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Does Santa bring everything in your house?

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MsMiaWallace · 10/11/2020 13:02

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.

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Barms155 · 10/11/2020 17:46

Our house santa brings everything same when I was a child.it never crossed my mind as a child why others got more/less I was just happy I got what was on my list...my son is the same.
He does get other presents of grandparents and aunts

Jigglypuffler · 10/11/2020 17:47

Another no here. Santa brings one decent pressie and the stocking. Although this year my DS has outsmarted us a little, he has asked for various toys, some quite pricey, and when responded with our normal murmuring about 'if you're good' yadda yadda his come back was 'well you can buy them for me instead of me asking Santa, then it doesn't matter because good behaviour is for Santa' 🙈 he's six!! Ffs 😂

Equimum · 10/11/2020 17:59

Santa drivers but only gifts the stockings (he also doesn’t my driver gifts from PIL, because they like to give when they see the children, even if that’s not for a month or so)

MrsWhites · 10/11/2020 18:29

I don’t think it’s down to privilege that some people say everything is from Santa, it certainly isn’t in our house, it’s just the way it was when I was a child so I’ve always told my children the same.

I can’t believe people would critique others for how they do Christmas - surely different people just have different traditions and ways of doing things!

MrsJonesAndMe · 10/11/2020 18:40

No, he brings one thing they asked for. We do the work and pay for it, so we get the credit and thanks!

TheOtherMaryBerry · 10/11/2020 18:50

No, for us Santa brings the stocking presents but not the main presents. It's nothing to do with wanting the credit but just how it's always been done here. But I do think that whilst all of the magic of Santa is lovely it's not the only thing about Christmas and planning and getting presents for the people you love and spending time with them is the more important thing. I do think that it would be odd for DS to see us buy Christmas presents for grandparents, aunts and uncles and cousins and then wonder why we hadn't got them anything!

cg88 · 10/11/2020 19:03

In our house Santa brings them but we have to send money to Santa so the elves can make the toys. We've always said this is the case but this year dd has asked for a switch and I don't want her thinking she can just ask for something that expensive and it get brought to her. Plus helps explain why some children don't get expensive presents or why some get more than others.

Lazysundayafternoons · 10/11/2020 19:10

We say everything is from Santa. It's the way it was when I was a child so I just continued with it.

This year especially I have become aware of how others do it differently, how others give less from Santa and how some cant afford to spend as much. I wanted to change this year and say that Santa got ds the two things he asked for and the rest are from us but he is 7 and clever and think he might be suspicious if I suddenly change the story this year.

CloudyVanilla · 10/11/2020 19:29

I have done stockings from santa only from this year. My main reason is I do want to actually talk to my DC about what they want. If santa isn't real then I wouldn't need to ask them! And they are too little to write lists.

Also I just like the tradition of santa stockings. I have so many silly little hypithetical logical inconsistencies and the way they are best solved is Santa = stockings, Tree = family :)

They have to be good stockings though.

CloudyVanilla · 10/11/2020 19:30

If Santa is real then I wouldn't need to ask them

HappyChristmasTreeRex · 10/11/2020 19:33

He brings anything from DH and I, but not those from friends and family. Unfortunately kids compare no matter who they are from so I don't believe it's worth worrying about comparisons. There isn't a right or wrong though, it's just the way we prefer it.

Notmydaughteryoubitch · 10/11/2020 19:40

Stocking and a few presies from the big man - these are opened straight away in the morning and then played with. All presents from family are under the tree and are opened with the wider family when we all open our presents, they know who they're from.
This way they get the magic that FC has been and still learn to appreciate the thought given by their family for their gifts, write thank you cards etc. Also like others I don't want my DC getting lots of presents from Santa when they only get a few. All still very magical.

Trekkerbabe · 10/11/2020 19:45

Exactly the same here. I like them to know I've taken loads of care choosing the presents they want...
Stockings from FC rare opened first thing whereas bigger family presents come later...

Doublechins · 10/11/2020 19:49

Everything from Santa in this house. Makes it more magical I think. I don't give presents to get the credit for them so that's never been an issue.

TheLastStarfighter · 10/11/2020 20:19

@YouNeedASpaDay

We buy it and Santa brings it! Like DHL but on a sleigh! Works for us, the kids have never questioned it!
^ this

And the kids are now 12 & 14, so pretty sure it’s a strategy that worked because there were never any issues.

