How much does Father Christmas give your children?

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Myself and partner have different views on this. Growing up all his presents were from 'Father Christmas'

For us, we had a stocking and maybe a large gift or a few smaller gifts from him and the rest were from parents. This was always a thing.

What is normal?

I don't want Father Christmas to get all the credit 🤣

I'm thinking a stocking and a main present for him and the rest from us?

What do others do??

Stocking is from Santa here. I think the kid assumes the big present is from Father Christmas, too, but we've not confirmed either way.

Stockings. Everything else is labelled and the givers need to be thanked.

I agree with @Dinosauratemydaffodils but did whatever works for you.

Stockings were from Santa here, same as my childhood. Any other gifts under the tree were from mum / granny / whoever. Just a reminder if you do that.. make sure Santa uses different wrapping paper, I almost got caught out that way one year 😂😂

FC was always just the delivery man - panicked story when DD1 was little and was with me as I bought a Christmas present and the story kind of grew from there.

This year neither DD (11 at Christmas and 8) believe anymore - the first time ever but they have been jokingly saying ‘don’t forget to send the presents mum’

One present- usually the thing they've specifically asked for. We've never said either way on stockings.

Just the stocking— but the stocking growing up was the most fun part

Sack/stocking at end of bed with main pressie - all this comes from Father Christmas. Presents from other family members under the tree. Nothing from us - DD is 8 and has never ever commented that she doesn't receive anything from us!

She'll find out soon enough that the FC gifts have always been from us. At the risk of sounding like a prat, I don't need any credit - I just LOVE seeing her joy that FC has got her all the stuff she wants.

Everything that DH and I buy (stockings and most of the presents under the tree) is from Father Christmas - seems more magical to me that way. But Father Christmas sends the bill to Mummy and Daddy - so we still get some credit, and it also explains why we don't get them anything, why they can't necessarily have anything they ask for, why children from other families might get more than them or less than them, etc.

In our house, growing up, our stocking and presents beside it were from Santa. Anything under the tree was from the various extended relatives who had sent them. There was something from "Mum and Dad" under the tree for all DC (often something quite useful rather than magical), but an additional (more magical) present for those older DCs who no longer had big presents from Santa (but everyone - even as adults - who sleeps under that roof on Christmas Eve has to leave out a pair of socks, as we did as DCs, for their fruit, sweets book and possibly 1 other stocking filler type gift).

In DH's house it was similar - except that once you no longer believed, there were no stockings.

In our house, we know that DD knows that we know she no longer believes (think Donald Rumsfeld's "known knowns and known unknowns" ). But she has never said she didn't believe, we have a rule of "if you don't believe, you won't receive", and she still asks to put out her stocking every year as a mid-teen - so nobody admits that she knows. So she still gets a filled stocking and 1 present in the morning. But there has always been something from us under the tree for her (again, usually something useful, with the magical stuff having been with the stocking) and that is now her bigger present.

Everything from Santa. I don't know anyone who does it differently. I was wondering if it was an English thing actually because I see it on here alot. I'm west Scotland.

stocking only. usually includes one thing from the christmas list (the want) colouring pens (need) pyjamas (wear) and a book (read) plus a few stocking fillers and oranges of course.

The rest is from us and the rest of the family. Anything else is too much imo but I know lots of people think piles of presents are what kids need at christmas.

Everything from Santa. I’m Scottish, DH is English. This isn’t how his family did things tho. He would get one present from ‘father Christmas’ and one thing from his parents. I go a little over the top at Christmas and it’s caused quite a few arguments in our house

Everything was from FC in my house as a child and it’s the same now with my own children. Sack/stocking at the end of the bed and more downstairs! Friends/family gifts excluded.

As others have said, mine have never questioned and they are only little for such a short time, they soon work out that it’s Mum and Dad so I’m not worried about taking any credit.
I won’t ever say he’s not real though - if you don’t believe you don’t receive 😂 🎅🏻

Stocking only, everything else comes from me or whoever gave it to them.

Father Christmas gets the smaller bits from the list and I buy the higher priced items as Father Christmas has to spend a lot on getting all the others children's toys made.

We have always said all presents are from Santa. I have only found out recently that people just do one present or a sticking from Santa. This is such a good idea. I really wish I had known sooner. My youngest is 8 and eldest is 20 so too late for me to change it now I think.

I remember my DD saying that she knew FC was not real but she didn't want to upset me, by telling me, as she knew I still believed.

Stockings only from santa with small gifts.
Other gifts are from whoever bought them.

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Everyone gets a stocking here, regardless of age, FC still comes to all.

Stockings only. I don’t know if it’s regional. We have a friend who insists even her gifts to the DC are “from santa” and won’t accept any thanks. It’s weird and awkward and confuses the kids!

Everything is from Santa.
And everyone gets a stocking. Including me and DH...and the cat.

Stockings, plus a few presents that are small in value but too large physically to fit in the stocking! (colouring books for example)

Everything else is from us and family.

We don’t do a letter to Santa as I know they will ask for their main present in that letter and that’s from us. Also sometimes I want them to be involved in choosing it (you said you wanted lego but which lego did you mean?) which doesn’t work very well if it’s supposed to be from Santa.

Stockings only here - far simpler when they get older.

None of this FC is the delivery guy (I mean just why - makes no logical sense?), avoids why FC gives poor children less (so unfair), makes it easier to say 'too expensive' or 'not suitable'.

Everything from us is from Father Christmas, usually a stocking with small bits and one big present/two medium ones. Everything else is from who it's from.

Yeah we are having disagreement on this. This yr we will have to make our mind up as she'll be 3 1/2 so we got away with it last year as she won't remember. She thought Santa brought everything apart from gifts from family.

It just doesn't sit right with me. So all the family have bought her a gift and we've bought nothing but Santa has given everything else.

I grew up believing Santa brought my big gift and stocking and the rest was from my parents. Makes more sense as they will think Santa has endless funds too and we get some gratitude!