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 🤣🤣

Mine (Yorkshire) were everything wrapped, everything from FC, no stocking. Despite a small family, there weren’t many children so I got a LOT of presents.

DH, PIL are from ROI, all unwrapped, about the same amount of gifts I got, but divided by 4 children. All from Santy. No stockings.

We needed new traditions! Stockings contain 12 wrapped gifts (for the 12 days of Christmas) and are from FC. A couple of years there have been extras - a duvet set when dry through the night etc. Tree presents are all wrapped, a paper type per child, but are delivered by FC. He acts as a celestial type of Amazon delivery driver at our house.

I completely understand why MIL didn’t wrap with 4 kids worth of stuff! But I can’t do it. There’s no wonder IMO in it all laid out unwrapped.

Our DC get one wrapped gift and a stocking from Santa. Always in different wrapping paper with a bow.

Presents under the tree are from the givers and are wrapped. Stocking from Santa, items not wrapped (the stocking is the wrapping in my view).

Nothing to do with being Irish though. I’m Irish and most people I know wrap presents. Santa’s also have different wrapping paper in our house. My kids also get stockings, though I didn’t have those as a child.

Santa uses red tissue paper

God all my child would have under the trea would be potatoes if Santa did this in our house 😂 I do love that idea though!