What to tell 4yr old, SANTA!

Owain_Moneysaver

mumto2loves wrote: »

when my dd (now 8) said last year that she'd been told 'its just mum and dad' i replied maybe her friends had said that because they don't actually get a stocking from santa, because they wouldn't get one if they don't believe would they!;) she decided then that she would believe.:) this theory of mine (if you don't believe you don't get) will go on until she leaves home:D

Absolutely, I believed in Santa till I was 18.

And I also believed in presents from the cat.

pigpen

mumto2loves wrote: »

when my dd (now 8) said last year that she'd been told 'its just mum and dad' i replied maybe her friends had said that because they don't actually get a stocking from santa, because they wouldn't get one if they don't believe would they!;) she decided then that she would believe.:) this theory of mine (if you don't believe you don't get) will go on until she leaves home:D

nope.. it is because they are rather naughty so just get coal and are too embarassed to let on

emg

elsien wrote: »

In our house santa brought the sack (pillowcase) on the end of the bed which was there when we woke, and we knew the rest that was waiting for us downstairs was from mum and dad.
In fact even now I'm older and left home, Santa still has to bring a sack when I go back home for Christmas. Unfortunately mother has now started insisting that Santa brings her one as well.......

This is what happens in my family too. Quite often Santa has already delivered them onto the ends of our beds before we even get back from the pub and then we have to sneak about with Grandma's stocking, trying not to wake her up, not that easy when you have been plied with alcohol!

The little ones know that Santa brings stocking presents and that the others are from parents/relatives. When my 5 year old niece asked why Santa bought some children big presents too (she had been talking with friends at school) her mum just told her that all parents have a contract with Santa and that they had told Santa he only needs to bring her little things because they like to choose some things for her too and that it means Santa has more things for the children whose parents can't help out so much.

mildred1978

My son is only 1, but he'll be told that some people believe that santa brings presents, not that he does IYSWIM. I'm not lying to him.

JC9297

balletshoes wrote: »

I've been using avoidance tactics on the old "is Santa real" question for the last year (my DD is 10). I don't think she believes anymore, and thats okay, because I think she did up til the beginning of this year. She has said things like "so-and-so at school says its Mum and Dad" to which I say "what do you think?". She hasn't yet wanted to say out loud to me that she doesn't believe in Santa. The thing is, her best friends come from practising Muslim families who don't have Santa, so she knows that different people believe different things.

I think my son is destined for a career in logistics because at 5 he told us Santa couldn't be real because it wouldn't be possible for him to get to everybody. We used the old "oh but Santa is magic" and all that, but I think he'd sussed it out. We did the "if you don't believe he won't come for a couple of years", I think he sort of went along with it just in case (and to humour us).

It always amazes me when people say their older children still believe, they obviously don't question everything like the kids I know.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

I held the line that I bought most of the presents, but Santa did some - that way, any little noses poking into the wardrobe/cupboard/under the bed would know that there were presents she was being chased away from, much to her delight, but that if they were poked at, I would tell Santa not to bring the rest of them.

The girls never had any problems with this - they always said that as soon as they had to knock on my bedroom door before charging in or got chased out from somewhere, they knew Christmas was coming

When queried that some children got stuff from their parents and nothing from Santa, my reply was 'well, I would be very sad if you didn't get anything from Santa if you didn't believe in him anymore, so I guess their parents are making up for Santa not visiting people that don't believe). Then I got the 'how can he get into houses/carry so much stuff?', which was answered with 'Come on. The guy has elves working for him and can get reindeers to pull his sleigh. How hard do you think it is to carry tons of toys when you can make reindeer fly?'



A little magic never hurt a little one.

jenhug

ok, in our house santa fills the stockings and under the tree, me n hubby buy they girls either something expensive but joint (ie a wii one year) or a mixture of smaller gifts. santa uses special paper that is different to the stuff i use, as he is clever like that.

The rule in our house is Santa brings presents to children until the christmas after their 10th birthday. He has to stop then so he makes time for all the new babies coming into the world. This has worked well for us as they don't still wait for santa now they are in secondary school but they still get to live with the magic for a little while longer.

Its my youngests last Christmas this year. I know I'm going to cry!

Bumpmakesfour

We went with the "santa brings the presents under the tree line".Now regretting it slightly after son showed me the massive lego set for £120 he wanted,I pointed out how expensive it was and the monkey came back with.."that doesn't matter because santas elves make them remember so he doesn't have to pay" :rotfl:

scottishchick27

My DD was told by some of the older kids at school that Santa was really your mum and dad but she told them that no way could her mum and dad afford to buy the presents that Santa brings. :rotfl: She's 9 now so I think that's it for Santa in this house I'll just have to have another baby to start it all over again :j

Bumpmakesfour

scottishchick27 wrote: »

My DD was told by some of the older kids at school that Santa was really your mum and dad but she told them that no way could her mum and dad afford to buy the presents that Santa brings. :rotfl: She's 9 now so I think that's it for Santa in this house I'll just have to have another baby to start it all over again :j

I think it's the last year for the eldest here too :(:( And what do you do when an older sibling doesn't believe but two younger ones do because there's still a few years with my DDs??By the time bump is old enough to know about Santa the other three will have outgrown all that.How confusing!:p