Children w 2 homes - Santa

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Trying to figure out most logical/ sensible way to do this.

Last year DC were 5 and 2. Woke up with me Xmas morning with stockings from Santa. Thier dad came over first thing with stockings Santa had left at his.

This year, now 6 & 3, DC will wake up at dads. Do I do a stocking too? Or ask ex to put toys in I’ve bought to work their way back here…

No idea about other presents from Santa, can’t remember what we did last year.

Interested to know what people do. Please let me know what works for you

I actually like what you did last year - it keeps things pretty fair, and it is kind of sweet - they have two homes, so Santa leaves a bit in each, and one parent brings it over. If you can keep that up, and have that as a plan with your EX (considering he started it, shouldn't be a problem), then I'm sure your children will like it, and both of you can have your Santa moment every year.

I guess the only consideration is making sure you end up with too many gifts, or buy the same things.

Me and my sister had two homes as kids and were the same age gap as your two. Santa just came to both our houses, we accepted this no problem. We got our presents the next day for the house we didn’t stay in on Christmas Eve. It was actually great as a kid because we were delighted with getting twice the presents! Also something to look forward to on Boxing Day I.e. even more presents from Santa.

I would imagine my parents made sure they weren’t buying the same things as each other. If we got something big like a games console we would leave it in the house it came from and not take it to the other house