LMS
12-08-2006, 08:40 AM
Are the gifts from santa wrapped for your kids?
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View Full Version : Does Santa wrap gifts? LMS 12-08-2006, 08:40 AM Are the gifts from santa wrapped for your kids? JeriAnne 12-08-2006, 10:21 AM No "From Santa" Gifts here. Still on the fence whether or not to tell my kids there is a Santa. meeg124 12-08-2006, 10:37 AM Usually our Santa gifts are the big ones, like the train table last year. So they don't get wrapped. Caden "big" Santa gift this year is no so big in size so it will probably get wrapped. Marisa 12-08-2006, 11:13 AM I don't know what we'll do yet... may parents always left Santa's gifts unwrapped and they were always the biggest ones too. I think we got Santa gifts that our parents "couldn't afford" wink wink like bikes or stereos and that made them harder to wrap too. LMS 12-08-2006, 11:14 AM we got like 3 gifts each (or so) from santa when iw as a kid. One big one (a beanbag chair one year and a sled another year are two that stick out in my memory right now) and then some small stuff, like a CD or something. They wrpaped everything that could be wrapped (so not the beanbagchair. LOL!!) We wrapped all the santa gifts last year :) Kellie_MO5 12-08-2006, 12:30 PM We don't do santa... My parents call me the Christmas (and easter.. we don't do the bunny) Nazi...lol... My3sonsplus1 12-08-2006, 01:09 PM We don't do santa... My parents call me the Christmas (and easter.. we don't do the bunny) Nazi...lol... J is getting to the age where he is starting to get into the santa "concept" (I guess from school) how do you explain away/down play "santa" Kellie? It is just this year now that J is starting to talk about I want santa to bring me stuff and we have mentioned christmas is not about santa it is about happy birthday Jesus, what are some of the things you say when the santa idea comes up, or has it not for you? My parents still do santa and it is annoying and really quite dumb and sloppy even if one did "do" santa as a gift from santa usually is a)under the tree before Christmas or b) a non labeled from gift. becky 12-08-2006, 01:31 PM we have only dont the stocking from santa and i think two years ago one santa gift. My girls get so many gifts from Victor's family that they really dont need any more on top of that. We think this will be a small xmas gift thing this year since it looks like the only gifts the girls will get are from us but that is okay. Lynette 12-08-2006, 04:31 PM No presents say they are from us, they are *all* from Santa and I even wrap the little gifts that go in the stocking. Santa also has very specific paper that no other presents are allowed to be wrapped in usually something very shiny and sparkly like gold, silver, etc. Every Christmas Eve since Salina got here I am usually up until *at least* 1am wrapping and putting things under the tree or in stockings. I love the magic and innoncence of Santa, there is enough depressing reality in life so we most defintely foster that kind of wonder with the kids :) KaisaG 12-08-2006, 04:32 PM We have an inter-family gift exchange in both my family and my dh's (adults draw names and kids get gifts from everyone!). I usually still buy something small for the people I'm not supposed to. We wrap the "santa present" in different wrapping paper from all the other gifts. That's what my parents did with us to- so we'd think it really came from somewhere else :santa LMS 12-08-2006, 04:48 PM No presents say they are from us, they are *all* from Santa and I even wrap the little gifts that go in the stocking. Santa also has very specific paper that no other presents are allowed to be wrapped in usually something very shiny and sparkly like gold, silver, etc. Every Christmas Eve since Salina got here I am usually up until *at least* 1am wrapping and putting things under the tree or in stockings. I love the magic and innoncence of Santa, there is enough depressing reality in life so we most defintely foster that kind of wonder with the kids :) that is EXACTLY how my parents did it... word for word. We loved it :) Kellie_MO5 12-08-2006, 05:24 PM I think it's easy for us because we have the church, and our kids know that christmas is really about Jesus' birthday, so we've just always told them that santa wasn't real (in a "how silly" kind of way) but why some people do believe in him... never had to deal with breaking it to them because it was never an issue Lynette 12-08-2006, 06:28 PM We aren't religious so for us we can let the kids believe in all the silly stuff they want...while it lasts anyways! LOL! justamom 12-08-2006, 06:45 PM We wrap the kids Santa Gifts with a hidden wrapping paper that is different than all the other presents. We are careful not to let them see the wrapping paper that we use so the jig is not up. My 8.5 year old still believes in Santa as does my 5.5 year old. When one of them no longer believes I will tell them of Saint Nicolas, which somehow translates to Santa Claus, was actually real and how he represents the spirit of giving, and brotherhood and things of this nature that lives on today. This is how I will show them that Santa Claus is real, just as their Grandpa still lives on in their hearts. I try to impress upon my kids to give during the holidays. We actively donate to the giving tree. Even my kids save up money throughout the year for it. And while I do admit that I do some of the Big Box shopping, I try to shop local, and preferably with WAHM's so it is not as commercial and we are helping to sustain families. daisydoc 12-09-2006, 11:12 AM Santa's gifts are never wrapped. They weren't when I was growing up either b/c my mom knew about Santa at an early age b/c she recognized her mom's handwriting so she didn't want to do that to us kids. So I have carried on that tradition with our kids! The gifts from Santa just "magically" appear at night after the kiddos go to bed and are sitting out in the open for them to see first thing when they walk into the room! Lynette 12-09-2006, 12:02 PM b/c my mom knew about Santa