"Mummy, I'm a bit worried about Santa"

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From 2.5 yr old DD1.

When pressed, she just repeats that she's "a bit worried", no detail.

Any suggestions?

At this age (until 6 actually), DD1 didn't want a strange man roaming around her bedroom at night, so we put her pillow case downstairs with the beer and mince pies.

Worried that a stranger is coming in the house while she's asleep?

Sister's DD was similar at that age. They left a note for Santa and he left her presents outside the back door.

dd did this last year (5). She slept with me, which wasn't unknown back then, and her stocking was left by my bed.

The year before when she was 4, FC had to leave it outside her room.

The yr before she didn't really have a clue about it all.

maybe you could write a letter 'from santa' saying that as he knows she's a bit worried, he'll leave her presents outside, so he doesn't scare her by mistake, in the night

We had this last year. dd (then 2.4) was adamant that she did't want Santa to come in the house and he had to leave the pressies in the garden. We said dh would bring them in later. BUT then ds got upset cos he wanted Santa to put them in his stocking on his door!!

This year dd was very sure that she wont be hugging Santa when we go and see him. We went last night and she screamed! I ended up in the photo with her on my lap.

When DD was 4, I promised to phone Santa so he would not come into her room but leave presents for her in living room.
Last year she was 6 and we had moved house - in a flat, so living room and bedroom very close. She was freaked and we had tears and terrors on Christmas Eve when she was going to bed. In the end, we closed door between living room and bedroom and pinned up notice which she wrote saying please don't come in but leave presents by tree.

Hang up stocking in porch?

My DD1 was a fluent-speaking under 2 year old who was quite specific about (a) hating men with beards (b) the idea of one of them creeping into her room at night and (c) why were normal men dressing up as him WTF? So we went straight for the THIS IS JUST A STORY approach.

Some friends told their DC that FC wouldn't actually come in, but drop the presents down the chimney.

All good ideas thank you very much.

Agreed, when you look at it from a toddlers viewpoint, a strange beardy old man coming to the house is quite worrying!

Have just been explaining that Santa is a bit like the postman, and he'll give mummy and daddy the presents to put in her stocking. She didn't say much, see what she has to say when she's had a think about it..

I blame "When Santa Got Stuck Up The Chimney" myself - we sang it at music group the other week..

We don't have a chimney and ds doesn't fancy santa poking about in his room (understandably, I think!) so we are going with the "santa hovers above in his magic flying sleigh and magics out the mincepie and whisky while he magics in all the pressies". This is helpfully backed up by about a thousand tv adverts where presents appear like magic surrounded by sparkling star effects and all the people look amazed.