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Oh God. DS (7) has just found all the xmas presents.....

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JackiePaper · 15/11/2011 15:37

shit shit shit
he has a friend round to play after school, thought they would be mischevious and raid the cupboard in mummy and daddys room. found all the christmas presents.... :(
DS has never questioned that santa is real...how the hell do i explain this....
I could tell by the look on his face that he was gobsmacked that his much wanted for lego set that he has asked santa for, is in mummys cupboard.
I don't want to ruin the magic yet :(

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Kormachameleon · 15/11/2011 15:38

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ObviouslyOblivious · 15/11/2011 15:38

Santa asked you to look after it? You're sending all the presents via courier reindeer this evening.

lydiathetattooedlady · 15/11/2011 15:38

oh no!! could you say that you've brought them to send to santa as he is super busy??!!

PaintYouByNumbers · 15/11/2011 15:39

tell him you are storing some things for santa, or he delivers them you wrap them? Sorry thats a crap suggestion lol

AlmaMartyr · 15/11/2011 15:39

Are you looking after them for Santa because he's run out of space at the North Pole?

travellingwilbury · 15/11/2011 15:41

I would tell him they are presents for another little boy and you are looking after them for his grandparents .

Lilyloo · 15/11/2011 15:42

I would try and blag him saying they are friends and familys presents. Then maybe take some of them back and swap them. I wouldn't want ds to find out like this. Either that or you are sending his pressies to santa.

Aerobreaking · 15/11/2011 15:43

I would tell him that Santa sometimes makes presents in his workshop, but with all the children he can't make them all. So sometimes he asks mummies and daddies to get the presents and send them to him then he will deliver them.

LauraShigihara · 15/11/2011 15:44

Mine did this too, a few years ago. I told them that I had bought some examples of toys they might like for Father Christmas to look through, so he could make a decision about them.

They bought the whole idea and were completely surprised at what they got for Christmas as they had forgotten what they had seen.

I cried when they were in bed though

MrsPresley · 15/11/2011 15:44

Tell him that your looking after them for a neighbour/friend/someone at work who's wee boy/girl is wanting them for a birthday present.

I often buy stuff when my DD is with me and tell her they are for someone else!

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JackiePaper · 15/11/2011 15:44

he is currently playing scalextix with his friend, so hasnt asked me about it yet...I've got til 6pm to think up a good enough excuse...
I need to check how much he actually saw, possibly only the things at the front of the cupboard, I can either tell him mummy and daddy buy the presents and send them to santa (not terribly believeable) or if he only saw the lego and playmobil for his sister, then tell him that is his present from us (they get a present each from mummy and daddy under the tree) this year, and santa will be bringing surprises.
shit shit shit. shouldve hiddent hem better

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MogandMe · 15/11/2011 15:45

Just say that you are buyng him the lego for Christmas as some things are too tricky for santa to buy/make so some items on his list will be given by you and the rest by santa

pinkhebe · 15/11/2011 15:46

Go and hide them somewhere else, then fein ignorance at what he's seen Grin

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JackiePaper · 15/11/2011 15:48

good idea that they are presents for other people.
however i know he has seen the lego police station which is the one thing he really wants for christmas, so i can't take it back and swop it :(

  1. they are presents for your cousins who also want the same as you for xmas or
  2. that is your present from mummy and daddy, whcih we bought before you asked santa for it. santa will bring you surprises.

or anyone else with a brain wave? :(

gutted :(

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OryxCrake · 15/11/2011 15:48

God - poor you. There are some good ideas here, though. Personally, I would go with the story that you're looking after a friend's/neighbour's child's birthday presents...

Try not to feel too upset. He'll probably want to believe whatever story you tell him - children often love to carry on the magic of Father Christmas even when they have their suspicions.

OryxCrake · 15/11/2011 15:50

If he's seen the lego police station, you could say 'Lucky Xx's child, getting it for his birthday - I wonder whether you'll get one for Christmas.'

TheElvesSawBatgirlKissingSanta · 15/11/2011 15:50

Tell him that they are presents that you have bought for him for christmas, but santas elves is coming to pick them up when hes asleep. Santa will then decide if hes been a good boy and if he can have them christmas day!

I had to buy a presant for ds in a half price toy sale, (he really wanted it and I was not going to miss it then and pay full price!) but I told him the above. He acccepted it and is behaving because he knows that santa has the power! Grin

PotteringAlong · 15/11/2011 15:51

Move them now and leave half a carrot / bit of dirt in the cupboard where they were. If he asks then go and l

FriskyMare · 15/11/2011 15:52

This happened to us a few years ago when DS was quietly peeping through the door when we were playing setting up a robosapien. We told him it was for another little boy and he went back to bed heartbroken :( He was delighted on the big day tofind Santa had brought one for him too though:o

PotteringAlong · 15/11/2011 15:53

Look with him, feign ignorance about them but ooh and aah about the carrot / dirt and talk about Santa making an early trip to check he'd got the right house / try out a new sleigh abd sell it to him as a trial run?

PotteringAlong · 15/11/2011 15:53

Phone appears to have posted in 2 parts! Sorry!

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JackiePaper · 15/11/2011 15:57

thankyou for all your fab ideas, i am glad his friend is here distracting him at the moment, so i have time to plan my response!
Just gone and checked the cupboard and all he has seen is the lego police station, and possibly a hello kitty game for his sister.
So do I

  1. tell him ive bought them for a friends child who lies in york and parcel it up/pretend to take to post office or...
  2. say that that is his present from mummy and daddy and santa is bringing other things (there is more lego etc in the back of the cupboard that im pretty certain he hasn't seen)

what do you think???

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ChippingInNeedsSleep · 15/11/2011 15:57

Tell him that Mummies & Daddies buy most of the presents (the elves can only make wooden toys) and send them to Santa, then Santa decides if they've been good enough boys & girls to get them and if not they go to other children who don't have Mummies & Daddies to buy them for them?!

Don't say they are for other children because he will know, come Christmas morning, that you were lying.

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JackiePaper · 15/11/2011 15:58

sorry meant to add, pretty sure he hasnt seen anything else as they were all still in their carrier bags

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ballstoit · 15/11/2011 16:00

If he doesn't ask again I wouldn't mention it...they have surprisingly short memories.

DS (6) and DD1 (4) found some of the Christmas presents last weekend when ex-H was sitting on his arse while they wreck my house having weekend contact.

I told them that as there are more children in the world than ever, Santa asks some Mums to help out with getting the toys ready. DS asked how they get to Santa, and I told him that I haven't a clue, all I know is I have to get them and leave them in the cupboard and at some point they disappear until Christmas Day. They haven't mentioned it again, and don't dare look because I've said if they see too many of their presents Santa will just deliver them to someone else Grin