Please or to access all these features

Add post

Watch this thread

Save thread

Start a new thread

Flip thread

Hide thread

My feed

Active Unanswered threads

Getting started FAQ's

Unanswered threads Acronyms Talk guidelines

Hide shortcut buttons

Talk

Christmas

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

Flip

1 2

Original poster

what do you tell them?

38 replies

themumfairy · 21/08/2015 22:22

I've noticed lots of people tell their dc different things about santa.

I've always said that mummy and daddy buy the presents and send them to santa to bring Xmas eve.

what do you all say?

OP posts:

storybrooke · 22/08/2015 16:10

Ahh that makes more sense!

This will be the first year ds will have an understanding so I'm taking on board ideas different to my own.

Wolpertinger · 22/08/2015 16:25

Father Christmas brings stocking presents. Presents under the tree are from the giver. All big ticket items go under the tree.

Have always wanted to ask - if santa brings all the presents isn't it weird that your auntie bought you a present but your parents didn't? Or that you have to get a present for your mum - shouldn't Santa be sorting that out?

tootiredtothink · 23/08/2015 22:20

FC brings stockings and sack including main present.

Presents under tree are from whoever bought them. We put a present under the tree from us too. Something i know they'll love but not an expensive 'main' present. They've never noticed we don't spend a lot from us.

This is my first Christmas that they both 'know' about FC. I'll still do the same with presents. Keep the magic alive even though they know the truth just as my parents did for me.

Fluffy24 · 23/08/2015 22:30

If you have some presents from you and some from FC are there ever any issues with forgetting who brought what and getting picked up on it?

tootiredtothink · 23/08/2015 22:40

Easy here as FC brings all bar one from us. FC presents are a mad unwrapping, both opening their sacks at same time.....sacks are put on sofa.

Presents under the tree are unwrapped in a much more civilised manor. Each person taking it in turns, looking at tags and saying who it's from before opening. We're from a small family though so not as many under the tree so maybe easier here.

My two are very trusting (or gulable?) and have never questioned it.

Equimum · 24/08/2015 11:34

We do the same sort if thing as OP. Father Christmas gives stockings and then delivers the present that everyone else buys him. The only problem is that MIL insists this is 'wrong' and likes to give the present herself, whenever she sees DS near Christmas (either before or after). So far, he has been too small to understand, but I think we're going to have to tell him that granny isn't able to post the presents to Father Christmas due to her illness (she started using a wheelchair a couple of years ago).

onehellofaride · 24/08/2015 11:55

Santa brings all presents except those from family.

We tell the DC that instead of getting them a Christmas present we decided to take them for a couple of days out in the run up. They prefer this because they enjoy them and know they get enough on the day. Last year we went on the Polar Express and on the HP studio tour.
They are 9, 8 and 6

TheOnlyPink · 24/08/2015 13:04

Santa brings all the presents except the ones from family. He makes them in his workshop, so they have to decide what they would like to ask for early, so the elves gave time to make it. And, each child gets a certain amount of time to make their presents. Baby gifts are easy to make, but video games and electronics are difficult and complicated, so they can't ask for too much.

I realise it's very convoluted, but I tied myself in knots. it works though.

As for parents not buying them anything, ds 1 asked for the first time recently (tbh I think he is catching on, he's 8 now), and I told him that we buy them new pyjamas and we do all the fun activities in December instead, because they get so much from Santa. He thought that made perfect sense!

Cherrypippin · 24/08/2015 14:57

Father Christmas fills the stocking and brings one large present from their lists. All other presents are from family.

BiddyPop · 25/08/2015 12:04

FC leaves a stocking and some presents (one big or a few smaller) together in the middle of the room.

Anything under the tree comes from the labeled giver - including a parcel from DH and I (usually something practical like clothes or craft materials).

DD then gets another batch the following day for her birthday. So she does well!!

SoThisIsSummer · 25/08/2015 14:53

never been specific about exactly what sort of presents he brings, always been vauge on getting them to ask for stuff too....BUT he does bring all the main gifts in his own paper, the huge spread comes from him.

we put a few presents out a week before so they can be proded and guessed and gazed at but the huge spread - comes from the big man with some smaller stuff from us.

and he leaves a filled stocking.

I have never ever understood this need for grown adults to want their dc to know at such young ages that they buy the presents/

By doing santa your giving so much more than just monetary gifts. But I guess people just get that concept or they don'.t

They have the whole rest of their lives to know exactly where their gifts come from but a small window for incredible wonder and magic.

SoThisIsSummer · 25/08/2015 14:56

If you have some presents from you and some from FC are there ever any issues with forgetting who brought what and getting picked up on it?

No I have a good memory and if in doubt just say - oh you got that for xmas last year - sort of thing.

SoThisIsSummer · 25/08/2015 14:58

This year for instance big ticket items for us will be Hudl and hot wires and lucy the dog for toddler and lots of lego. FC will bring those.

from us - djeco craft sets, books, usbourne sticker books.

we dont get many presents at all for them from other family members.

Flip

1 2