Putting ALL the gifts under the tree

[BercowsFestiveFlamingo]

Except actual stockings (not pillowcases or sacks but things shaped like a long sock stocking).

Do you do it if you have dc?

Mine have a stocking each and then gifts have always gone in sacks except for those from FC which go under the tree when he delivers them. Presents are generally not seen until Christmas morning except for those my mum brings with her that other family have given in advance. She gets a stocking and sack from us here and tells me off every Christmas for spoiling her 😁

The sacks always look great and exciting but sometimes I wonder what it would be like if everything was put under the tree and the dc and mum came down to the oft quoted huge pile on Christmas morning. Would it be chaos with everyone trying to read tags and pass gifts to who they are for? I'd have to actually use tags for a start instead of just putting one tag on the sack to say whose it is.

We aren't ones for change at all but I do wonder if it would be nice to see.

How do you do it in your family if you have dc young or old?

All gifts go under the tree. They're all labelled for each child. In neat piles.

All labelled and under the tree. It's never been chaotic for us!

Everything under the tree apart from chocolates due to having a dog. She probably wouldn't touch them but past experience with another dog and I don't want to risk it.

Nope, not a thing, we had sock shape stockings with a satsuma in the end . As adults, gift bags or wrapping. Not sure where sacks fit in to this .

We had sacks when I was a child, we didn’t have stockings. Gifts from family and friends would go under the tree when they were given. Then Christmas Eve Father Christmas would come, leave one big gift and a few smaller ones in the sack and put all the gifts from under the tree into our sacks too (so the sacks looked full when we came down in the morning).

Since having my own DC we have done it in many different ways, sometimes in piles, sometimes in sacks but now they are older (gifts are smaller), they all go under the tree. They have stockings which are hung on their bedroom doors.

To be fair I never understand these faux comments.

'I've never heard of it so its not a thing'... in response to LITERALLY being told about it which in fact means you have heard of it to be even commenting on it.

What you mean is 'my family doesn't do this' (fine everyone does things different) which is wildly different to 'this is not a thing' and saying 'never heard of that' while literally talking ABOUT it.

As soon as you hear something you have heard about it therefore your response to hearing it can't be 'never heard that'... not unless your a child with your fingers in your ears going nope didn't hear that.

People on here do this every year, the same people insist year in year out that they never heard of things like christmas eve boxes etc... even though they have said it a 1000 times before and are talking about them. It just gets bloody tedious.

I'm actually really enjoying this thread because the other day my mum was telling me I "can't do Santa too differently to everyone else" (everyone else = our family) because then when my DS goes to school he'll be confused why it's different to his friends.

All I was proposing was only having some presents come from Santa.

Evidently from these kinds of Christmas threads, kids talking at school and getting confused is not an issue.

In fact the opposite - even into adulthood a lot of people are absolutely convinced that their way is the normal way and have never heard of anything different to how their family did it. Perhaps kids don't really talk much about the intricacies of the Christmas routines after all.

If we put everything under the tree, it would all be unwrapped by DS2 (adult with learning disability) whoever it's intended for, by about 4am. It all gets hauled out of its hiding place after his breakfast, instead.

We wrap gifts and they go under the tree as they are wrapped. The only ones added on Christmas morning are from Father Christmas and those go by the fireplace.

Presents under tree are indeed chaotic. A child or children are tasked with passing out presents one by one. The adults who know the balance occasionally chime in and say someone should open 2 small related ones in a row or the adults who typically have fewer should skip a round so that it all ends with everyone having 1 present in rotation on the last round.

All presents are under the tree now, but when kids were little the Santa presents arrived on Christmas Eve night and were left in piles in the lounge.

Assuming it's because that was nearer to the fireplace so he didn't have to walk as far.

Everything under the tree (unless it's far too big like a desk and chair we got for ds this year. That's going in the dining room with a big bow on it).

I do a similar system to when I was a child

kids get sacks from 'Santa', they leave them on a chair by the tree (as this was just easier when they were little).

All other presents under the tree with gift tags, from family, us or each other. I put some under there yesterday and will add over the next few days.

Sacks opened first thing, then presents handed out one/two at a time around midday once people are dressed, snacks on hand and a drink for everyone.
We all enjoy seeing each other open them and it is nice to take our time.

I also like to write clues or puns on the tags (something my family used to do) which is fun also.

A sack with a name label and overspill of presents all go under the tree. Each child has a different wrapping paper so they know which presents are theirs without me needing to write out so many tags 🙂

If you say so.

All under the tree here. Mine have always loved handing them out in the morning one by one.

Father Christmas brings stockings (left under the tree), and a present (their Christmas Day outfit) - in different wrapping paper and also left under the tree.

No sacks/bags as I love the look of present piles under the tree in the matching paper!

My DS is 3 and I don't put any presents under the tree until he's asleep on Christmas eve.

I've decided from this year, we will have stockings on Christmas eve morning. We don't do the elf but I'll say he gave us the presents in the stocking.

Then my LO gets one present from Santa and the rest from us.

That's unbelievably pedantic. If you hear about something for the first time, responding with 'Oh I've never heard of that!' is a pretty normal and reasonable reaction.

I agree that lots of posters on MN say 'I've never heard of that' or 'I don't get it' when they actually mean 'You're doing it wrong. My way is the right way.' though.

I put everything apart from the stockings under the tree Christmas Eve once kids are asleep. Stockings on bedroom door handles.

Our Labrador is not to be trusted. So no.

Stockings are from Father Christmas, gifts under the tree are from family here.

We always put presents that arrived from relatives, godparents, etc under the tree as they arrived. They were all wrapped and the DCs were under strict orders not to touch them.

These presents were opened on Christmas Eve after Christmas Eve Mass (in late afternoon) and a festive dinner.

Santa then deposited all the Santa presents under the tree overnight. We don't have stockings - never did as a child in Ireland, and exH's American family never did either. Is it a specifically English or British thing?

Also, Santa presents are never wrapped.

We always put all presents we'd already been given from family and friends under the tree, after receipt, as we wanted DC to appreciate and know others gave them presents. Then gifts from us and Santa just before we go to bed.

Like I said….you have HAVE heard of them….
…..regardless of whether you had them🙄