DC6 fantasy Christmas list

[MrsElsa]

So I never did a Christmas list growing up. We got what we were given! But, DC6 has got the idea from somewhere and has put on it things he's seen or heard of that I can't actually get. He is saying Santa's elves can make absolutely anything so he sees no reason he won't get them. Last year he was proudly announcing to his class that Santa wasn't real so I'm guessing the promise of impossible toys has changed his mind?!

Anyway what should I do about these impossible items? Do we just post the list off to Santa and say "wait and see" ? I feel like he won't drop it and Christmas day will be fairly ruined with him being disappointed/sad and not appreciating anything he does get. Help!!

It's not a case of "sending money to Santa," or go into debt. You just tell the dc they don't get everything on their list (as Santa has a lot of children to make presents for) as most parents do., Unless children had a good understanding of their parents income and expenditure telling them you send money is meaningless. To young dc who don't understand money, £100 might as well be £10.

I don't think these are the only choices.

I have experience of a very tight budget myself, but chose not to go down the 'financial limitations' route.

I agree it spoils Christmas to make it all about budgets. You just find other ways of steering young children.

Others have made great suggestions

im just here to know what was asked

Santa only ever filled the stocking so never had this problem.Santa of course put things in the stocking that parents wouldn't approve of such as a whoopee cushion and fake dog poo which seemed to please them no end. He now puts coal (chocolate or bath bomb) in adult stockings to amuse grandson who will be delighted that his mama got coal for the time she refused to share her Twix.

In our house we pay Santa to make the presents and deliver. Sometimes I buy some myself and send to Santa to keep hold of them until Xmas eve. Dd asked yesterday about me buying presents for her cousins as she helped wrap one and I told her I will now send it to Santa to bring to her cousin on Xmas eve. Us paying for gifts is our way of making dd understand why all families get different amounts of gifts. She knows if we don’t have much money we can’t buy much in the way of gifts. She also understands that her friends may get less depending on if their parents don’t have much money. We live in a very poverty stricken area.

Our DC have personalised sacks that they leave at the bottom of their beds (not enormous but bigger than stockings) for Father Christmas to fill. He brings a couple of things off their list (the biggest being a board game, £30 lego set, that sort of thing) and smaller bits like books, stationery, chocolate coins, pot of slime etc. They know he can't bring pets and the elves can't make tech.

The "main" present plus a couple of others come from mum and dad, making it easier to change the budget each year and talk them out of anything unsuitable.

DS wants his baby brother to "pop out" on Christmas. Even though I'm not due until the end of Feb.

Somehow I don't think the midwife's would induce me that early.

Those are lush @Singleandproud !! Thanks☺️

We also got what we where given (which was awesome, so many cool suprises) growing up.

I was pretty annoyed that DS pre-school last year got a bunch of smyths catalogues and made the kids make a list (buy cutting out what they want and gluing them onto a list template the school made) and then proudly handed them to us parents... like WTF. Especially as we live in one of the most poverty stricken areas of the country.

Luckily DS wanted a play kitchen and was already getting a secondhand one but it was annoying they took it upon themselves to do that and put parents in that position.

When I was a kid at school we did things like make snowflake garlands, stain-glass windows out of colored plastic or those weird orange and clove things we didn't make lists of expensive demands to guilt our parents.

In our house they also have a sack but Santa only brings classic/retro toys... like a yoyo or recorder or hula hoop etc...

My brother was like this...when he was around 7 he asked santa for a camcorder that could record his dreams 🙈 My mum got a little camcorder (kind of for him, but kind of for the family as well) and left a note on it saying that dreams couldn't be recorded because if there were any nightmares, it might scare someone! But 'here's a camcorder to make some films and plays with, I know you'd be a great director' and left some dress up stuff, moustaches and hats etc for filming! He loved it and was interested in filming for years afterwards

We only ever had relatively little things in stockings from FC, and dd has done the same. That didn’t stop Gdd1 at coming up to 4, from asking for a ‘real baby, boy or girl’ - she wasn’t fussy!

Had to explain that FC wasn’t allowed to bring babies or animals. First, it’d be too cold on the sleigh, and 2nd, people might not not know how to look after them properly.

A couple of years ago my then 6 year old asked for a real unicorn. Because Santa is magic so he can make/get/do anything….🙄🤦‍♀️

My 8yr old tests FC every year with extra weird requests. One year it was a fire engine and an actual fire to extinguish. FC sent a note to say real fire was too difficult to transport but left a bucket of water in the garden for any fire em emergencies.
this year he’s asked for a flute and transport. He has plans to become the pied piper. We have a second hand flute gifted and will get him a scooter. Sadly we can’t recreate pied piper magic so I foresee another note from FC.

Maybe not in your house, but it works in mine. Santa is the magical delivery man. We also don't make a great deal of the "being good to get presents" angle.

There are children in DCs class who are neglected so don't receive anything like what my DC gets. We also do a huge new toy collection for deprived children. So DC comes with to choose and buy presents for other children, and then delivers them to where Santa picks them up from. He knows that some parents can't afford presents. So we send money/presents so children less fortunate can get some.

Magic is what you make of it.

My DS 6 is asking for a
Home alone Lego set at £500. I told him Santa doesn't bring huge presents like that as they're too expensive to make. Told him to go for a couple of smaller sets instead so he's settled in three Minecraft ones 😂

@Derb the Lego home alone set is 18+ and £250. Ds 7/8 was able to make a lot of it on his own though. It's a great set but aimed at adults rather than children.

Santa only brings one present per child, there's only so much room on the sleigh/work the elves can do.

As long as one thing on his list is doable, you're fine.

Yeah I did mention that it was for grown ups too. Thankfully he was easily distracted 😊

He watched a youtube video about the history of transformers toys and wants a specific prototype toy that was never put into production. In the past I have Ebayed specific vintage things for him. He does know this specific toy is not on Ebay because we discussed it at the time. Hence turning to Santa to provide!Thank you for the excellent suggestions. Genuinely would never have thought of a pipecleaner "elf attempt" !! That is genius @Saz12

@Saz12 again!

Totally agree that there are other ways to steer young kids in their expectations rather than telling them you have to pay Santa for the gifts...I tell my kids they can only ask for three things, and only one of them can be a big toy. If they remember Santa brought a bit more than that last year, and I say well that's up to Santa and what he can make and fit on his sleigh, but to ask for any more than three things would be a bit greedy, and Santa wants all the boys and girls to learn to be good and unselfish.

My youngest started with the 'customised' presents ideas in the last week or two...e.g. I want a Spiderman costume but with green eyes, etc etc. I said that I've never seen one like that and doesn't he love normal red Spiderman so much blah blah blah. Hopefully he drops it!!

Mine was a nightmare for wanting stuff that didnt exist - sorry, obviously I mean mine was "charmingly imaginitive".

Father Christmas only does stockings in our house for this exact reason 😂
It's mainly silly gross bits (whoopee cushion, fart ninja etc) fun edible bits, random toiletries like Spider-Man shower gel, and then one or two small presents ( for example this year ds6 is getting a Spider-Man 2099 nerf gun that was £8, and a small star wars Lego set that was £13)

All other presents come from us/family etc.

My 7 year old is obsessed with the Titanic atm. He wants the £600 titanic Lego set, which isn't happening. But bought a much smaller affordable one for £25 that he said he also wanted