Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. Only the apps you allow.

Meet the Other Phone.
Only the apps you allow.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Christmas

From present ideas to party food, find all your Christmas inspiration here.

Original poster

I've ignored my kids christmas lists - now I'm getting nervous.....

133 replies

allmytimeonmumsnet · 18/12/2007 10:54

DS was easy. He just wanted lego and thats what he's got. The girls were harder.

DD1 (7) insisted they write letters to santa and they were awful. She asked for Baby Born Boy (she has never played with dolls) and a few games plus a big chocolate snowman. She has got the snowman but I ignored the rest. She likes figuring out things on her laptop. She loves music and watching films - so we got her a nano. Fab present I think.

DD2 (4) is even worse though. She asked for a dog with shoes, a cat that sings and a baby that poos!!!!!! What kind of a list is that? She has loads of dolls and I hate the idea of spending so much on one of the gizmo ones. So we got her a DS because she constantly fights the others for theres. She will love it. Its just she didn't think to ask for one. But she is telling everyone she is getting a baby annabel now.

I don't know what to do? I've overspent already - don't want to fork out more but will they be disappointed that they didn't get their list?

Its all because Ganny lets them watch pop and boomerrang and they are reciting the adverts but I'm starting to feel bad about ignoring them now. I know they will love what they have got and they are not greedy kids. But I am still scared they will want to know why Santa has ignored them. Do I tell them he has run out? Do I write them a letter from him explaining his actions? Have you ignored your kids requests and if so how do you deal with it?

OP posts:
FluffyMummy123 · 18/12/2007 11:32

Message withdrawn

tortoiseSHELL · 18/12/2007 11:33

lol at the book Kathyate6mincepies!

OhGiveUsAPruniPudding · 18/12/2007 11:33

What is the point of getting them to write lists if you ignore them totally?
Those girls are going to see that their brother got listened to and they didn't.
(I speak from bitter and twisted experience here.)

Mincepiedermama · 18/12/2007 11:33

My ds(7) has written scores of Christmas lists and Nintendo DS comes top of every list.

It's not going to happen. I got them all a second hand PS3 from ebay.

I'm slightly worried because it does seem that EVERYONE is getting a DS or WII. I remember feeling I was the only kid not to get a TinyTears/Scalextric/Stylophone ... whatever the other festive must-haves were in the (ahem) 70s.

FluffyMummy123 · 18/12/2007 11:33

Message withdrawn

Mincepiedermama · 18/12/2007 11:34

My kids certainly aren't getting an Ipod before I've even got one.

FluffyMummy123 · 18/12/2007 11:34

Message withdrawn

Original poster
allmytimeonmumsnet · 18/12/2007 11:34

ICod I don't think it is sad. If she played with dolls then she could have one - though not a £40 over hyped bit of mechandise.
I thought long and hard about what to get her. She loves to play on the laptop working out how to change settings and she loves music. The nano seems to tick all the boxes. She will love loading on all the CD's etc. Plus our house is brimming with stuff. At least a nano is small. So I don't think it is sad.

OP posts:
OhGiveUsAPruniPudding · 18/12/2007 11:35

Also agree that an iPod for a 7 year old is quite a silly, spoilt present.

pollyannainexcelsis · 18/12/2007 11:35

I have ignored dd2's request for a ds lite (she is 4) , ds's request for an ipod (he is 8) and dd1s request for a mobile phone (she is 7). In fact I have ignored most of dd1s list which seems to consist of make up and bratz. She has got a bit of this, but I have actually got her some toys instead. She will probably ignore them though

FluffyMummy123 · 18/12/2007 11:35

Message withdrawn

SelfishMrsClaus · 18/12/2007 11:35

I am pathetically pleased this year that my 6yr old & 3yr old have asked for such easy & normal & innocent gifts.

DD: Bike

DS: Tractor

Both outdoor toys & something that will give them hours of fun. DD was promised a new bike if she learned to ride without stabilisers, she did!! In about 4 hours!

Ds loves going with his dad on the tractor so I suppose it was inevitable that he would ask for his own

I'm hoping not to have to buy nanos & ds lites for a great many years yet....!!!!

Mincepiedermama · 18/12/2007 11:35

Is it bad that I don't know what a nano is?

< Adds to New Years resolutions, 'Get A Grip'>

MellowChristmasEveryone · 18/12/2007 11:35

I also had no idea what a Nano was, I thought perhaps an old looking doll or something....

tortoiseSHELL · 18/12/2007 11:36

Mincepidermama - my kids aren't getting anything techno! Am a technophobe for kids - we have a tv and they can use dh's computer occasionally!

My mother reminded me that we weren't allowed anything 'games systemy' when we were little, and my db phoned up Going Live for the 'Feed the Frog' competition and won a Nintendo games system, so my mum's plan failed!

FluffyMummy123 · 18/12/2007 11:36

Message withdrawn

nutcracker · 18/12/2007 11:37

I don't think an Ipod for 7yr old is that bad, it is to listen to music too, whats wrong with that. Ok so the cost of it might be a bit wasteful or whatever, a cheaper mp3 player would of been better, but I still don't think it is a bad present.

soapbox · 18/12/2007 11:37

But my DC's lists were full of stuff that they would never get:

DD - mobile phone and a tv in my bedroom (not while I'm still on this side of the great divide sweetie)

DS - Xbox and a chocolate river running through his room!

The rest of the list was in similar vein. In fact there have been so many iterations of hte list that I have now officially lost track. They are getting bikes because they need new bikes - and I'm getting a bike because my arse will explode through the walls of the house if I don't get more exercise sometime soon!

I did tell them that Santa is not too keen on greedy children, but would they listen...

pollyannainexcelsis · 18/12/2007 11:37

I don't have a huge problem with ds having an ipod actually (I would control what was downloaded and the time spent on it)- but I do worry about the effect on his ears

tortoiseSHELL · 18/12/2007 11:37

I just googled it - does it have video?

My kids thankfully don't know what a ds is!!! And actually ds1 told me he didn't want a playstation as then he can enjoy playing it at his friend's house!

FluffyMummy123 · 18/12/2007 11:37

Message withdrawn

lazawreath · 18/12/2007 11:38

I recently sold my ds. I wasnt getting any time to use it and i only played one game on it. I did find, however, that if i spent a certain amount of time on it, i started to feel really ill. It also brought on horrible migraines.

nutcracker · 18/12/2007 11:39

Well yes I do agree that she should of haxd the doll if that is what she wanted.

Having said that Dd2 asked for a doll for her birthday and I got her some art stuff instead because she has 12 dolls and we have no room for anymore in her bed.

allIWannaBeForChristmas · 18/12/2007 11:39

I bought a ds lite for my dh .

I might buy some games that are suitable for ds to play but there's no way he'll be getting his own console yet - he's 5.

he asked for playmobil fire engine and board games which is exactly what he's getting plus some other little bits.

I think it's incredibly sas that such young children are getting such grown-up presents.

tortoiseSHELL · 18/12/2007 11:39

Ds1 told me the headmaster at his school had asked him what he wanted for christmas and he said 'I though very hard and said what I wanted more than ANYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD was some new felt tip pens, 'cos I do like drawing and mine have all run out.'

Smug smug smug!!!

Swipe left for the next trending thread