Do you wrap Santa presents?

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Just wanting to see what everyone else does as my husband and I are in complete disagreement! Just to add we are from Northern Ireland and it is a common thing to not wrap Santa gifts, not sure if it’s the same in England etc!

We have a 2 year old and 4 year old and so far have never wrapped Santa presents as I never got them wrapped when I was a child. My husband always got his wrapped and says it takes the excitement away if the toys aren’t wrapped.

I loved them not being wrapped as a child and coming down and seeing loads of toys! But my husband says the best bit is opening each present and not knowing what it is.

My little girl has just turned 4 and this is her first Christmas proper knowing what’s going on so whatever we decide this year we have to stick to.

What does everyone else do??

I think my little girl is expecting Santa to leave presents wrapped below the tree as this is what she is seeing in movies etc. and I’m just worried that her expectation isn’t going to be met on Christmas morning if her presents aren’t wrapped!

I’m probably massively overthinking this 🤣🤣

I wrap them, but only stocking presents are from Santa in our house

Wrapped, I agree with your husband, unwrapping them is most of the excitement.

Always wrap, here in Scotland. All gifts are courtesy of Santa too.

It depends. If it needs building and I know it’s going to be hassle Christmas morning (eg the kitchen dd is getting this year) we’ll build it and put a bow on it.
stocking gifts are unwrapped too because dc are quite small and they get fed up unwrapping things before they’ve even got to the main gifts. But as they get older I’ll probably wrap them.

Santa only gives stocking presents (socks, jocks, a silly t-shirt, deodorant, toothbrush, toothpaste, chocolate, board shorts etc). None of that is wrapped as it’s in the stocking. If there is ever a Santa present that does not fit in the stocking, then it is wrapped in very different paper from that which covers gifts from DH and I, with a different style label and disguised handwriting.

Why on earth would you! Santa brings small presents in a stocking, main presents obviously come from mum/dad/family and are wrapped

Santa presents are wrapped in brown paper with ribbon and a North Pole stamp in this house. Bit “meh” to not bother wrapping at least some IMO.

That's where people do it different, only 1 small present comes from Santa in our house and it's in the stocking, so doesn't need wrapping as well imo

Santa always wraps presents in his own paper, and writes his own labels. He sometimes puts a note on to say why he has given a particular gift to a DC (they're now in their 30's!) DS had a fire engine he really wanted one year, because his orthodontist wrote to Santa, telling him what a brave boy he'd been.

They did get a couple of potatoes wrapped in foil each year, which represented presents that had been taken away because of bad behaviour. Always made them stop and think in the middle of the excitement.

Such wonderful times with little ones.

Wrapped, the Father Christmas presents were modest and in the stockings, everything else in different paper under the tree. You don’t get the tree presents until after breakfast (full sit down with whole family about 9/10am!) or after church if we went

No I don’t wrap, the kids have sacks that they leave out for Santa and they go in there (can’t be arsed wrapping a load of stocking fillers and it’s a waste too)

Agree. Mine weren't wrapped and were left in my bedroom . I'd have liked them wrapped and to have seen them first together with my parents rather than having to judge if it was ok to go to my parents room and tell them Father Christmas had been.

There should be a set of Santa present rules that you get given whilst pregnant, perhaps in the back of the Red Book if that still exists. Then we would all be on the same page pardon the pun.

Santa shoves a load of things which fit into a stocking here, plus a larger present. They are always wrapped, even individual pens! It's because Father Christmas knows these presents go in the bedroom to be opened up upon waking so wrapping and selotaping them well ensures parents have a bit longer in bed.

Wrapping definitely adds to the excitement though, why would you not.

We wrap a few simple gifts in plain paper from Santa and they go into a sack. I think that unwrapping is part of the fun. Stocking gifts are the only things that go unwrapped here.

No, stocking presents were never wrapped in my house and I don't wrap the ones I give my husband.

Wrap the presents! Very odd not too 😂

Wrap! That's more than half the fun.

Stocking and Santa present is tissue paper here

Santa's gift comes unwrapped, perhaps with a bow on, sat under the tree ready to be played with. For example when it was a scalectrix track it was set up, plugged in, ready to go. When it was a doll she was sat under the tree in her best dress with a bow on. He only brings one gift, and the stocking. Other gifts go under the tree from us before Christmas eve and those are generally wrapped.

Takes away the 'santa has the same paper as Grandma' concern plus saves time and wrapping paper! Wouldn't say Christmas mornings feel any less magical than they did when I was small tbh. If anything the fact that the gifts aren't still in their plastic with the annual scrabble to undo those awful plastic fiddley tie things and find batteries mean everyone is down and playing much quicker 🥰

Wrapped. It is a present.

Me too! I don’t know anyone who gives unwrapped presents from Santa or otherwise. Definitely not a thing in my circles in my childhood or the present.

Everything gets wrapped

My friend is English but is his husband is Irish (Republic of Ireland, not Northern Ireland) and his husband is adamant that Santa presents shouldn’t be wrapped. It’s ironic because my friend is an incredible present wrapper and when he wraps anything it looks like it’s been done by a professional in the fanciest department store imaginable. But on Christmas morning their kids come down to a pile of unwrapped toys.

My DD1 is also just 4 and I’ve wrapped them in a different paper to everything else. Then both our girls have ‘their own’ paper.