Would you balance stocking with a second hand gift?

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DS has asked Santa for a very expensive Lego set.
DD has asked Santa for a new Switch game.
So a large size and price disparity. Both only put one thing on their Christmas list.

DH's godson sold me one of his larger sets which I was planning to save for DD's birthday gift.

Would you:
a)balance the gifts so Santa spends roughy the same price on each child?
b) no, why would you? Each child is getting the one item on their list that they asked for.

if a, would you (Santa):
c) give a larger but second hand Lego set
d) give a slightly smaller but new Lego set

e) give DD e.g. the Lego set from you the parents? Meaning she has an extra "big" gift from parents compared to DS, but over all the same.

Depends on the ages. If she is very young then it wouldn't matter as much. If the second hand lego is well looked after then that's not an issue.

I think it's good to he mindful of it, especially as they get into teenage years. Your son may be louder and more obviously demanding and you don't want her feeling left out.

I'd not worry about the value if you think they won't tot it up. Maybe a physically big but less expensive extra present so she won't feel hard done to on the day?

I'd get the same amount of gifts, not spend the same amount of money, because next year it'll probably be the other way around.

I'd give her the lego as really her gift will be shared.
Just let Santa be extra generous. Or maybe balance up by getting him a Switch game to share too.

One year my dd asked Santa for a new saddle for her pony, ds wanted a Swiss Army knife. She believed in Santa , aged 8, he didn’t, he was 12. The disparity in cost was enormous but both were equally delighted .
Obviously we made up the difference in other ways but the ‘magic’ of getting the one thing you really wanted on Christmas morning was lovely.

Just give them what they want and don’t worry about price disparity . Our children are adults now but we have a 6 yr age gap and we have never price matched . We don’t have a set budget and always aim to get what they would like .

I would probably get her a new smaller Lego set and then give her the second hand one for her birthday.
Your children might not realise the Lego set is second hand and if your daughter has a large Lego set and a game it will look like she has more than your son.
I don’t think it matters if your daughter has 2 gifts from Santa and son has 1.