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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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Slabadabbadooby · 18/12/2021 17:00

Maybe sometimes Santa delivers some of the big presents early for the mummies and daddies to look after because he wouldn't have room on his sleigh to bring everything on Christmas Eve. Also Rudolph and Vixen have had a bad back. They're getting on a bit after all. It helps them to spread out the deliveries... I'm sure you can think of something better than I can but I bet she'll have a load of surprises still and be so excited on the day.

When I was a bit older than your dd, I remember finding my Christmas presents in my mum's wardrobe. I later learned that she always hid Christmas presents in her wardrobe and I must have looked for a few years in a row. I'd still be excited at Christmas and still be surprised by my presents despite having seen them. I'd still think I heard sleigh bells on Christmas Eve! The memory of finding toys ahead of the day obviously had very little effect as I've only just remembered it for the first time as an adult whilst writing this post!

rrhuth · 18/12/2021 17:23

@parrotonmyshoulder

We always bought them and sent them to Father Christmas to deliver.
This is neither environmentally friendly nor efficient Xmas Shock
Akire · 18/12/2021 17:25

I’d go with this is for X friend cousin shhh don’t tell. Then look isn’t Santa clever he got one for you too. She’s 5 not miss marple.

SammyScrounge · 18/12/2021 17:27

When she was 4, my daughter came downstairs and caught us wrapping presents. She looked at the glittering heap and said,'I have been a good girl, haven't I?' and I said she had and had so many presents that Santa had asked us to wrap them for him as he had to get round the world.'
I can see her yet, nodding, and saying she wouldn' t look at the presents.

parrotonmyshoulder · 18/12/2021 17:28

@rrhuth

Yes, it was our downfall when DD realised this!
DS is either much more gullible or is pretending for longer!

WaningMoon · 18/12/2021 17:34

We buy everything …. 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

Not the point of the thread. But that is an absolutely awful message to send your child, their behaviour relates to them alone.

SeaToSki · 18/12/2021 17:38

She has clearly been so good that she qualified for the Santa early drop off. He struggles to get round every child in one night, so the extra good ones get early deliveries and then everyone else gets a few more days to be good and qualify. Only do this if she had been good!

rrhuth · 18/12/2021 17:38

@WaningMoon

We buy everything …. 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

Not the point of the thread. But that is an absolutely awful message to send your child, their behaviour relates to them alone.

I agree, this just seems such a mean message to send.
rrhuth · 18/12/2021 17:39

@SeaToSki

She has clearly been so good that she qualified for the Santa early drop off. He struggles to get round every child in one night, so the extra good ones get early deliveries and then everyone else gets a few more days to be good and qualify. Only do this if she had been good!
again I hate all this good/naughty stuff
mam0918 · 18/12/2021 18:01

here santa brings two lots of things:

  1. a santa sack, these have a few 'classic' toys in (slinkies, domino, skipping rope, hula hoop, recorder, whistle etc... nothing expensive, modern or gadget)

  2. gifts we pay for, we buy them ourselves and send them to Santa to store until Xmas and the deliver (like Hermes etc..)

the 2nd one came around because I shop all year round and sometimes had to buy things with the kids there + as a kid Santa delivered everything and it's a way of keeping that up but without 'Santa' giving expensive gifts (even they playing field and explains why some kids get more than others brought BY Santa but not from him).

LetterBug · 18/12/2021 18:40

We found ours and my parents told us off for being nosey. then they came back and told us all (3) that they were Angela's presents from uncle Tony. Well Angela is an only child and she was getting all of the presents we asked for? And there was 3x the amount of presents we got and we were all much better behaved than Angela.
Suffice to say we lapped it up and we all were upset with greedy Angela asking poor old santa for so many presents! For every child knows you only ask for one big one with a sock full of surprises.

In conclusion, say you are storing the gifts for another child, but be careful because thats how childhood enemies are formed! Xmas Blush

DockOTheBay · 18/12/2021 18:55

@FinallyHere

Or you could go the route that when parents realise their children are getting old enough to understand that Santa is about the joy of giving, they the parents continue to buy presents for their DC.

