What have your DC got for christmas :)

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I love hearing what others have got their little ones, i like how we have so many different ideas and present traditions. Such as something you want read watch and need. I did that last year and was great or Just one gift from santa or no "gifts" but a panto show.

Our Generation doll
Large Remote controlled Land rover
Crazy Coupe
few little Toys

@TheChosenTwo - where was the hmv?

@Amerimoon not sure if you meant me as I mentioned the formula but will share in case it's useful

Around 5 toys and gifts
Knitted items x 1 or 2
Book x 1 or 2
Fragrance
Nice cup or water bottle
Nice notebook
Nice pen or pencil
Soft toy/sentimental item when older
Bath Bomb
Bubble Bath
Toothbrush
Jar of craft items

Stickers (gift card/ tickets/subscription when older)

Game or puzzle (can be video game)

Christmassy edible treats (adaptable depending on age and tastes):
Candy cane
Sugar mice
Chocolate orange
Chocolate coins
Christmas Marshmallow Pop

I absolutely love seeing what everyone else does. I really enjoy christmas.

This year mine have

DS 11
Samsung a40 (santa gift)
Purple superdry hoody
Beat the parents boardgame
Headphones
Pass the pigs
Nike Air force one trainers black
Ps4 Game, Gamer pjs and socks
American snackbox
Purple sherpa blanket

My parents have got him
Spiderman ps4 game and a Lynx set

DD 8
Airpods (Santa Gift)
Klutz Pom Pom puppies
Klutz Lego movie
Cool maker glam Nails
£20 Claire's Giftcard
Billie eilish hoody from h&m
Billie eilish notebook and fluffy pen
Hocus pocus board game
Boggle

DD 5

Pet Surprise (santa gift)
Klutz junior pom pom pet set
Melissa and doug reusable stickerset
Melissa and doug vet care set
Dolls Foldable pushchair
Frozen aquabeads set
Steffi doll baby set
My fairy garden figurine
Guess who board game

I often do spend a little more on my big boy, my two girls dad also gets them bits my eldests boys dad has never met him so i do get a little extra, i hope my girls understand why as they grow up 🤞

Dd1 (16)
Ipad
Weighted blanket
Disney stitch plush
Jellycat dragon
Jogging bottoms
5 t-shirts
Rainbow socks

Dd2 (14) she has ASD so mentally a lot younger
Lego technics crane
Lego Harry Potter house
Lego friends set
Jogging bottoms
2 t-shirts
3d puzzle
2 David walliams books
Rush hour game

It doesn’t look much when wrapped this year but has cost me more than I usually spend, dd1 wouldn’t normally get something as expensive as the iPad but she needs it for school work, she’s not expecting it as she thinks they are too expensive.

Ds1 9yo:Telly, Gaming chair, 2x tracksuits, 1x lego set, football, headphones, board games, atm machine piggy bank, new controller for the game console, v bucks.
Ds2: 8yo: tablet, hoverboard, 2× lego sets, slush puppy machine, 2x tracksuits, board games, helmet and knee pads, atm machine piggy bank and V bucks.

DS5

Electric guitar with amp (god help us)
Skateboard (still got to buy)
Hot wheels set
Nerf gun set
Magnetic world map
Playdoh
Mini whiteboard and chalkboard
Basketball hoop with ball
Playmobil

DD3

Bike
Washamils crayola
Little live pet cat
Peppa pig doctor set
Playdoh
Anna and Elsa teddy
Mini whiteboard and chalkboard
Playmobil

Oh and lego

Just turned 6 yo dd (she is a little bit obsessed with Frozen 2)!

Elsa doll
Anna doll
Elsa costume
Frozen 2 lego set
Frozen 2 duvet set
Ice cream maker
Hot water bottle oat thingy
Stocking fillers (bubble bath, toothbrush, sweets)

Nearly 3 yo ds:

Cars duplo
Stickle bricks
Paw Patrol toys
Yoto music player and cards for it
Helmet for new balance bike, (from grandpa. Dd getting a scooter and already has a helmet)
Hot water bottle oat thingy
Stocking fillers as above

@LlamaPjama it was in Guildford.

My ds has:
An electric scooter
Mario gaming chair
Google mini
Kids cheapo Fitbit
Slushie machine
Xbox game
Play doh
Hot wheels cars
Mini fridge
Lots of Lego
Books
Pens
Chocolates
Xbox onesie
And a few other bits

DD10
Trainers
Ugg boots
Popcorn maker
Frustration game
Earphones
Pyjamas
Chocolate
Secrets jar thing
Online/virtual pantomime ticket

How big are your stockings?! Some of the descriptions of contents make them sound huge.

