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How does Father Christmas get in these days?

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Thecomfortador · 28/09/2021 22:05

To my mind he comes down the chimney but have seen references to special keys presumably so he can let himself in the front door.

We've always gone with the chimney despite having a gas fire (as my parents did, I never questioned it!). Ds1 is nearly 6 and does tend to want logical explanations, he questioned us a couple of years ago about it. Maybe he'd be more satisfied with a key if that is what the general consensus is nowadays. Or we can blag it with "it's magic, don't question the magic, son".

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Aposterhasnoname · 29/09/2021 14:39

Watch the Santa clause. There’s a really neat scene that shows him getting into a house with no chimney.

Biancadelrioisback · 29/09/2021 14:41

Magic key.

We don't leave one put though...Santa has his own. Like a skeleton key that opens any house but only works for him.

I always do the boot prints in talc by the door too

snugglyblanket · 29/09/2021 14:53

Magic key. We leave one outside but ds knows that Santa probably doesn't really need it because Santa has magic anyway. (We do have a small fireplace but he doesn't want Santa to get squashed so he comes through the front door 😂)
When dd was little we went to see Santa and she asked him how he got in. He swore her to secrecy then showed her a secret pocket in his jacket with a magic key inside. She was made up.

Snowdropsandbluebells · 29/09/2021 15:09

That's so annoying cute snuggly none of us would like santa to get squashed Wink

Snowdropsandbluebells · 29/09/2021 15:14

I did not mean to write annoyingly Grin

Snowdropsandbluebells · 29/09/2021 15:15

Last year we left manure (we live beside a farm) reindeers were naughty

GreyhoundG1rl · 29/09/2021 15:17

Why wouldn't he still come down the chimney these days?
That magic key shite is just another piece of commercial codswallop.

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 29/09/2021 15:20

@GreyhoundG1rl

Why wouldn't he still come down the chimney these days? That magic key shite is just another piece of commercial codswallop.
Because lots of people don't have chimneys and fireplaces....
BiddyPop · 29/09/2021 15:23

I think magic keys are where there is no fireplace in the house (or maybe it's been turned into a woodburning stove with closed door) or it's a flat usually, although in some cases, DCs can be worried about it so prefer Santa to come through a door.

One of the Christmas movies (possibly The Santa Clause series) shows the magic where radiators morph into fireplaces so he can come down.

And I know at least once (and possibly more than that) I have seen Christmas movies dealing with fireplaces that have a fire in them - something to do with fire retardant fabric in Santa's suit?

In our house, he comes down the chimney - and although we changed to a woodburning stove a few years ago, and DD is a mid-teen at this stage, he apparently still does that (but we are allowed have a fire on 24th now, which we didn't do when DD was younger)....Xmas Hmm sometimes I think I am being twisted around a little baby pinkie finger (that is not so baby anymore...)
And I

BiddyPop · 29/09/2021 15:24

(In fairness though, said teen does still bake HM cookies for Santa and leaves out his milk along with her stocking, so it's not all bad! )

Sprogonthetyne · 29/09/2021 15:32

Mine have never questioned it, but we had several glitter covered keys come home from nursery over the years, so I assume that's the story.

Blackmagicqueen · 29/09/2021 15:36

Universal magic key (Santa keeps this essential piece of kit in his pocket.) We also hang a spare magic key next to the front door or on tree (just in case he looses it) Santa can use magic to move and turn this in the lock from outside!

loafcake · 29/09/2021 15:43

We've always had a huge radiator in our living room, so he changes that into a fireplace with magic!
Great when we were kids, and now I'm in the same house I'll use it for my daughter!

bcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyza · 29/09/2021 15:43

Santa came down the chimney in my house growing up even though we had a gas fire.

In our house my wee boy believes that daddy lets him in - my husband works Christmas Eve and gets home about 1 am so he lets Santa in to do what he needs to do and then lets himself out as daddy goes to sleep like a good boy.

MissMaple82 · 29/09/2021 15:54

Hes not magic though, he's reindeer are !

inappropriateraspberry · 29/09/2021 16:15

Of course he's magic!

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 29/09/2021 16:59

@Snowdropsandbluebells

Last year we left manure (we live beside a farm) reindeers were naughty
We left some chewed up bits of carrot round the reindeer’s dish, so we could say, ‘Just look at the mess they’ve left! Still, at least they didn’t poo in the garden.’
GreyhoundG1rl · 29/09/2021 17:08

@Snowdropsandbluebells

Last year we left manure (we live beside a farm) reindeers were naughty
Because nothing says Christmas like a load of shit...
Lulu1919 · 29/09/2021 17:10

Magic key ....but he never went in bedrooms
Mine are 27 and 29 now !!!!

Lockdownbear · 29/09/2021 17:15

@MissMaple82

Hes not magic though, he's reindeer are !
Of course he's magic, how else does he get in the window of a high-rise block of flats?
WeAllHaveWings · 29/09/2021 17:45

Any questions ds asked about santa i always replied, "thats a good question, I have no idea, wonder how he does it" pause while thinking, "what do you think?". I'll maybe throw in a couple of whacky suggestions -"maybe he has something like the dr who tardis" and then laugh to show you know it is a silly idea, but you really don't know .

But basically, keep it simple and don't confirm or deny anything.

Ds is 17 now and I still havent admitted santa isnt real 🤣

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Thecomfortador · 29/09/2021 18:25

I may have to watch the Santa Claus now, just for research purposes. I'm home alone tomorrow, no-one needs to know.

I did consider buying some Al Paca poo that's sold online as fertilizer and leaving a little pile somewhere as reindeer poo 'evidence'. Thought it's probably going too far but seems I'm not the only one ...

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Mumoblue · 29/09/2021 18:29

My son was 11 months old last Christmas- we don’t have a chimney. My ex was messing around with DS by the tree while I was doing some housework, and I’ll never forget what he said-

Him: Father Christmas will come with presents! Oh but we have no chimney! How will he get in? Maybe through the TV?

Me, from the other side of the room: Like the girl from The fucking Ring?!

It’s quite the mental picture.
I’m not sure what I’ll tell DS. Maybe that he comes in through the back door? I wouldn’t want to freak him out.

Kindleswitchface · 29/09/2021 18:33

@GreyhoundG1rl

Why wouldn't he still come down the chimney these days? That magic key shite is just another piece of commercial codswallop.
Because any house built in the last 30 years probably doesn't have a chimney perhaps?
Tangledtresses · 29/09/2021 18:34

It's magic... and no one else can do it.
Polar express needs to be watched 😀

On a bit of a side line... ask him why he's worried about randoms coming into the house? Bit of reassurance maybe?