Does Santa bring everything in your house?

[MsMiaWallace]

Santa does bring all the presents in our house apart from those from grandparents etc.

When I was a kid it was the same until we didn't believe anymore.

I figured that the kids don't believe for long & it is magical but it's bloody hard work when Santa gets all the credit for everything.

@Hugsgalore

I always find it so odd that parents want the credit for buying their children Xmas presents.

Santa brings everything here and we buy something really small from us.
My parents did the same and when we stopped believing it was wonderful to find out the things your parents did to make it magical... and that they weren't glory hunters.

No, he just brought the one special present they asked for and a few treats. He'd leave them in a sack in front of the fireplace.

All the other presents were wrapped, put underneath the tree and labelled from those who bought them.

Hugsgalore I'm knotted laughing here at 'glory hunters' 😂😂😂

For my parents and for me and DH when we became parents, it's about teaching children to be appreciate those who have taken the time and expense of buying them thoughtful gifts.

Plus kids aren't stupid. We're all bombarded with Christmas shopping/toy adverts from the end of October.

Santa brings stocking presents and one big present, the rest is from me, family and friends. I think it’s odd saying santa brings everything including presents others have gifted. We always wrote thank you letters to relatives to thank them for their gifts when we were kids.
When small I would get one big gift from Father Christmas and a few smaller gifts, we didn’t have sticking, we had sacks but Father Christmas would move the tree presents into our sacks along with a few extra from him but we knew who had gifted what.

Santa brings everything here. I once asked my mum why we didn't get presents from her. Her response of " do you not think you've got enough from santa?" was enough to stop me wondering. I don't need to take credit, seeing their faces on Christmas morning is enough for me.

Santa brings all the presents here. When I say that I mean all the presents we buy. I’ve only heard on MN of Santa bringing presents that other people buy. I think that’s really odd! Not the done thing in Ireland. But then neither is Santa just bringing a stocking - he brings bigger presents and little surprises in a stocking.

Absolutely not. Santa brings the stocking only, same as when I was little. Mum always said she bought the main presents and sent them to Santa, I never questioned it. I think she also did it as we alternated an 'expensive Christmas' and a 'cheap Christmas', so we knew up front when we might get a bike, or when we might get smaller presents.

This also works for us as my DS had a Switch last year. Some parents can't afford such expensive gifts so it's unfair for a child to think Santa gave one to my son but not to him.

In our house Santa brings the one main present they ask for, and their stocking. The school I worked in you would get some kids telling their friends Santa bought them 20 things, and some who only got one gift as its all their parents could afford, which would then make them feel like they hadn't been good. Kids can understand some kids getting more because their parents can afford more, but the story of Father Christmas doesn't make sense for him to be giving some kids one present and some kids 20. It would also seem weird if my youngest for example got a present off everyone in the family, including siblings, except mum and dad, and I think it makes it obvious who the santa presents are really from. Nothing to do with credit.

He did one year, but dd then asked me if I'd got her anything. So after that FC just got a stocking of little things and parents got the main presents. One dd did notice that some FC presents had Primark labels on them so i said he shopped there sometimes

No, Father Christmas does stocking plus some bits. Parents give other presents.

We always wrote thank you letters to relatives to thank them for their gifts when we were kids.

Yes, same here, as did my kids.

No, the stockings have a few cheap token gifts in them (eg new toothbrush, bath stuff, sweets etc) and the other presents go under the tree and are from us.

@WorraLiberty

We always wrote thank you letters to relatives to thank them for their gifts when we were kids.

Yes, same here, as did my kids.

Still do. It was ingrained much too deeply in me as a child to ever not. I hated doing it as a child but have a lot more appreciation for it now.

Santa always did our stocking, the presents under the tree were from mum and dad/ relatives. It was magic, stocking empty when we went to sleep, full when we woke up. It also meant presents under tree could be put out on Christmas eve.

Santa brings a stocking and 1 present. Nothing to do with 'credit'. More to do with appreciating that real people buy you gifts, and it's nice to buy gifts for others. They chose something for toy collections as well, have done since they were quite young. When they were little it was explained as helping Santa get extra presents for children whose parents couldn't afford to get them presents.

No, he brings a sack with small stocking filler type gifts in.

No just stocking here. We dts and I put the big gifts (from Me)under the tree on Xmas eve.

Nope santa brings nothing to my house, but when my son was younger and we did Christmas then there were family gifts and santas gifts. It was a bit crazy.

Dont worry DS still gets gifts at Christmas by his fathers side, we do Yule here and we do have Yule gifts but not to the level of a commercial Christmas

Yes Santa brings most presents and stocking until they don't believe. We do a small gift to them to open and they buy small gifts they pick for their siblings.

All presents from relatives are from them.

We always say your letter is a wish list but santa doesn't bring everything you ask for.

Father Christmas/Santa is the person who makes some of the presents (a lot of presents are bought and sent to him) and he delivers all of the presents. Some of the presents are delivered to other houses (such as grandparents) for the children to open. Non of the presents are from him. This is how I was brought up. I could thank each person for the gift they gave us and want my children to do the same.

DD asked me if Santa was like ‘the Amazon man’ so I said yes, that we pay Santa’s elves to make her gifts and Santa delivers them. We’ve just kept it at that as I was worried about managing expectations. I don’t think it’s fair ‘Santa’ gave one kid an iPad and another a coat.

we're past that phase now but Santa always brought all the presents from us. And a stocking.

All other presents - from family / friends etc went under the tree and were labelled from them so no confusion here.

It was like that for me growing up. dh's parents made zero effort for Christmas when he was growing up and he was happy to do things my way once he got the hang of it.

We have never had the 'conversation' with now mid-teen and still leave all the gifts out as always on Christmas Eve and she still comes down Christmas morning to surprises! It's still magical.

The only thing we changed is that now we do stockings for each other too so there are 3 stockings on the fireplace. It's become one of my favourite traditions over the past 4 or so years.

We put small luxuries into them and we leave a present for everyone under the tree too.

I never got the whole Santa only leaving stockings or parents wanting glory for the presents or parents sending money to santa for presents or santa bringing ALL gifts including ones from family members....so many variations which I'd never come across in real life until I met dh's English family and also when I started reading MN

No. A small stocking and one gift are Santa. That’s all.

In our house Father Christmas brings the stockings. My eldest never wrote a letter to FC but I knew things he would like. My youngest picked up on letter writing and has written a letter the last few years. She has asked for dolls clothes, dolls nappies and a cuddly toy this year. I don't necessarily get everything but she doesn't tend to ask for loads. Father Christmas also always brings christmas socks, chocolate coins, a satsuma and a candy cane. Presents aren't wrapped - the stocking is the wrapping. They pull one thing out at a time. They are hing downstairs on the fireplace and I always watch them opening them as I love to see their faces. They don't wake particularly only so no need to use them to stay in bed longer as some do. They open their stockings first thing and then presents from us after breakfast.

Stockings are from Santa everything else is from family/friends.

Nope, santa brings a stocking with small "stocking filler" gifts and traditional items (apple, orange, sugar mouse, chocolate coins).

Everything else goes under the tree labelled as from whoever bought it.

Much easier to manage expectations and ensure manners etc