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Will DD notice the same wrapping paper from Santa and me?

208 replies

Anycolourwilldo · 13/12/2021 08:35

Feeling very smug that I've already bought and wrapped all presents (this has never happened so early in December before).
However, I've realised all presents are wrapped in the same paper - the presents we're giving family, the presents from Santa and the presents to DD from us.
She's 6 - will she notice? My mum thinks I should rewrap her presents from Santa but I think that's a total waste of wrapping paper.
Thoughts?

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Nevertime · 13/12/2021 09:11

I'm the least soppy, most pragmatic person you've ever met, but I'd re wrap too.

BingBongToTheMoon · 13/12/2021 09:11

Santa doesn’t wrap in our family……but if he did, it would absolutely be noticed. I think you need to rewrap, sorry.

DementedPanda · 13/12/2021 09:12

Yes. I've always used different wrapping paper for santa gifts.

fortifiedwithtea · 13/12/2021 09:12

She will notice. This is how I worked out Santa wasn’t real. My cousin had the same gift from my parents in the same wrapping as the gift I got from Santa.

To avoid this with my own children I told them Santa is so busy with all the millions of children he had to visit that he left their gifts for me to wrap on his behalf.

singleandlooking · 13/12/2021 09:13

I’d re-wrap but would also feel twitchy about the waste. Could you unwrap very carefully and save the paper for next year? Is the paper recyclable?

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 13/12/2021 09:13

Every year DH has spoilt my wrapping organisation by wrapping random presents in the wrong paper.

Every year, the children haven't noticed.
But they only get one present from Santa, plus stockings

GuidingSpirit · 13/12/2021 09:14

I'm 35 and my mum still uses two different types of wrapping paper... 🤔🤣

chiefcha · 13/12/2021 09:15

An observant child will notice. Father Christmas wraps his presents in that cheap thin paper that comes in sheets.

User135792468 · 13/12/2021 09:15

My 4 year old would smell a rat! I totally agree with your mum that they need to be re-wrapped. No ideal and wasteful I agree but paper is recyclable so you’ll be fine. If it’s cost, buy brown paper and red ribbon. She’s 6, unless she has Sen that you haven’t mentioned then of course she will notice.

saleorbouy · 13/12/2021 09:16

Re wrap unfortunately, it would be a shame for the magic of Santa to vanish through this.

MissSmiley · 13/12/2021 09:17

That's how my youngest worked it out :-(

RevolvingPivot · 13/12/2021 09:18

It seems like a strange thing for a kid to ask? Thought they would be too busy looking at their presents??

CherryRedDMs · 13/12/2021 09:19

Leave a roll of that paper, scissors and tape out for Father Christmas before you go to bed just in case he runs out. (Oh look, he did run out.)
Never redo anything done adequately, just talk your way out of it.

tootiredtospeak · 13/12/2021 09:19

I would re wrap my 5yr old would question that she is pretty sharp.

Clymene · 13/12/2021 09:20

This is why I never wrapped presents from Santa. And yes, she'll notice

Coronawireless · 13/12/2021 09:21

@SignOnTheWindow

Or you could leave a note from Santa to apologise for running out of wrapping paper and having to use yours? You could leave the sellotape and scissors out on a table to add to the story...
Love this.
WeatherwaxLives · 13/12/2021 09:21

Definitely re wrap. I figured it out when I was a couple of years older, when I accidently squished the satsuma in my stocking, feeling the contents in the dark before I was supposed to be awake. I knew DB would also have a satsuma, so a missing one would be obvious to my parents. I snuck downstairs to get one out of the fruit bowl. As I stood there, squished satsuma in one hand and new one in the other, I realised my original one had come from the fruit bowl as well.

@clartins I thought he just delivered gifts I didn’t realise he gave them. I see people say this a lot, but it makes no sense to me. If Santa just delivers all the presents that other people have bought (and wrapped?) why would you sit on his knee and tell him what you want/write him a letter? Why would he have elves making toy? If he's just a delivery service then it would be like writing to Royal Mail with an Xmas list?!

Nevertime · 13/12/2021 09:21

@User135792468

My 4 year old would smell a rat! I totally agree with your mum that they need to be re-wrapped. No ideal and wasteful I agree but paper is recyclable so you’ll be fine. If it’s cost, buy brown paper and red ribbon. She’s 6, unless she has Sen that you haven’t mentioned then of course she will notice.
Brown paper and red ribbon would be way more expensive than chap Christmas gift wrap, surely?
TinaYouFatLard · 13/12/2021 09:22

I’ve always used different types of wrapping paper. The presents I buy are tastefully wrapped with bows etc and left under the tree. Father Christmas presents are always cheap, gaudy coloured paper (a different colour for each DC!). It’s a nice touch and worth a bit of re-wrapping.

LakeShoreD · 13/12/2021 09:23

This is how I figured it out and I was apparently only 3. Unless you are deliberately trying to hint at it, I’d definitely rewrap.

WeatherwaxLives · 13/12/2021 09:24

Ohh! I like the idea of a note saying he had to use your paper!

Maybe a reindeer nibbled Santa's original wrapping?!

ChoccyJules · 13/12/2021 09:26

If anyone notices (this has happened on occasion) we say we sent him some paper when we liaised about lists...has worked so far

DiamondBright · 13/12/2021 09:26

At the age I always used different paper for stocking presents (Santa only fills stockings here) cheap paper, not something I would normally buy and it was kept any used just for that so a roll lasted multiple years.

I stopped doing that when dd turned probably 14 maybe 15 😂 I still insist now she's 18 that I have no involvement in her stocking.

MrsLargeEmbodied · 13/12/2021 09:30

yes,
mine did

Hellolittlestar · 13/12/2021 09:30

Yes, she will notice