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Help! DS just found one of his Santa presents!!!!

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BudaBauble · 17/12/2006 09:05

Drat! DS wanted a big Star Wars Lego thingie. Bought it last week and put it in wardrobe in basement. He and DH just going out to rugby training and DH went to wardrobe to get his fleece. DS saw the Star Wars box.

Cue much asking of "what is in the Star Wars box" with great excitement.

Can hear DH saying he doesn't know.

Any suggestions?

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BudaBauble · 17/12/2006 09:30

Come on folks!

What do I do???? It is supposed to be one of his main presents - in fact was the main present!

Do I wrap it seperately and say it's from Mummy & Daddy? Anyone think of a good excuse I can use as to why it was there?????

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roisin · 17/12/2006 09:33

How old is he?
I would say just wrap it (and move it and put it somewhere else) and present it on christmas morning as usual.

sandcastlesforanaussiexmas · 17/12/2006 09:33

dd has seen 2 of her pressies, I was just careless, forgetting how observant she now is.

Have told her they are for her little friend & hope she forgets about them!!

danceswithreindeer · 17/12/2006 09:33

Wrap seperately and say it is from mummy and daddy OR could you say it is for someone else? What a bummer!

BettySpaghetti · 17/12/2006 09:34

Could you come up with a story about looking after it for a neighbour/friend?

Then you would have to make the decision as to whether or not you then give it to your DS from you or from Father Christmas -depends on how many questions he'll ask and how much he'll analyse the fact that he saw a the same/similar thing in the wardrobe.

Difficult one!

foxtrottothefestivegrotto · 17/12/2006 09:36

Santa dropped it off early because it is just sooo big it wouldn't fit on the sleigh (or down the chimney) with all the other pressies on xmas eve.

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BudaBauble · 17/12/2006 09:36

He's 5. Don't know what to say when he comes back from rugby.

I do buy toys for children in an orphanage here - could say it was for one of them and it was collected while he was out?

Bum. Bum and double bum! Am normally so careful.

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BudaBauble · 17/12/2006 09:37

foxtrot - that story won't wash as we are in Budapest but will be going to Dublin for Xmas.

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foxtrottothefestivegrotto · 17/12/2006 09:38

he's 5, he really wants it, he'll believe anything!

foxtrottothefestivegrotto · 17/12/2006 09:39

well, then santa had to bring it to budapset as he doesn't know where you are going to be on xmas eve?

roisin · 17/12/2006 09:51

At that age many children would either:
a) Have forgotten all about it by the time they return from Rugby, or
b) Have brooded about it all morning and worked out that it was probably a secret they weren't supposed to see, and that silence is probably the best option.

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BudaBauble · 17/12/2006 09:51

Right - am going to plead ignorance! It;s not there now so he can look. I will claim to know nothing about it but say that sometimes Santa delivers some things early so that he doesn't has so much to carry but he obv realised we will be in Dublin so has taken it back.

Plausible?

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foxtrottothefestivegrotto · 17/12/2006 09:59

Definately worth a shot.
Are you carting it all the way to Dublin with you??

brimfull · 17/12/2006 09:59

Is it the only thing he's expecting from santa?
If not then I'd say it's from you and keep the other stuff from santa.

But your explanation will sound plausible to a 5 yr old,but watch out for questions about how he got in,when etc.Sorry am picking holes in it aren't I ,am like an evil all-knowing child tee hee!

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BudaBauble · 17/12/2006 10:05

Yes - carting it to Dublin! have bought most of his other stuff there and it's in my Mum's but couldn't get this particular thing and saw it here so just got it. It is in a big box but we won't bring the box back. All his other stuff is small - Playstation games, books, Star wars figures etc.

Will see what he says when he comes back. Tried to ring DH to fix our story and he hasn't taken his phone!

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rhubarbcat · 17/12/2006 12:01

Make up a story that Santa wrote to you explaining that the elves have been so busy this year (and have all had flu) they were worried they wouldn't have quite enough time to finish making all the toys. So he asked all the mum's to help out by getting one present themselves. ?????

whoopsfallenoffthexmastree · 17/12/2006 12:31

my ds found a present last year after bursting into my parents room when he had been told not too (we were living with them at the time)
I told my Mum not to give it to him so he then got it for his Birthday.

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BudaBauble · 17/12/2006 12:36

Well he is back from rugby and hasn't mentioned it although talked of nothing else on the way there with DH. Said to DH that maybe it was for his birthday - which is in August!

Have decided to say that yes it was there but I had bought it for a little boy with no mummy or daddy so it is not for him. Have actually done this a few times for orphanages here so he will accept it.

Have also had a brainwave re taking it to Dublin. IN the past we have always left any big present here for him to find when we come back so will do that with the Lego. (He already asked me what I thought Santa would leave here for him so that answers that!)>

Thanks all - just panicked slightly!

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MerryMegandSnowySoph · 17/12/2006 13:08

Could you take the bits out of that box and put it in a cardboard box to wrap and just leave the box there in the wardrobe with other household bits in it.

Otherwise if that idea is just stupid the idea of saying it's from you will work, telling DS that santa already had his pressies ready before he got the message that ds wanted the starwars present.

It is hard to keep the presents hidden. I have loads in my airing cuboard under an old duvet and loads under my bed with a sheet covering them, with the added bonus of a lock on the outside of my bedroom door although have forgot to lock it a couple of times.

merrylissiemas · 17/12/2006 13:23

when i was little mum used to tell us that the pressies we found in the house were from jack frost coz he doesn't have santa's powers

bobsmum · 17/12/2006 13:27

Santa's just the postman in our house. Mummy and daddy buy the pressies then Santa wraps and delivers them. No way is Santa getting the credit for my incredible shopping prowess (sp?). So ds finding anything would just mean Santa hadn't wrapped it yet. Blame Santa - lazy swine.

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BudaBauble · 17/12/2006 13:38

Am just going to leave it at the moment. He hasn't mentioned it. If he does I will say it wasn't for him.

Santa always brought the toys when I was growing up so I want to stick with that. Will do a Xmas Eve pressie from us of new PJs, book and dvd. Santa gets the credit for the rest!

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merrylissiemas · 17/12/2006 13:48

pmsl at lazy santa

corrina28 · 17/12/2006 13:50

tell him that you are looking after if for someone, then give it to him from you instead.

Katherine · 17/12/2006 21:06

Tell him that Santa gets very busy and that often parents help out with the shopping and that he will be calling in soon to collect it. You could even move it and then make a big thing about the fact that its gone now. Although he'll know something he is getting he will be really chuffed at being " in on the act ".