at an early age b/c she recognized her mom's handwriting That was how I figured it out. I used to have a different co-worker fill out the tags for Salina every year :D Just wondering but when you put them out like that, do you take some things out of the packaging or not? LMS 12-09-2006, 12:11 PM we bought gifts last night, and santa is bringing brendan a trike... that will be unwrapped, assembled, in front of the tree :) I'm excited daisydoc 12-09-2006, 02:26 PM Just wondering but when you put them out like that, do you take some things out of the packaging or not? Yup! Everything is out of the package and completely assembled (if it needs to be!) We were supposedly having James' company dinner tonight but now we're not but since my parents were already set up to watch the kids they said they'd still watch them for us so we're going to brave the masses and go help Santa shop for gifts and go to dinner... WITH NO KIDS! :woohoo That hasn't happened in sooooooooo long! LMS 12-09-2006, 04:25 PM yay! Have fun! We have JR's holiday party (at the bowling alley! :biglaugh) tonight Lynette 12-09-2006, 05:32 PM My goofy company took too long to book a place so we have to do ours on like January 13th but it is at Fountaingrove so I can't complain :D It was Becky's Victor's whose party is at the Flamingo, right? I had one there with a past employer, it was nice :) They did like a casino night thing in half the place and the food and music on the other side. daisydoc 12-10-2006, 04:11 PM We had a good night! Helped Santa get all his shopping done! ;) And had a peaceful dinner! No cutting up someones food; no moving all sharp and hot objects to the other side of the table; no saying "Mommy just said NO!" or "please do not do that!" LOL It was nice! Lorah 12-09-2008, 01:53 PM Okay, so this is a thread from 2 Christmases ago :lol But I saw it pop up so I thought I'd add to it..... My parents always wrapped the "santa" gifts.... We do not. Mav will be getting his Santa gift unwrapped and fully assembled in front of the Christmas tree.... this year he is getting a train set...those wooden ones that connect like puzzle pieces kwim? (we were able to get it with a gift card from his birthday! :woohoo). MamaLaura 12-09-2008, 01:59 PM At our house, Santa's gift was never wrapped. All wrapped gifts under the tree were from family. Then one big/special present was left unwrapped in front of the tree. That gift was from Santa. I'll do the same with my kids, at least at my house. IDK what Brian will do. Hopefully we'll do the same thing. Luckylove 12-09-2008, 02:06 PM We're stealing Lynettes idea and bought a special glittery paper for the gifts from Santa. juliansmom 12-09-2008, 02:16 PM No "From Santa" Gifts here. Still on the fence whether or not to tell my kids there is a Santa. :yeah . My parents didn't do santa when I was a kid so I never had it as a part of the "culture" and I'd have to say, I didn't miss it either. DH agrees to do whatever I decide on this one. His mother was/is way into Santa, but he doesn't care one way or the other. Maybe we should start a thread on what y'all do if you don't do Santa... becky 12-09-2008, 02:27 PM oh wow this is an old thread. :giggle for a second there i thought Jackie came back to post this :) wyattsmama 12-09-2008, 03:05 PM this year, because wyatt's santa gifts are big assembly required gifts, they'll be hanging out in the living room for when he wakes up. it will depend on what the gifts are through the years as to whether or not they're wrapped. santa has his own wrapping paper though. nick's stocking gifts from santa and regular gift from santa are already wrapped. i'm hoping santa remembers to bring me something...although i don't think he will :( Stacey 12-09-2008, 03:14 PM Santa doesn't wrap gifts at our house. (side note - last year 'santa' did wrap a gift and somehow he managed to get it under the tree at my in-law's house by 8pm on Christmas eve.... Glad Jackson was so young or that would have really ticked me off. I'll have to make sure something like that doesn't happen next year (this year they'll be at our house so I think we're safe).) barb 12-09-2008, 06:05 PM He wraps some and leaves some unwrapped and set up to play with. tcolera 12-24-2008, 11:02 PM we got like 3 gifts each (or so) from santa when iw as a kid. One big one (a beanbag chair one year and a sled another year are two that stick out in my memory right now) and then some small stuff, like a CD or something. They wrpaped everything that could be wrapped (so not the beanbagchair. LOL!!) We wrapped all the santa gifts last year :) We do the same for our kids, just a couple things ffrom Santa. Always the biggest thing. We wrap everything, but Santa has his own paper with Santa on it, of course. Then we wrap our gifts in any other paper, usually snowman paper. Brookepanda 12-24-2008, 11:04 PM santa wraps all 'his' gifts :thumb all santa's gifts arrived tonight in princess wrapping paper :D even had princess gift tags saying to Madelynn love santa claus :love becky 12-25-2008, 12:26 AM i think this year santa is on a budget and he is not giving anything big and not wrapping the gifts. we want the big stuff to come from us for once :D Kellie_MO5 12-25-2008, 02:19 AM What's funny is Santa left me a gift at my parents house last evening (Christmas Eve) hmmm... He must have known I wasn't going to be there today and wanted to make sure I got it :giggle (It was a really nice cast iron skillet.. I've wanted one, but haven't wanted to pony up the $$ for a good one :D ) surmick 12-26-2008, 05:35 PM Santa wrapped presents this year, but like the rest of you the big ones will just get a nice bow. The thing is that she already got all of the big ones. :shake Shanta 12-26-2008, 05:35 PM Usually our Santa gifts are the big ones, like the train table last year. So they don't get wrapped. Caden "big" Santa gift this year is no so big in size so it will probably get wrapped. :yeah Last year was a big riding horse. This year a train table and set. The elf tried to find a place for a bow but at 2 am gave up :) |