Christmas/Santa

Santa does stockings 🎅. We do presents!

@Rebecca same with us 😊

Santa just delivers the presents, they are all from mum, dad, granny, uncle etc whoever is on the tag.

This caused controversy between me and my partner this year as he believed all presents should be from Santa like it was in our childhoods, whereas I believe Santa should just bring a couple of presents (the ones the kids are asking for) and wrapped in special paper (gold with a red bow) This is what we are doing and my partner has come round to the idea as kids may go to school and find out what their friends got and then wonder why their friends got more from Santa 😔 Do not like that thought at all. All the rest are from us (mum and dad)

I'm glad I'm not the only one 😊 I spoke to a friend like night and she said every single present is from Santa and I was so shocked. Santa isn't take the credit in my house 🤣

@Sarah definitely not- I am not having yet another man take the credit for all my bloody hard work!!

@Sarah this was one of my main points as well 🤣

@Hayley ma and my husband are the exact same but the opposite way around. I think Santa should bring all the presents because that’s the magic or Christmas until they’re old enough to realise we’re Santa 🤷🏼‍♀️ Don’t see the point of naughty n nice list if they know the parents r the ones giving most the presents

@Katie you sound like my partner 🤣 But then Christmas is the magic you make it, regardless of presents as it's not just about that in my opinion 😅

@Hayley oh 100% it’s not just about the presents but I just loved it how it was when I grew up 🤷🏼‍♀️ it was never a case of ‘did Santa get me this’ it was ‘shell we go and n see if santas been’ just something more magical to it for me personally. Times have changed massively and unfortunately some of the ‘Christmas magic’ has disappeared with it. It’s like Christmas trees they’ve gone from big over the top full of lights n decorations to straight up stupid looking 🤷🏼‍♀️ n now Santa doesn’t bring most the presents?! What’s next no more leaving a snack n drink for Santa, no more Santa full stop, no more Christmas trees or Christmas family time? It takes the fun of Christmas away a tradition Christmas is 1000% the way . Kind of feel like people just want to take all the credit for everything when that’s not what Christmas is about. They’re young they’ll figure it out one day so why take the magic away with the few years you do get to have it But that’s just my opinion 🤷🏼‍♀️

One main present from Santa and a stocking, which is the same as when I was a kid! We were allowed to ask Santa for one thing (picked from an actual catalogue, oh how times have changed!) But our in laws last year gave her loads of presents from Santa when we went to their house on Christmas afternoon, no presents were from them. I think that’s so weird, why would Santa deliver her presents to their house?? We asked them not to do it that way, so we’ll see if they listen 😅

My daughter gets two or three gifts and a stocking from Santa -- including the biggest thing she asked for (this year, it's a gumball machine, lol). Everything else is from us. @Rhiannon my in-laws do the same, and it's frustrating. 🫠 Like, excuse me, y'all had your turn raising kids and doing the Christmas fun, go sit down.

All presents are from mammy and daddy, we just send them to Santa to deliver

@Lisa same

Santa is bringing one present in exchange for the mince pie and Prosecco Neve will be leaving out for him 😂 When we used to go and visit Santa he would ask what we wanted and we always told him one thing and that’s what he brings :) the rest is from me :) I don’t think this removes the Christmas magic at all - just the tradition I’ve decided to continue ❤️ x

@Hayley totally agree. Christmas will always be magical for the children, but let's face it, we bring the majic x

@Katie I totally understand your reasons. I don't think there is a right or wrong, I just wondered what everyone else does. Thinking back to my childhood, not all my presents were from Santa, but that didn't make Christmas any less special for me. I remember the little things, like baking with my mum on Christmas Eve. Santa does deliver all the presents to our house and we all have to be asleep for him to come, but we just buy most of them. We go all out with the decorations and I was actually handed down most of them from my mum, before she passed away she told me one day all the decorations would be mine for my future family. Sadly the never met my children, but I feel like a little bit of her is with me when I put these up every year 😇 I was a single mum for 4 years with my oldest and I was proud that every year I still managed to have presents under the tree and a yummy roast dinner with all the trimming on the table. Forever proud! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas with your little family 🎄❤️

Santa 🎅🏼 will bring you something but family and friends exchange presents too

I didn't believe in Santa growing up, my parents just didn't go down the path of putting milk and a mince pie out etc and it didn't affect my childhood or Christmas whatsoever. Christmas was amazing and magical every year and I would always be so excited. I didn't push the Santa thing with my eldest, decided I'd follow what she believed. She's already told me he's not real 😂 we've told her that believing in Santa as part of Christmas is part of Christmas cheer, and that we know he's not real but we can pretend. It's no different from all the make-believe games she plays. She's mega excited to see what santa puts under the tree but knows it's from us, she's just playing along. Their childhood and Christmas being magical is about the environment we create and of course every mum will be influenced by the childhood they had 🥰

Santa puts a couple little presents in the stocking and then will bring one present which they asked for in their letter to santa, usually the main expensive present, this year they both have a scooter each and then the rest are from us and family x