Santa!

I think it's rude to tell you kid gifts that your family bought are from Santa unless they wanted it to be like that. I also think that is very uncommon. It might make her figure out he's not real quicker because I've never heard of that. I personally like to do a stocking from Santa and one or two things that wouldn't fit in the stocking on the outside of it. The rest is from me or our family.

Growing up, I don’t think I’ve ever experienced the Santa thingy so I don’t really care about it. My husband on the other hand doesn’t like the idea of telling our kids that Santa is real, ect,. when he’s not. So, all gifts will be from us and family.

We are doing the stocking from Father Christmas. We’ll do the boot prints by the fire etc to make it magical but all other presents are from us and family.

We do stockings. I agree that it would be rude to say presents from family are from Santa. Parents might do one main gift from themselves from Santa or all their gifts from Santa which we don’t do.

I definitely don’t think that gifts from other people should be from Santa. Santa gives 1 or 2 gifts and a stocking, the rest are from us/family. They get sent to Santa and he delivers them but all labels/tags say who they are actually from.

I didn’t grow up with all or the vast majority of gifts coming from Santa and it didn’t affect my belief in him or Magic etc. I did believe in Santa and the magic of it all for a while growing up. but I knew when my family members bought me things with the inclusion of my parents and there were some gifts that didn’t have names on them. I didn’t really care about all of the particulars I just cared about the gift 🫠 as a child. Very few things had Santa written on it. There were family members that gave me gifts as a child that would say Santa on it but that was their personal call. It would definitely be odd to not acknowledge a gift given from a family member particularly when they would like to be acknowledged for doing so which is clearly displayed by them placing their and the child’s name on the gift. I also think it would be odd to dictate the amount of gifts that could come from each person as in more than one etc imo

We do stockings from Santa and everything else from us or family. We live in a mixed income area and want to make sure our children don’t go to school bragging about how “Santa” bought them something very expensive and other kids who work hard to be good each year only get something small from Santa. I grew up knowing Santa wasn’t real and Christmas was still AMAZING and so much fun, my favorite holiday as a child.

Nope don’t agree at all. Santa brings little gifts, a small total of maybe £30. Things you need, chocolate, token gifts. Parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles etc buy their gifts and that’s who they are from and who you thank. You also need to appreciate some family’s cannot afford a lot of presents or big presents so when you say Santa brought all these presents and then they go and tell their friends when older it’s heartbreaking for the other child thinking Santa didn’t give them big/expensive or lots of presents.

Gifts from family should be gifts from them- gifts from Santa are usually only from parents x

We do a small stocking mainly Christmas pjs, book etc and 1 main present from Santa. Then what’s from family is from family and then us (mum and dad) they get a more expensive main and a few bits.

Gifts from friends/family should just be from them. Parents are in charge of gifts from Santa. Growing up, I “never” received presents from my parents, only Santa (I didn’t even question it 😂). But for my little ones, we’re going to do some from us and some from Santa (I want some credit 😂)

For us it was always the gifts are sent to Santa from family and he delivers them with a stocking and one present from him. Otherwise you get kids from one family with 10+ gifts from Santa and another kid with 1 gift and I think that ruins the magic more 🤷🏻‍♀️

Santa always brought my brother an I a new set of pajamas, socks, and a small toy along with our stocking. My mom didn’t want me going to school and telling other children Santa got me and my brother a PlayStation if maybe that other child’s parents couldn’t afford anything huge. My mom never wanted it to b a question why Santa liked some kids more than others. And she also wanted the credit of getting us cool stuff lol. But my boyfriend and I will probably continue this tradition

Santa gifts are just from mum and dad in our house All other family gifts are from them 🤷🏻‍♀️ We do tell the kids that we send money to Santa for the gifts tho

@s a r a 🥀 omg 😭Santa is not real!!!???! Noooooooo! lol sorry I love how you clarified that for us 😂

I would do x amount from Santa (from you guys), a nice gift from you both labeled from you both, and whatever anyone else buys is just extra from them specifically.

If you also do all gifts from Santa vs a gift or family gift (like a game or legos) and stocking and one or two then it wouldn’t make other kids feel bad that Santa didn’t bring the extravagant gift to them when their family couldn’t afford it And Christmas is still a magical and fun experience if you give the gifts from you and your family

I never really had a magical Christmas as a kid. When I was 8 my mom decided to tell me Santa wasn’t real. So now I try my best to make it as magical as I possibly can for my own girls, but They get one or two gifts from Santa, no more then $40 never an expensive gift like an iPad and a stocking, the rest of the gifts are from me, my husband and they get each other something and then whatever family wants to gift them. They’re thankful for anything they’re gifted, always have been but that’s also because they aren’t spoiled, we don’t buy them new toys on the regular, Easter, Christmas and their birthday is really the only time they’ll get new toys.

All gifts bought from us are from Santa although I wish they weren't and I hadn't started it (he's 9 now) as I have a 3yr old too and I'd rather one present or just stocking from Santa. Much easier to be more realistic as to what they get off their lists. Presents from family definitely aren't from Santa though

No family gifts are from family. Parents are in charge of Santa. Also Santa uses the same wrapping paper for all his presents, so it’s going to look a little strange all gifts are wrapped in different paper with different writing. People shouldn’t have to spend extra either to play Santa to your kid. It is a nice magical idea in one sense but it’s not practical. Also getting gifts from others can help kids understand kindness and gifting to others.

Personally I feel like doing the bigger gifts from santa can cause problems, as other kids won't be able to get that. So I do a few small gifts in a stocking from santa, that financially don't cost much, then main presents from myself/family. Had a teaching moment with my daughter (7) recently as she believed that Xmas presents should only be fun/toys & I explained that sometimes it is things we need/that are useful. This year she'll be getting teddy storage (toybox and hanging net) from my mum & she's had a dehumidifier for her bedroom previously too.

if you want babygirl to have the excitement of santa then personally i would do presents from you be from santa and a couple labeled mummy n daddy and then let family members decide if all their presents are labelled from them or if they throw some more santa ones in there too! that’s my plan anyway. that way if your family want to take credit for all their presents they can and you’re not forcing it on them- but also i’m sure some won’t mind labelling a few from santa. i think it’s important for them to know that family buy them gifts for christmas too so they can be grateful and thankful to them xxx