All tb stuff my 6yr old wants is unachievable

[Hungrycaterpillarsmummy]

He's asking for things like :
a real jet pack so he can fly through the sky
An invisibility cloak
An x box, phone and switch 🤣

So obviously pretty much everything on his list I've tried to dampen expectations of and now feel really bad. I'm sure he will be confused as to why Santa hasn't got him ANYTHING he has asked for!

Santa can't bring electronic goods, they interfere with his magic. Doesn't help with the in invisibility cloak - unless Santa leaves a message saying he made it but then couldn't find it to deliver it 😂

In our house santa only brings the stockings-so if it doesn’t fit in a stocking santa can’t bring it, it stops them asking for high priced items from magical santa like bikes, games consoles etc xx

I always said that yhe purpose of santa was to make sure that every child got a gift, but they wouldn't be expensive gifts. Santa presents were always up to about £40, you couldn't ask for a million pounds or a house.

My slightly older child wants the crown jewels and to go to Mars this year, so will be similarly disappointed!

This Santa is magic but there is only so much he can do per child to ensure every child gets one. If he made a jet pack (which he could) the magic and time could mean others miss out

this is why I believe strongly in the idea that Santa only brings one present because otherwise children will see themselves as been special and getting more

the magic of Santa was for mine that he made sure that every child got a gift and that he treated all the children the same by making sure they all had a toy they wanted to play with at Christmas

Surely an invisibility cloak could be achieved. Just tell him it has to completely cover him to work! 😂

My DC are older now, but when they were little, I told them that Santa only bought small basic stocking presents (so no chance of asking Santa for an iPhone or an Apple Watch that might fit in the stocking!), as there are so many kids to sort gifts for and he has to make sure he has enough money to buy for all. "Santa" bought them stuff along the lines of: sweets/Terry's Chocolate Orange, a small book/puzzle book, socks or (slightly posher/branded) bubble bath!

There was/is quite a disparity in what my/their friends/family can afford for their own DC, so I wouldn't have wanted my DC saying, "Santa bought me Lego" when a friend of theirs didn't get the Lego on their FC list. There was also no way I wanted Santa to take credit for the bigger gifts!!

DC used to ask for some higher price things (luckily no goats or jet packs!) but I'd try to look for them on Ebay, as you could get some really good deals on pre-owned stuff there (stuff like Lego, Sylvanians etc).

A list to Santa is not an order form. It’s a WISH LIST. You explain that Santa might not get anything on the wish list, if his elves don’t know how to make it or he thinks it’s for older children. He might choose to surprise him.

Santa bringing a stocking full of surprises and a present or two under the tree is The way to go, everything else from you.

He sounds inventive I’d get him some of the Makedo tools and give him some recycling so he can make his own jet pack! I’d attach a note from Santa advising he’s too young for the real thing but he can have a go at making his own.

Is the Xbox not achievable? It doesn't have to be the recent type. There are still plenty games for kids on the older versions.
Mine asked for a day trip to the moon once. Being autistic it made the no quite memorable.

The stress you put yourself under trying to make a child believe in a fictional character. I’ve bought all the presents my 4,6 and 8 year old will get. And wrapped them. I know they will be happy because I know what they like, certainly won’t include Xboxes and switches.
the wee one might believe because of nursery but the other two dont and still love Christmas and all the fun it is, as do I because the focus is good food, playing with toys with the kids and seeing family. Not creeping around with a sack leaving fake Santa footprints and exhausted from a month of naughty elf!

We used to say that the list for father Christmas was so he had ideas of what each child liked so did they still like bluey/barbie/hot wheels etc (normally throw in a few things they haven't liked for ages when talking) so that father Christmas knows what kind of things to get. It isnt a list of demands
And that father Christmas always likes a few surprises that he thinks they will like
Also the elves won't have tome to make everyone an invisibility cloak etc as only X days till Christmas

Santa did stockings here and no Santa list was written.

Letter was written to say what he’d done good and something he wanted to do better the following year. Asking Santa about his year etc.

List was for me and nanny and grandad and was told one big thing and a few smaller things and we’d see what we could get.

For the exact reason my ds had an amazing imagination like yours and would want things like an invisibility cloak that was impossible for me to find/ replicate let alone explain why Santa couldn’t make it 🤣

Agree a switch second hand (look at cex) would be possible.

I printed a want, need, wear and read Santa wish list online. I can’t find the exact one I used but there’s others which are free to print off and use. Something like that is what you need to use, with explaining Santa won’t get everything on it.
My 6 year olds want was impossible, will be getting need and wear. For read she bent the rules and asked for a dot to dot book which will be a present from me. Will also be getting a bath bomb/ bubble bath gift set from Santa. And then a stocking full of surprises. Stickers, A6 notebook, socks, colouring pencils, magic felt tip pens, chocolate coins and small sweets… that sort of thing.

Ooooh It's hard!

i think you can say santa knows best and doesnt bring things that arent safe for him / aren't good for him

Eg jetpack = burns
Invisiblity cloak = lost
Xbox phone amd switch = for grown ups / big kids

I'd sprinkle in your own tale about how you asked for a baby dragon and santa EVERY. YEAR. and eventually an elf wrote to you (and make some letter and stain it with tea bags and singe it so it looks old!)

I'm into complex backstory lies!!!!

Santa was magic in our house too, which meant I answered alL questions with I don’t know. Magic.

I would just have idle conversation saying non committal things like, I think that’s prob not allowed for kids and book indoor skydiving 🪂. Mention the list is a guide, you will have noticed other things.

There is a Harry Potter invisibility cloak you can get where the invisibility shows up in photos - might be close enough? There’s one on Vinted for a tenner

I’d be tempted to watch Santa Claus the Movie with him and talk about what happens when the elves make dangerous toys.

Explain that Santa picks one thing off a list so maybe get the switch?

Then lots of little fun surprises so he forgets about the jet pack 😂

Elves build toys; not tech. It’s too cold at the Pole to build anything electronic.

I was going to suggest this- we have one which has two sides- the first side looks like the invisibility cloak in the films, the second side is green and there's an app that can be used to make videos where it "works".

The camera does need to be VERY still for the video to work.

In my house (growing up, and with my own children) Santa does the stockings and parents do the big presents. SO much simpler

Tell him Santa only makes children’s toys and what he’s asking for are not toys and go toy shopping somewhere to get an idea of what he’d like.

He sounds good fun though!

My kids, on producing a huge list of imaginary stuff they wanted were told firmly they would receive a doll and a drum and a kick up the bum
Quick!! Somebody ring the social services 🤣

Oh that did make me chuckle!

Lots of good suggestions by PPs for ways to manage his expectations. The Science Museum sells a cute jet pack backpack (bag, obviously) 😂

shop.sciencemuseum.org.uk/products/jetpack-backpack