How many from Santa, how many from you?

jembie

It was always the stocking from Santa then I would give the most expensive pressies I bought from me and the rest from Santa. All pressies from other people were from them as I always make sure my children Thank them after Christmas.

Now they don't believe anymore but the stockings are still from Santa and always will be

ncsmummy

Mine have a stocking from santa outside their door and everything else if from whoever bought it although Santa delivers!!!!

dlb

Oh iv never thought of doing this.
All my 4 kids think everything is from the big man!
When asked one year what have you got us i replied
"Me and dad make sure you have loads of goodies to eat,xmas films to watch, nice food, and decorate the house, if me and dad dont do all that Santa wont come!"
They all agreed that without all the things we do, christmas wouldnt be christmas.
I just cant bring myself to tell them we buy things. (Although my older kids have worked it out, but they never say it, which im pleased about as it would spoil the magic)

thriftlady_2

We do much the same as everyone else -sack (used to be stocking but some things just wouldn't fit in it) on beds filled with stuff from Father Christmas and a more expensive gift under the tree from us. Father Christmas is pretty generous though -he brings DVDs, books, games, sweets, small items of clothing, jigsaws. In fact that is why my ds2 aged 10 still believes in him, he doesn't think we'd be that generous :rolleyes: -think we've made a rod for our own backs. Mind you I love seeing them open their sacks and their presents.

~daisy~_2

our stockings and certain present have always been from FC - last year however we only had time to do stockings then had to go visiting then came home to do the tree presents so put one expensive present each in stockings

this year they have from FC -

stockings - including england footie shirts wii - to share 5 more presents each

from us they have about 8 more presents each

when my daughter was 4 the first thing she said on seeing the stash under the tree was oh look mummy FC has the same wrapping paper as you !!
so now i have a him FC paper a her FC paper and then from us paper - talk about complicated !! and my kids are 9 and 11 so im sure im just doing it to try and keep the illusion going as im sure they dont really believe......

dlb

My eldest 3 are 10.10 and 12 and i know they dont belive but they darnt say it just incase!!
The film Elf has a classic line in it, where papa elf explains that over the years more and more children think its the parents that leave the presents, my kids face every time it gets to that bit is brill, they all look at each other but dont say a word! I love the fact that they think they know but wont say anything as iv always told them if you dont belive he doesnt come!!
Im cruel thought!!LOL

FiFi_Mad_Mum

Santa has always brought all the presents including the stocking but my son has been told that mummy and daddy send Santa money because one year his christmas list came to nearly a £1000 :eek: this included one of those climbing frames from ELC, which he didn't get. I don't spend anywhere near that amount and he thought it wasn't a problem beacuase it was coming from Santa and he was comparing the value of the presents his friends got.
Presents from relatives are just that and labelled as such and usually given to the kids by them, I didn't know people took these presents and said they were from Santa.
This year my hi-tec son who is almost 10 has written his christmas list on the computer and he has copied and pasted pictures from the internet of what he would like and then emailed it to us for Santa.:laugh:

:rudolf:

Phirefly

I always thought my Mum gave all the presents to santa before Christmas and he just dropped them off. A bit far fetched, but I was the child that believed Santa hopped over from Austria on Christmas eve especially for us half Austrian kids then came back on Christmas day to deliver presents to my friends.

I think this just stemmed from knowing deep down just how much effort my Mum put in. I'm pretty cross about all this santa business, and how people take gifts from friends and relatives and give them to their kids 'from santa'. I'm not suggesting the gift givers deserve a pat on the back, but I think its rude and not in the spirit of giving :mad:

blitz

The main present (this yr its a wii) is from us & goes under the tree, also 2 smaller presents which they can open on xmas eve. The rest is from santa;)

princess_leia_3

halia wrote: »

stocking is from Santa, big pressies are from us or relatives.

Thats exactly what we do, just continuing from my mum and dad did for us when me and my bro were little!!