Does Santa bring all your kids presents or only one?

[Bodenbabe]

In our house, the children write to Santa and ask for one thing, which he buys, and the rest of the kdis presents come from Mummy & Daddy. Is that weird? My DH used to have all presents from Santa and none (or at least a token one) from his parents, but I feel like my kids would wonder why Mummy & Daddy didn't buy them lots of presents but Father Xmas did! Would they not even notice or care? (Eldest is 6yo). This tradition isn't really set yet and I doubt DD would remember what happened last year, so I'm wondering whether to switch it to Santa bringing most of them. That way there is the "ooooh, look at the big sack full of presents!" element, without having to potentially explain why Mummy & Daddy's presents are in the same sack. I dunno, maybe I'm over-analysing this too much...!

Santa is mainly a delivery service here for grandparent's gifts, etc. Some are under tree. FC brings the rest. He also brings one gift of his own.

We have a sack at the end of the bed for Father Christmas presents and the tree presents are from us/family/friends.

santa brings toys from his workshop, some adults buy for ds but post their pressies to santa for delivery and if santa's sleigh is full he drops presents at places he knows ds will be visiting .. eg grandparents

I never realised that there are soo many different ways of doing it till I became a parent, and kids all tell each other their versions.. its a bloody minefield

Santa brings little things in there stockings, everything else is from whoever has given it.

their not there

Santa fills stockings with small presents (bought by mum and dad). All other presents are "from" who they're from.

We have tree presents from named people, which require thankyous either in person or by letter, but the stockings are filled by FC.

Personally, never having grown up with this tradition, I don't like the idea of presents coming by magic and not requiring appreciation or thanks. So we ask each child to put something of theirs into the stocking on Xmas Eve, for FC to take to children who don't have parents to buy them presents. We also put a packet of homemade mince pies in each stocking for FC to take to those other children. That salves my conscience.

We have the same idea as Hulababy and Frasersmummy - family send prezzies via FC!

We are also a bit odd I think in that we didn't have stockings when I was little. Have tried them with DSes in their bedrooms, but they have now sussed that the best prezzies are downstairs! So no stockings for us this year - will put pillow case at end of bed with a few of their main prezzies in!

FC fills small stockings here but the big stuff is from family etc. This initially caused problems with the ILs who assign everything to FC.

I don't like the idea of my DC receiving big gifts and not having to thank anyone properly for them.

Santa brings presents here. A sack and a stocking.

Presents bought by grandparents, friends etc are put under the tree.

We also have a present from us under the tree - spend £10-£20 on that.

This is why I always 'knew' Father Christmas was real. My parents couldn't afford to bring a sack of presents.

Santa delivers some presents via a sack that lands at the end of the bed but we give the main ones (and get the credit ) and so do family.

Santa fills the stockings with small gifts, and usually one slightly larger one. All the other presents go under the tree and come from the donor, not from Santa.

And the stockings are left on the hearth downstairs, not on the ends of beds - and the boys know they have to wait until a reasonable time before coming in and waking us up.

In fact, this is so well ingrained that one christmas morning, on the dot of 7.30 (the appointed time) the dses came in and wished us a merry christmas, and then ds1 told us he'd been sick three times!! Poor lad didn't realise that we'd make an exception for illness!

Santa does not exist in our house

Father Christmas on the other hand buys one big much longed for present, scooter last year, dora laptop this year. He also fills the stockings & delivers presents from othere people.

The majority come from Santa who fills the sack left at the end of the bed.

Relatives' presents are from the relatives, and they are given by the relatives in person, or opened after breakfast. We give them one labelled from us as well, and get gifts from the children too at the same time.

Reading this with interest. DD will be 17mths old at xmas so still abit young to understand FC or Santa, but like to start our traditions now so that everyone knows where they stand.

Ive wrapped all the presents and have only labelled one from Santa. All the rest from Mummy and Daddy. I was kinda thinking her stocking filled with little bits and one gift from Santa.

just emailed DH at work about this thread to ask his opinions on what we should do. He thinks we should label them all from us as he doesnt want Santa tking all the credit for all the toys he's bought and paid for.

Just gently reminded him that I am the one who has bought/paid for all the presents so far!! Cheeky git!

You see I don't do it in order that I get the credit for buying them, which is why from us it's just one present and the rest from Father Christmas.

I do it see dd/dsd happy on Christmas morning, their little faces light up when they get something they'd asked for in their letter to Father Christmas, to hear dd call out in wonder "Mummy! Daddy! My sack is full of presents".

I think the time when they "believe" is so short, soon enough they will be old enough to understand who actually buys and pays for it all and can appreciate it then.

A question for those of you who say that Father Christmas is a delivery service for presents from grandparents etc - does he get the credit for the presents, or do the grandparents?

We'll write to Santa to ask for what DD1 would like. Santa will bring these and all the other crap stocking fillers will be from us. Grandparents will give their own presents. My friend's DS shouts thankyou to Santa up the fireplace.

santa buys the main present the one ds is most excited about we do others from us

I was brought up with the impression that mummy and daddy/whoever bought the presents and Father Christmas (none of that Santa talk thank you) just delivered them. I don't know why I didn't query the sense in them doing all the lugging about only for some chap in a red suit to come and nab them at some point and then bring them back.

In our house (and what was done when I was little and all friends and family do) Santa brings one big main present and a few little things. Then there are presents from me, family, grandparents etc, that are from them, but not delivered by santa. He only brings his own presents.

DS is 17months and this year, i know he wont remember, but we are starting the santa tradition with him knowing we buy the pressies, but we send them off to santa so he can sprinkle the magic on them! Then we all get the credit. He also has his uncle dress up as santa when he goes to his grandparents house.

LOL at wanting the credit .

You do realise they'll find out at some stage and you can get all the credit then .