Ours fit a couple of small things to unwrap, satsuma, chocolate coins and a rolled up magazine. They're around a foot high and 5 inches across.

DD(8) has got a new CD player off me and DH. Father Christmas has got her 2 CDs she asked for, some Gravitrax extensions and books.

DD (almost 2) has got fisherprice till and a small toot toot drivers set off me and DH. Father Christmas has got her a happy land farm set and a small football.

I've also sorted some activities to do at home for me and DD. I've bought a 1000peice Christmas themed jigsaw and I've said she can stop up late a few nights a week and help me do it. It's also the first year I've bought snow in a can so she is making some Christmas themed stencils to use with it.

DS9 is getting a tv, a phone (my old one but he's not expecting one as we've said not until he's at secondary school), Minecraft Lego, Nerf joggers/t-shirt, Pokemon cards, pass the pigs, a switch game and a few books. In his stocking will be a game, some Pokemon cards, bakugan, a watch, some chocolate coins and a Fortnite annual.

DS4 is getting Mario Lego, a Mario plush, Cars minis, a scooter, a Mario game, and a switch game. In his stocking will be a game, some hot wheels cars, some Mario bits (pencil case, stickers, rubbers) some felt tip pens and paper pads, a wiggles microphone, a watch and some chocolate coins.

Just need to get some slipper socks for them both and DS4 wants Mario pants too.

Thanks to the PP who shared the page for Pokemon sweets, I'll be having a look at that!

My son has just turned 7 (birthday end of Nov!). He hasn't given me a big list this time so I am going for things I know he will like.

So far:

A hot wheels stunt set (got it half price so a bargain!)

Monopoly game

Joke book and 'would you rather' game book

David Walliams book (he loves them!)

Colour by numbers

Paint your own dinosaurs

Minecraft pyjamas

Will look to get him so lego sets and new colouring stuff as well.

Not sure what else yet - he doesn't have many other people to buy for him so most presents come from us.

@CloudyVanilla wowwwww that’s an epic stocking!!! I’m in awe of you organising all that for everyone, well done!

@ShowOfHands same as our stockings!!!

Ds(5):

Drone (not a present for dad, at all)
Small Nerf (ditto above)
Gup C / Shellington with sea slug
Pj Masks splat monster
Mr Fantastic

It's his birthday next week so will get a pre-loved bike and some other bits to open then.

Ds(2)
Remote control monster truck
Small Nerf (cos that's what a 2 yo needs)
Race car blaze and speedrik
Blippi garbage truck
Spiderman scooter

Then stockings have a variety of balloons, bath stuff, toothbrushes, chocolate, fake transformers bags and building block kit and a few other bits of tat. Santa is also putting up a cardboard rocket for them to play in.

DS16 (so far)

ps5 (still deciding whether or not to sell and get a bow/arrow set instead)
2 ps4 games
2 switch games
aquaman graphic novels
red hood graphic novel
walking dead graphic novels
stan lee how to draw
camo pens (yes, I thought I was being sent for tartan paint at first)
bass pedal (not yet bought)
another thing (not yet thought of!)

Stocking stuff (this is the mainstay for us)
choc coins, sprouts
man spray
choc bomb thing
spork
choc orange
small puzzle
hand piano thing
misfits t shirt
echo dot
thumb grips
no touch tool
backscratcher
novelty soap (not yet bought)
waking dead card game
shark bath bomb
fire flint set

@ShowOfHands

How big are your stockings?! Some of the descriptions of contents make them sound huge.

Ours fit a couple of small things to unwrap, satsuma, chocolate coins and a rolled up magazine. They're around a foot high and 5 inches across.

Ours a large sack

Oh I forgot - greggs gift card

Mine is 15. His main presents are:
Apple iPad Air in the blue
Paco Raban one million gift set
Iron Man bust Lego
Designer tracksuit

And then he’s getting:
Jeans
Gym tops and shorts
Smellies
Play station game - Miles Morales
Gym equipment
Calvin Klein boxers and socks
Sports Hoodies
Jaws board game
Bits and pieces e.g pennywise pen; Thanos glove mug etc
Chocolate and sweets

@lockitdown I noticed a couple of years ago when you search online for stockings, sacks come up. I remember complaining to DH that I wanted a stocking and the algorithms were all nuts but apparently, this really is something people do.

I'm intrigued. You have a sack but call it a stocking? What do you call sacks?!

My children hang up a stocking which has some token gifts and a satsuma in it from FC and then have a small sack by the tree with gifts from us.

All these years I've assumed stocking threads referred to, well, stockings. Not sacks.

Do you hang them up on the mantlepiece or door handle or whatever?

@ShowOfHands when I was a kid, we had pillow cases :)

and hung them on the bed ends