopping trip (which they gripe about) and lecture them on the importance of thinking about what the other one likes. They had a fiver each to spend on one another this year, and they both ended up choosing something reasonable.

NoahAndTheWhale · 23/12/2010 22:44

Father Christmas wraps everything he gives

He gives the big present too. Think out of this heap of stuff DH and I will give something as well.

DC (7 and 5) give something to each other as well.

NoahAndTheWhale · 23/12/2010 22:45

Both DC put out a stocking for a toy as well. Father Christmas anticipates this (one year my sister announced at 7pm on Christmas Eve that one of her toys was putting out its stocking Grin)

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