And focus on who DD is going to give to, cue for a clear out of old toys to local less advantaged children

Shes only 5
Suzi888 · 18/12/2021 18:59

@NuffSaidSam

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).

This ^ What did she see exactly? I saw some pressies in my mums wardrobe once and she said Santa just sent the boxes so they could see what was in there altogether … That wardrobe door was never slammed shut so hard and I was swiftly relocated 😂. Go to B&M and get a few things, stocking from Santa?
nitsandwormsdodger · 18/12/2021 19:16

Santa should only bring low priced stuff ( so poorer kids don’t feel unloved or naughty )and the gifts she saw are from you

AMerryNickelChristmas · 18/12/2021 19:21

I think it'll make your life easier now and for future years if you change it so those gifts are from you, and have a stocking from Santa, which is a much smaller thing:
Socks
pants
apple
orange/Satsuma
chocolate
colouring book
Crayons/felt tips
Small gift.

Ajkappa19 · 18/12/2021 19:40

I’m 32f and Iv worked with the same company for years just lately since Iv got pregnant they have been treating me very unfairly. They have moved me to a different location twice I have had to take 2 pay cuts and now they have slashed my Christmas rota in half for someone else so I’m only getting half my hours and will be offered last min shifts that I won’t be able to take as I have a young son too what can I do

Twixxed · 18/12/2021 19:49

For a 5 year old, I'd probably give some smaller gifts from Santa (she won't have much concept of what things cost) and do the bits she's seen from you.

Twixxed · 18/12/2021 19:51

We do stockings only from Santa, but I appreciate you may not want to change your whole setup just because of this!

BendicksBittermints4Breakfast · 18/12/2021 19:57

@Blurp

Santa has delivered some gifts early this year, because of Covid.
Best idea, he's a bit worried about actually going into houses and has made early visits in anticipation of a lockdown. Who knew covid would be so useful! Go and buy things like packs of 4/5 colouring books, Poundshops etc are the places to go, split the packs and wrap each one separately, we used to get away with murder doing things like that! At this age quantity of presents trumps quality, make the most of it.
ddl1 · 18/12/2021 20:04

Santa and his reindeer have been delivering some presents a bit early because they don't want to do everything at the same time, in case things get a bit too crowded and the reindeer can't socially distance?

eparent · 18/12/2021 20:06

Santa -- because of covid :)

Thethreecs · 18/12/2021 20:12

I think most of us have experienced this. I had it twice. First time a castle for ds and he seen it at the back of my wardrobe, my sister told me to say I had bought it to send to Santa to send to him, what rubbish, he didn't buy that for a minute, wanted to know why we went to all the trouble of buying something, posting it, only for Santa to bring it back. I wish I never said that. The 2nd time the blooming delivery was late, it ended up coming when dd was home from school, I nearly accosted the driver at my side entrance to get the delivery off him, dd ended up seeing me trying to get it into the house so that time I said we bought it for her and Santa would bring something else. Ended up costing more than intended but worked a treat.

SomethingOnce · 18/12/2021 20:26

Santa -- because of covid smile

In our house, the tooth fairy explained that collection had been delayed because she’d been furloughed. I like to think the note will have historical interest.

PeaceONoeuf · 18/12/2021 20:41

I don’t understand any of the ‘we buy, Santa delivers’ stuff - why? Why not just store it somewhere? So inefficient.
Also - what’s the point in Santa lists if it’s just crayons and socks? All the old films and cartoons of his workshops show dolls and prams etc.

April506 · 18/12/2021 20:52

My sister found her Christmas pram in the old wardrobe. Santa left it there so that mummy could check that it was the right one. Mummy asked daddy to rush upstairs to see if the pram was still there. Santa had taken it back to his workshop to add the magic dust . Sister came back to look and is still satisfied with the outcome ( sister is 60 lol)