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DD just found her "santa" presents

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MrsMerryMent · 18/12/2021 11:01

I only have myself to blame but help me salvage this Sad

Dd is 5 and very very excited for christmas

We dont have alot of money this year I managed to get 2 playsets of a type of toy she likes on marketplace brand new in boxes and my plan was build them up and they would be sitting out 'from santa'

Picked them up this week been very busy and hid them in a cupboard in a room she never goes in...well somehow curiousity overcame her and shes found them!!!

Santa should have been making them ib his workhouse!!!

How do i resolve.... buy new gifts from santa and those ones she found are from me!?

My own fault and I probably feel disproportionatly sad about this Sad at least she is getting nice gifts but have i spoilt the magic...(yes...)

Dont know what i am looking for help me feel better!!!!

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Onehotmess · 18/12/2021 11:04

Santa’s in the workhouse?! Sad state of affairs!
Get some chocolates, satsuma and a little toy from Santa and say the sets are from you. You can build them together xx

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MrsMerryMent · 18/12/2021 11:04

Haha oh that made me laugh thank you!

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Allthebubbles · 18/12/2021 11:04

I'd completely style it out- hide them, if she asks say Santa sent them to you to check she didn't have them, and then took them back for the elves to make . One year at the same age my son saw his new bike in our spare room and I hid it denied all knowledge and then Grandpa made it reappear- not Santa but he totally bought it.

kickupafuss · 18/12/2021 11:07

When I was about 5 I caught my dad wheeling my much wanted toy pram along the corridor on Christmas Eve. He was horrified but I didn't give it a single thought - was far too excited on Christmas Day to question it.

Clarkey86 · 18/12/2021 11:08

You could do the whole “Mummy sends some of the presents to Santa and he delivers them because they’re too tricky to make” then buy a couple of cheap other bits from B&M or similar that he has “made” in his workshop.

Blurp · 18/12/2021 11:09

Santa has delivered some gifts early this year, because of Covid.

NoSquirrels · 18/12/2021 11:10

Good opportunity to reset that Santa brings stockings and just one gift you’d like, the rest from parents. So yes, I’d give from you and put something that you were going to give her as the surprise Santa present.

Arghlife · 18/12/2021 11:11

I would give them from you. Santa doesn't bring big gifts, and buy some other little things to give from santa

HikingforScenery · 18/12/2021 11:15

@Onehotmess

Santa’s in the workhouse?! Sad state of affairs! Get some chocolates, satsuma and a little toy from Santa and say the sets are from you. You can build them together xx
😂
Insert1x20p · 18/12/2021 11:18

Santa subcontracted to Jeff Bezos and he delivered ahead of schedule due to covid.... or possibly that's the stuff of nightmares....

Scirocco · 18/12/2021 11:24

Santa could have brought them early because of Covid? He might have wanted to make sure children get their presents if he or they end up needing to isolate over Christmas. Or, he might have brought them early so they have time to de-contaminate (if you've been leaving mail for a few days to let any Covid particles on it die off, maybe Santa is using a similar approach).

Scirocco · 18/12/2021 11:26

@Insert1x20p

Santa subcontracted to Jeff Bezos and he delivered ahead of schedule due to covid.... or possibly that's the stuff of nightmares....
Jeff Bezos as a Christmas Elf ... shudder
LadyCatStark · 18/12/2021 11:27

Either blame covid or you have bought them for another child and isn’t it amazing that Santa has brought her the same ones?!

SaltedCaramelHC · 18/12/2021 11:32

Surely he just sent them to you early so that you had time to make them up ready to play with on Christmas day.

Just do a nice little stocking with a few things that she'd definitely not seen before, and she'll be too excited to notice or question anything much. Once she's at the stage of being able to think through and question, she's probably already starting to consider what is possible anyway, and she'll just keep believing because she wants to, not because she's really convinced of the logic of it all.

GingerbreadandJellytots · 18/12/2021 11:33

The Claus family are all self isolating waiting on PCR tests so he sent the gifts early in case he can't deliver them?

NuffSaidSam · 18/12/2021 11:37

Do not bring Covid into it, please!

Give her those from you.

Santa just brings a stocking and one other 'bigger' present if you have one (and at that age it doesn't have to be bigger in terms of cost, just size so it looks good underneath the stocking).

HPandTheNeverEndingBedtime · 18/12/2021 11:39

Do you have one of the Lions Santa's that goes through the streets collecting for charity. DD found her present a few days after we'd had our Santa and I just told her Santas elves had delivered it early whilst they were in the area.

Little children believe anything you tell them. DD is sadly a teen now, doesn't even see the point in putting a christmas tree up etc, it's all a bit bah humbug in our house atm. In future get some of the huge zip bags from Rex and put pressies in there.

diddl · 18/12/2021 11:48

If she usually gets presents from you isn't that the answer?

PestoSugarPlumFairy · 18/12/2021 11:51

I remember when I was little me and my sister found her racing track in my mum's wardrobe a few weeks before Christmas.

On Christmas Day we just thought Father Christmas had brought it, seemingly forgetting it was in my mum's wardrobe. It was like the magic made us forget 🤣😂🤣

AnotherMansCause · 18/12/2021 11:53

Santa is just the deliveryman. We buy everything - DD knows this - but FC has to check it against the list to make sure DD deserves it. Otherwise items may get sent to another child who deserves them more than her. She has seen us buy the occasional thing, & gets excited, & next day they are gone! Grin

SoSickOfItNow · 18/12/2021 12:00

We always bought the presents and sent them to Father Christmas so he could deliver them on Christmas eve.

Blurp · 18/12/2021 12:01

Or say they're for the neighbour's kids from their parents, and you're hiding them for the parents until Christmas (pick kids that your DD isn't likely to talk to or visit for a while). Then on Christmas morning if she wonders why it's the same stuff say "Santa must have seen how excited you were when you saw those hidden ones a few days ago, so he knew that's what you'd love to get!".

HollyandIvyandAllThingsYule · 18/12/2021 12:25

Father Christmas sent them to you to check they were the right ones and now he’s asked for them back so he can deliver them.

She’s very little, she’ll be fine with that explanation. She’ll either forget the specific toys (although it’s not long til Christmas so probably not) or she’ll have a longer time to enjoy the anticipation of what she’s getting.

Will your budget stretch to there being one extra surprise toy from Father Christmas?

If you haven’t already, do check out @Reastie’s bargain threads - you might be able to shave a few pounds off your spends.

It isn’t a disaster, truly. 🎄

HollyandIvyandAllThingsYule · 18/12/2021 12:29

Or you could say that Father Christmas has helpers in case he can’t get round to every house and this year they delivered it early.

Really, whatever you tell her it will be okay.

parrotonmyshoulder · 18/12/2021 12:35

We always bought them and sent them to Father Christmas to deliver.

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