The back story was that Santa put the magic into the toys.

They knew that we paid for the toys, and that some families were not so fortunate so that was why sometimes we bought extra toys to send to Santa so he could put the magic in and take them to other children.

We all acted surprised as presents were unwrapped, with cries of “oh, I’m so glad Santa got that one after I suggested it to him”.

NullcovoidNovember · 10/11/2020 21:36

I'd love to know what this famous credit other parents seem to get?

Our dc only really get presents from us. There is no big family to spoil them...

On Xmas they get most gifts from fc.
I get immense pleasure from seeing their delight and joy?
There are always a few gifts from mummy and daddy... Just in case gifts.. In case HE doesn't make it... Then anyone else who does happen to give.. Give from themselves...

My reward and credit comes from their joy, shock and wonder... It's such a small window.. They only really get it at 3 mostly 4...5,6.. Then rumours start at school... 7,8...suspicious starts... Then poof..

To be honest I'm not entirely sure of the point of doing fc at all if he only brings a tiny stocking? They get presents from parents.. So wheres the excitement if he comes or not?

Why does it matter?

NullcovoidNovember · 10/11/2020 21:40

How do people get this extra care over to their 3 and 4 year old?

Do you sit them down and go through the process? In don't get it?

I just look back at the amazing efforts of my own dp? I'm immensely grateful.
Dh family would Never give credit to anyone but Mil for the few gifts she gives out. They have to sit and give her thanks.

It's the most joyless Xmas I've ever experienced. It seemed more about Mil getting attention! Forced... Of course we feel thankful when we get presents!

micc · 10/11/2020 22:00

My DD writes a letter to father Christmas and asks for her 'main' gifts. For instance she has been saying she is going to ask for toy story figures. We will send off that letter and I will put them in her stocking. They will be from him. She doesnt get a stocking with little bits, she is 4 and doesnt need little bits. I make her a Christmas eve box where I put bath bombs, chocolate, activity books, pyjamas etc. Under the tree it's from us and family :) this year I got her a few puzzles, a remote control car and her first barbie.

Charleyhorses · 10/11/2020 22:08

Father Christmas did stockings when ours were small.
Massive advantages:
If you can't afford expensive presents
If you can't get the latest fad or must have pressie
You just tell your child in advance. Father Christmas will still deliver as usual.

lazylinguist · 10/11/2020 22:13

and that they weren't glory hunters.

Hmm Father Christmas just brings the stocking fillers in our house. Nothing to do with getting credit or glory hunting fgs, it's just how my family (and dh's) always did it! (And how most people I know do it.)

IceFrost · 11/11/2020 05:01

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

I think this at times too but the kids will know when they are older it was from me and their dad so it doesn’t bother me to much.

Here, all presents that are from me/dad are from Santa so all most wanted gifts and stockings come from Santa.

Presents from grandparents/aunties/uncles come from them.

Parents don’t buy their kids gifts as they have to buy for lots of other people (all grown ups) so that Santa has enough time to make stuff for all the kids.

Peppafrig · 11/11/2020 05:05

Yes Santa brings everything expect presents off family and friends . No credit needed here.

IceFrost · 11/11/2020 05:08

They also get a box of Xmas themed stuff on December 1st. When the elf comes... he brings it! Xmas pjs, xmas cups, book, sweets etc.

We give a xmas eve box on Xmas eve with stuff for our Xmas movie night before Santa comes.

Every year I make sure I get there most wanted gift even if I have to stay up all night and stand outside shops at 6am and rope in family. They are only kids once. This will most likely be my daughters last year believing and I am going all out.

IceFrost · 11/11/2020 05:27

@Oblomov20

No. Santa brings a chocolate box. Why give Santa all the credit for your main presents and little ones. Always seemed crazy to me.
Because they are kids and they will know when they are older anyway. Seems crazy to me that someone is bothered about Santa getting credit instead of them.
smaragda · 11/11/2020 06:24

In our house Santa brings one present, the kids wrote their letters, and Santa picks on thing off there to bring-the rest of the list is usually then farmed out to family, so the kids end up with most of the things they asked for, just not all from Santa. It has worked well over the years