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Are all gifts from santa?

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DeathMetalMum · 17/12/2013 21:36

Dd1 is 2.11 so this is her first year she 'gets' the whole idea of christmas. Me and dp are in a bit of a disagrement over what is from santa. I kind of think everything should be from santa where as dp thinks one gift should be from santa. Dd has a main present then two smaller things and stocking. One of the smaller things being what she announced when asked by santa that we had to rush out and buy - we were finished.

What happens in your house?

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WidowWadman · 17/12/2013 21:38

Only stocking and one main present from santa. Rest is from people it actually is from. Everything else would be weird, after all the kids choose presents for parents and siblings too,

CaptainSweatPants · 17/12/2013 21:38

Stocking & main present from Santa
Everything else from whoever bought it

So grandma's present is from grandma etc

Moxiegirl · 17/12/2013 21:39

Only stocking stuff.

TwistedRib · 17/12/2013 21:39

Stocking only from Santa- all others presents from people.

CaptainSweatPants · 17/12/2013 21:40

One of my friends said to my dc ' I've bought you a Xmas present so I'll send it to Santa & he'll deliver it Xmas eve'

I was like Xmas Hmm

OvO · 17/12/2013 21:40

Santa does the stockings, a "big present" or a couple of smaller presents and a surprise.

Everything else is from us/whoever sent it.

I don't like the whole Santa brings everything thing, sorry.

PatriciaHolm · 17/12/2013 21:44

Stockings from Santa, others from the people who bought them. Never bought into the whole Santa brings everything idea.

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DeathMetalMum · 17/12/2013 21:44

Oh I was just about what we are giving not others.

I think if I remember I had stocking and main gift from santa when I was little.

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waltermittymissus · 17/12/2013 21:44

I'm glad you've asked this because this site's been confusing me for a while. So has my MIL.

I'll explain:

I'm in Ireland, so I don't know if it's an Irish thing or if it's a family thing but the children write their letters asking for whatever they want, Santa brings presents from the list, fills stockings and leaves a few surprises.

Presents from everyone else are either given to me to put under our tree a week or so beforehand, or given by the person to the children on Christmas day.

That doesn't seem to be the case on here and it took me bloody ages to stop MIL from telling the dc that Father Christmas had come to her house with presents for them! She meant that she had presents that were wrapped with tags on saying From Grandma & Grandpa etc.

So, what's the deal? Is Santa sort of like a courier of gifts??

waltermittymissus · 17/12/2013 21:45

Should say that everyone I know in Ireland does it the way I do so maybe it is an Irish thing.

InTheRedCorner · 17/12/2013 21:49

Walter I'm a true bred Essex girl and have always done exactly the same as you Smile

ilovepowerhoop · 17/12/2013 21:49

santa brings the presents bought by me and dh including the stockings. Anything from anyone else is from that person. It was always that way when I was a child too (Scotland)

waltermittymissus · 17/12/2013 21:50

Phew! Thank goodness RedCorner I was beginning to feel like a bit of a freak of nature! Xmas Wink

Grotbagstwin · 17/12/2013 21:58

We do it stocking and other presents we buy from Santa, main present from us and family presents from family. This is ds's first christmas he will remember and he has no main present as he likes small toys atm so we have a few gifts from us.

VoldemortsNipple · 17/12/2013 22:01

Walter it's exactly the same here. This is how we did it as children and so did everybody I know. It's the same now. When I've spoken to people in rl about santa only bringing stockings or one gift they look at me like Hmm

I tend to think it might be a working class tradition. I say this because when we were children, the only time we got toys or bikes was at Christmas when Santa brought them. We didn't expect presents from parents because they didn't have money to spend on toys. We would give and receive small gifts with extended family though. We never questioned why this would be strange, it was just a way of showing its nice to give as well as receive.

CyberMenStrual · 17/12/2013 22:03

Santa brings the stockings and real people bring all the other gifts. These are put round the tree after LOs have gone to bed on Christmas Eve (not because Santa has brought them, but to prevent general squeezing and prodding). Stockings are placed at the foot of the bed by Santa at nightime, and he makes a real mess, leaving footprints and mince pie crumbs all over the fireplace!

Stockings are my fave part of Christmas - my DCs are 19 and 16 now, but I still love the whole stocking pressies (possibly far more than they do!)

VoldemortsNipple · 17/12/2013 22:04

I'm from lrelands second capital, Liverpool Grin

Bluestocking · 17/12/2013 22:06

This is all so weird - I don't know anyone who tells their children that Father Christmas (no Santa here, sorry) brings everything. FC fills stockings with jolly little bits of tat, individually wrapped in ultra-cheap paper with snowmen etc on it. Everything else, including the main present, if there is one, is from mum and dad, grandparents, cousins, friends or whoever, and is acknowledged as being from that person; and if that person isn't there to thank, then a thank-you letter is written before Twelfth Night. That is the right way to do it, and anything else is an abomination and likely to cause the world to come to an end. I thank you.

LieborCookin · 17/12/2013 22:11

I think xmas is about the children so as many gifts as possible from the parents to the child, pretending to be Father Christmas is best.

Otherwise, it sort of defeats the whole point really.

Any presents from relatives, fine, any odd gifts from you, fine, but surely, that big present spread, is from FC?

RedPencils · 17/12/2013 22:16

I've only ever heard of all gifts from FC on here.

FC leaving presents at Grandma's is a bit strange.

WhispersOfWickedness · 17/12/2013 22:17

Just stocking tat from Father Christmas here Smile

waltermittymissus · 17/12/2013 22:20

Voldemort that explains it! Xmas Grin

Maybe it is a working class thing. My background is certainly a working class one.

Though, we got presents from mum and dad as well as Santa and then everyone else Xmas Blush

And we don't say Father Christmas at all! That was MIL!

BeaWheesht · 17/12/2013 22:26

My kids get a stocking and a present they've asked for from Santa. The rest are from us / family / friends.

Their present from Santa isn't necessarily the biggest / most expensive just the one they want most eg ds's is a Barbie and ds's is an army set this year.

CoffeeChocolateWine · 17/12/2013 22:39

Santa does stockings in our house...that's all.

woooooooobooo · 17/12/2013 22:40

We do the same as walter Everything bought by dh and I is from Santa. So basically whatever was on their Santa list plus the stocking. Any other gifts from grans, aunties etc are from the people themselves. I don't know anyone who only does stocking from Santa either. I'm in Scotland