Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. Flexible and made to last.

Meet the Other Phone.
Flexible and made to last.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Christmas

From present ideas to party food, find all your Christmas inspiration here.

Original poster

when do you put presents from YOU to DC under tree?

86 replies

ZeViteVitchofCwismas · 14/12/2013 23:17

Now....bit by bit, ALL out with FC presents too? Next weekend?

Have put a few out now..but not sure if I should wait for max, effect.....

OP posts:
DefiniteMaybe · 14/12/2013 23:18

All presents go out on christmas eve here, but my dc are 5 and 2 so are too little to leave presents under the tree too early.

InTheRedCorner · 14/12/2013 23:20

Xmas Eve after the Dc are in bed.

FC brings one each and the rest are from us. They know there are wrapped prezzies in the cupboard.

Yamyoid · 14/12/2013 23:20

We're only giving one from us and the rest is from Santa. They'll all go under the tree when the dcs are in bed on Christmas Eve. Presents from anyone else are already there.

IdreamofFairies · 14/12/2013 23:22

ours is x mas eve here as well youngest ones 3 and 4 i do put family presents for family that visit boxing day earlier as i think the tree looks nicer with presents.

Flisspaps · 14/12/2013 23:34

Christmas Eve. Too much potential for poking/prodding/shaking/opening/guessing otherwise

WhoKnowsWhereTheMistletoes · 14/12/2013 23:42

Christmas eve after they've gone to bed, they all go on the hearth rather than under the tree. We put ours to each other there as well. No room to have them out beforehand.

StarsUponThars · 14/12/2013 23:49

Oh, I've been wondering about this!

But, wont they be sad that they have no presents? Grin

MincedMuffPies · 14/12/2013 23:51

Christmas eve here to, my very impulsive ds(6) is so excited about the presents for my dm and family wrapped in my bedroom let alone if there was ones for him under the tree

WhoKnowsWhereTheMistletoes · 14/12/2013 23:52

We've always done it that way, so they know no different.

NoComet · 14/12/2013 23:53

1am on Christmas morning.

The whole Wow effect is for presents to suddenly appear.

Anyway they'd get poked prodded and peeked in.

I wasn't brought up to believe in Santa and we always went to my grandparents on Xmas Eve for Xmas day so presents appeared in their living room.

DH's family always had cats and presents and cats don't mix, so theirs were put out last thing on Christmas Eve and the door shut.

timidviper · 14/12/2013 23:54

Ours still go under the tree on Christmas Eve when DCs are asleep.

Only problem is they are 25 and 23 so DH and I are often knackered trying to wait up! Grin

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 15/12/2013 00:08

Christmas Eve once we've finally got them off to bed, put the wrapping paper over the doorway (for them to burst through) and put the stockings by the beds.

andagiraffeinapineappletree · 15/12/2013 00:09

I have been debating about this. Tempted to put some out from us early but I also think it will take away a bit of the magic they will surreptitiously unwrap them at the corners

MrsCakesPremonition · 15/12/2013 00:10

FC brings all the presents regardless of who the giver is.

andagiraffeinapineappletree · 15/12/2013 00:11

Oh love the idea of wrapping the doorway, mine would love that but what if they catch you wrapping the door?

MrsDmitriTippensKrushnic · 15/12/2013 00:14

Whenever they're wrapped - Father Christmas brought the stockings which go out last thing Christmas Eve.

CointreauVersial · 15/12/2013 00:50

Ours are under tree already. They might have the odd poke, but are old enough to leave them alone.

SparkleSoiree · 15/12/2013 00:55

We put all gifts under the tree and stockings on their beds before we go to bed. It's usually a great night of last minute wrapping, cheeky tipple of something and animated whispering between DH and I!

Ghostsdonttalk · 15/12/2013 00:56

We have a very nosy dog there is no way he could ignore presents even if the Dc did. Christmas eve here too.

MummyPig24 · 15/12/2013 04:48

We put all presents out on Christmas Eve. The kids are 6 and 3 and I think they would just mess with the presents too much.

sleepywombat · 15/12/2013 05:09

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

JollySparklyGiant · 15/12/2013 05:16

We are getting our tree today and everything that's wrapped will go under it. DC's presents from us and eachother likely won't go under it until Christmas eve because we probably won't get round to wrapping until then.

3bunnies · 15/12/2013 05:47

We don't reach our destination until Christmas Eve, plus I couldn't trust him not to poke, squish and prod, dh that is, the dc would probably be fine!

TheXmasLogIn · 15/12/2013 09:54

Presents from me to the DC go under the tree on Boxing Day or when ever they are asleep and I'm going to bed on Christmas night, ready for the next morning.

Gifts from anyone else are put under the tree as and when given. Presents for other people go under there when wrapped. On Christmas Eve Santa adds a few extra in for the DC, but well hidden and mixed in with the others.

applecrumbleandcream · 15/12/2013 09:59

Presents to other family members are wrapped and under the tree now. Presents to dd from Father Christmas are left in front of the fireplace on Christmas Eve.