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Does Santa 'buy' or just bring the presents to your dc?

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JinglingAllTheWay · 19/12/2011 21:07

After reading some interesting threads on here, I wondered how Santa 'worked' in your house?

In our house, Santa makes or buys the toys and then delivers them Christmas eve. As far as dc are concerned, dh and I have no involvement in the process what so ever, we get the dc different presents than Santa which go under the tree as they are wrapped.

Is this weird? It seems a lot of people buy the presents for Santa to deliver?!

How does it work in your house?

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JinglingAllTheWay · 21/12/2011 18:22
  • they open father Christmas pressies Christmas day and everything else has to wait till boxing day!
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confuddledDOTcom · 21/12/2011 18:45

"those of you who say that the parents send Santa money for the gifts, where is the "magic" in that? "

Our FC doesn't come on foot in a blue uniform with a red bag.

They know we talk to FC but don't know how or where or how the presents get to him. They know he lives a long way away so think that we manage to get all the way to him - especially when they see me giving Grandad a bag and asking him to deliver it.

They know he visits everyone all around the world in one night.

They know if they're naughty he can bring less presents.

I don't see where the magic is lacking TBH.

Credit is not financial, when she looks at her most beloved toy I don't want her to say it was from someone else. I love that they get excited and hug/ thank us because they're grateful to us. My 5yo can still look at toys 2 or 3 years old and tell you who gave it her. She was excited to go and see the penguin we "brought" her (it was adopted obviously) and told everyone at the zoo that Mummy and Daddy had brought it her for Christmas. She's a very logical child but I think she's got a few years mileage on Christmas so we do need to think about how we explain it to her, that doesn't mean she's working it out. I've also been able to explain to her that the two things she's asked for this year are big presents and take up half of my budget for her so she won't get a lot, her answer "that's OK Mummy, I understand that they cost more than other things"

I asked OH after reading these threads and they did it exactly the same as us.

vmcd28 · 21/12/2011 21:31

Confuddled, you've confuddled me even more. Sorry :) I think you and I do roughly the same thing but we're ar crossed wires.
But what I was asking re sending money to santa was aimed at those who say to their kids that everything is from Santa, but the parents have sent money to him to buy them all - I just don't see the point of Santa IF he just delivers things the parents have paid for. Why is he needed at all then? As I said previously, I think I analysed things too much as a child!

So Santa fills our kids stockings and brings them a gift or two which are labelled "from Santa", plus they get gifts from us and family and friends. Again, my oldest DS remembers who gave him what, even years later. That's important to us, that he knows people have gone to the effort to choose him a gift, and that it wasn't some random bloke in a red suit who did all the work.
I love love love that he believes 100% in Santa, but I also love that he's grateful to people - yes, including us - for getting him things because he is very much loved and we want to choose him gifts.

confuddledDOTcom · 21/12/2011 23:43

Yeah, I see what you mean now. If he's getting the money to buy it why can't the parents? I agree with you about FC/ "some random bloke in a red suit" getting the credit for doing all the work.

We buy everything and send it to FC for delivery. Nothing is labeled from FC - apart from the first year she got into it when one she visited gave her a tube of Buttons and she was really excited telling everyone FC was going to bring her Buttons - she's such a sweet child, if that's all she got for Christmas she'd be happy and excited Xmas Smile which is why she's getting a camera this year, we'd already planned it and saw some reduced in Tesco. She was with us so we did the Xmas Hmm Xmas Wink at each other that meant "see that, come back for it later" she also saw and thought we weren't buying it. She cried her heart out, took us ages to figure it out but when we did we knew that something that meant so much to her we couldn't not get.

VoldemortsNipple · 22/12/2011 21:45

You see, that's what I would love about fc bringing the presents. When there was something very specific that the dcs had their eye on. The amazement that fc had known exactly what they wanted. Ds2 used to love Thomas the tank. One year he found a Thomas die cast train where Thomas had soot on him and a shocked expression on his face. DS would ask if we could look at it every time we were in town. He had asked fc for trains, but not that specific one. He was so amazed on Christmas day that fc knew he liked "shocked Thomas" in a way only magic could explain.

EustaciaVye · 22/12/2011 22:26

In our house:

Santa visits and provides a stocking on Christmas Eve and one large present. Whether he makes or buys it if he is pushed for time doesnt matter.

Mummy and Daddy buy a couple of presents (books a couple of toys). They are under the tree for a week or two before Christmas.

Friends and relatives presents also go under the tree.

EustaciaVye · 22/12/2011 22:28

OP - just read through the thread and I think we do the same as you :)

jollydiane · 22/12/2011 22:31

In the Jolly house Santa and his litre helpers make the toys and then delivers them. We track Santa online on Christmas Eve (so it must be true) google says so. I love the excitement and magic that DC get.

We buy some other toys as do family. We spread the opening of present ants throughout the day.

confuddledDOTcom · 22/12/2011 23:19

Father Christmas told me himself today that his elves make traditional toys and two elves called "Comet" and "Curry's" make the electronics.

jollydiane · 22/12/2011 23:35

lol

jollydiane · 22/12/2011 23:36

You are forgetting the elf Amazon

VoldemortsNipple · 23/12/2011 07:55

I asked the girls in work yesterday, who had brought their presents when they were younger. Everybody said fc brought all of mum and dads presents. Nobody questioned why they didnt recieve gifts from parents. They couldn't believe that fc would only bring stockings.

I wonder if there are regional variations.

mumeeee · 23/12/2011 09:00

When I was a child FC only bought stockings and we lived in London ( well moved around later)Smile. My SIL comes from Birmingham and her family did the same. All my family have carried on this tradition so all the children think FC brings the stockings. So I think it partly comes from what your parents did.

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