What's from father Christmas?

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Just a fun one, I was wondering what you did as a child and what you do for your children. Are the presents In the stocking from father Christmas? Or under the tree? Is there just one big one from him? Or do you let them know you got them all? :) I love hearing about what other people do.
My DD is 4, we do the same as what I did as a child, the stocking is always from father Christmas. Everything under the tree is from mum and dad. Something that my OH does is start putting the presents under the tree before Christmas day! Which was so weird too me. My mum used to leave them until Christmas day, he would have them out throughout the month of December. Which imo requires alot of restraint from a child ahha, but we met half way and put them out a couple days before Christmas. It was so exciting seeing my DDs face when she woke up and her stocking was full, last year was the first year she got it.. and she was so excited! Cant wait for this year.. covid isn't ruining this for me! Haha

We do the stockings from Father Christmas. They're on the end of dc's beds.

Then one main present from Santa for each dc plus one shared present. These are under the tree and wrapped in different paper and with special tags. Everything else from whoever it's from.

The presents go out once they're in bed so they love the surprise in the morning. I don't mind the idea of putting them out in advance once they're a bit older (5 and 7 at moment).

I’m the same as you. Stocking from FC, everything else from me and DH. Goes under the tree an Christmas Eve.

One present from Santa, all wrapped in plain silver paper the rest are from us.

As a child we had just stocking presents from Father Christmas but my husband had everything from him, so we do a combination. He brings her stocking, and stockings for everyone in the family (although she's Santa's helper so she actually does those ones ) then he gives her one main gift and leaves a gift for the family, usually a board game or jigsaw puzzle

Everything from Father Christmas when ours were young. In a pillowcase.

I am also fascinated by all the different traditions. We are just getting to the age where our children understand Christmas so we will need to make a decision this year. When we were little we always got a stocking from Santa on the end of our bed to keep us entertained until after 7am when we could go downstairs and open our main presents. We used to get one big present from Santa and everything else was from our parents or whoever.
Also am always a bit at people who insist that Father Christmas is the “correct” name. I grew up East Coast Scotland in the 80/90s and it was always Santa (pronounced without the T of course)!

Everything in or beside the stocking is Santa. Everything under the tree is labelled with the giver (us, and other family).

Same as both DH and I had growing up.

As DD has never admitted that she doesn't believe, but we all know she knows but she still puts out her stocking (young teen), she still gets a stocking but will comment pointedly in advance about things she'd like in it (a few small things she'd like, not demands - and mostly it is still a surprise). But main presents are now under the tree.

Actually, what is different is that DD has a proper stocking (I think a DGM gave it to her), whereas we always put out our largest pair of socks as DCs.

Stockings from Santa with low value gifts, identical basically. Substantial gifts from us. Dd still wrote from Father Christmas on her sisters stocking gifts last year when she helped me wrap, her sister is 20!

In our house, stocking presents were from Father Christmas. All other presents were labelled from the giver. Although my mum used to give me a small gift or selection pack to put in DS’ stocking, as she liked the idea of doing it secretly! Obviously she would give him a present as well, from her and his Grandad.

Children are allowed to ask for two smallish presents from FX. They then get a stocking from him too. All other presents are identified from the giver.

When they go back to school I don't want the other children thinking he's more generous to our children than to them.

When I was young all the presents from my parents were from santa. We typically do the same with a couple from mum and dad.

I do wish we'd done it differently as DD just assumes she can ask santa for anything although we've always told her that mum and dad have to pay santa for her present to prevent her from making her lists too long or expensive!

Stockings ONLY.
GAVEL.
End of discussion.

Everything was from from SC when I was a child bar one small one from my parents. Same goes from my DC. Everything is from SC bar one small one from myself and DP. But I do tell my DC the same as my parents told me; that parents have to send some money to SC to help buy the gifts.

Just stockings from Santa (although they can overflow!), usually smaller stuff from Poundland etc!
Everything else under the tree from parents, aunts etc. I always wonder that those who say it's all from Santa ever get questioned why they don't give anything to their children? And do they give Santa credit for the gifts from aunts, grandparents etc?

Just the stocking and everything else labelled here too, it's the way we always did it as kids. DD is still little but I'm hoping when she's older it'll help with explaining why Xmas wishlists are subject to budget constraints! I also think it makes the smaller stocking gifts feel a bit more special.

Santa sacks instead of stockings (bought because they were cute). All Santa presents go in there. Small things, books, sweets, stationery, small toys, card games, a £5 note each, fun T shirt, craft kit etc. Big present from us each. Lots of presents from shopaholic Granny- a switch lite each this year. Various other presents from aunts, uncles and other set of grandparents.

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Just stockings from Santa (although they can overflow!), usually smaller stuff from Poundland etc! Everything else under the tree from parents, aunts etc. I always wonder that those who say it's all from Santa ever get questioned why they don't give anything to their children? And do they give Santa credit for the gifts from aunts, grandparents etc?

I never questioned my parents why they hadn't given me any presents. Why would I have expected any from them when Father Christmas had been? Same with DC. Presents from other people were under the tree and labelled. FC was the only person who went into the bedroom to deliver presents.

@FaffingForEngland Interesting. Not even when friends said they'd had 'such-and-such' from Mum and Dad? Did you not wonder where your gift was?

Everything is from Father Christmas here, stocking, the lot.

We do one (not too expensive, £25 max) present from Santa and it's left with the stockings outside each bedroom door.
Everything else is from us/family/friends.

[quote inappropriateraspberry]@FaffingForEngland Interesting. Not even when friends said they'd had 'such-and-such' from Mum and Dad? Did you not wonder where your gift was?[/quote]
No, never. I was so excited to have presents from Father Christmas. None of our DC questioned it either. Children love opening presents. I don't think it matters if another child says theirs came from their parents, I wouldn't have thought for a second why haven't my parents got me anything. It's like all the stuff with Christmas Eve boxes and elves. We didn't do it, no questions were ever asked.

One or two presents come from Father Christmas and everything else is from the giver. The stocking is from us as well.

Stocking on bed.
Presents under tree.
Df and dm usually gave me something small... Other presents from giver.

Imo Xmas day is not a teaching day. They understand Xmas, presents and fc for such a tiny window in their lives!

Faffing I think we were the same. Xmas was for gifts from fc really!
It would never occur to me to ask for more!!