For us it was always some stuff form santa some stuff from mum and dad. I dont remember if it was bigger/ better stuff from mum and dad or not. too long ago. lol.
My dad's side always said they "sent" the presents they bought to santa so that he could bring them all together. It never made sense to me but then grown ups do some odd stuff sometimes, so I didnt really question it.
All the presents here are from Santa. I don't need to take credit for them, the smiles on their faces is credit enough. They're only small for a short time and once htey no longer believe they realise who all the previous presents were from anyway.
I can't actually recall what it was when I was little...
But here, Santa brings a couple of things and the rest are from Mummy and Daddy. All the presents that arrive from interstate or are given by friends are put away until Christmas Day and they are all put under the tree together. Usually I whisk them away before DD sees them and she is young enough to not question any of it yet. When she is older, the presents sent via mail or from friends etc will go under the tree as they arrive and wait until Christmas Day.
all the presents here are from Santa too. Exactly like Tinks said - the magic for them is enough. I couldn't care less about getting credit.
I never got pressies from mum and dad either and I never thought to question it.
They each have a sack at the end of their beds and Santa fills that.. Then there is presents under the tree from Me and from others who send them gifts/ friends etc/family.
Santa here, but when he's older, they'll be from mum & dad as well as santa. He's just too young and all he sees are presents.
When we were younger, they were from the parents, as well as a santa sack from santa. It was the same sack every year, but filled with different items (obviously!) I like to take time to open and savour my gifts, but sadly my sister was always in a rush and called out " I got blah". I had the same blah in my sack... Kinda ruined the fun! When we got older tho, it got more personalised!
Santa gives one or two, and the rest from us. Thats the way it was growing up too... I didn't think it was less magical Christmas was magical regardless!
As kids, we always got 1 present each from Santa (as Santa only has room in his sleigh for 1 present for each child in the world) and the rest from mum, dad, brothers & sisters and the dogs!
Our kids have a santa sack which Santa fills up with pressies (I usually buy way too many so they flow over onto the floor around it too, LOL!) and we give them one present each.
I love the magic of the presents being from Santa. When they get older the presents are from us and they only have Santa for a few years so I want it mainly about Santa while I can.
It will be our first daughters first xmas this year, so she wont really know what is going on but we have decided that she will get some presents from santa but most will come from mum and dad. I agree with others on this topic. We do all the hard work, only fair we get the credit!
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Christmas was magical regardless!
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