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Are the Santa gifts at your house wrapped?
I'm not sure if this has been talked about before or not. Are the gifts that Santa brings to your house wrapped? I can't remember what I've done in the past and not sure what to do this year. I know the girls would love to have more gifts to unwrap, but I'm not sure if this is the norm or not. I'm also not sure how to get past the whole "Santa has the same wrapping paper as mommy" statements that are sure to come from my questioning 5-year-old. So, what do you do at your house?
Mandy -Mommy to Madison Jo 10/11/06 & Macy Lynn 2/26/09
Re: Are the Santa gifts at your house wrapped?
Married the love of my life 6/3/06
Became a family of three 8/25/09
We have special Santa gift wrap.
E informed us this year that Santa only brings one gift (Yes!) and then stocking stuffers. She's been consistent and asked 3 different Santa's for the same gift so we're good. And per E, Ian asked Santa for a crinkle book. It's was so cute!
Last year I used different paper. This year I'm changing things. The kids get 1 gift each from Santa on Christmas Eve at DH's grandma's house and they will be wrapped in plain brown paper with red ribbons on them. Then Christmas morning we have a Santa bag that unwrapped gifts will be left in.
Sometimes..depends how lazy I am.
If I wrap them, then I buy a roll of paper not used on anything else (I wrap everything in brown paper, so that's easier that santa uses "real" wrapping paper and I don't) But the last couple of years I think I've just put everything in front of the tree unwrapped.
Also, it's easier for us not to wrap because Santa doesn't usually bring separate gifts.
It's usually one big gift and accessories to go with it that is for both of the boys...last year it was their DS's and games, so it didn't matter who got what..this year it's also one big gift they both wanted, so it will just be left out unopened...I take their stockings down too and lay them on the floor with the gifts, so if there is something specific for them, then it's next to their stocking and that's how we determine who's stuff is who's.
photos by jennied photography
Alissa Jean
9.10.2004
Dammit, different wrapping paper!! You guys are all smarter than me.
We wrap, and I did it right in front of him (present in a brown box so he didn't know what it was). I should probably redo those, huh? The 5 yr old has a memory like an elephant. What was I thinking!?
thanks to jennied
In the past, we use Santa wrapping paper that has santa on them then I would write on the paper because the 2 kids do not know my handwriting as well.
This year, I bought 2 big rolls (100 sq ft) at Hobby Lobby for $4 each. The candy cane is from us and I ended up stamping the names on the wrapping paper. Then I bought a green and red stripped paper for the "Santa" gifts. Then, I'm going to make special tags for their name tags from Santa.
Growing up, we always had our Santa gifts wrapped unless it was a bike. DH's ex used to not wrap Santa's presents and he didn't like it because he felt the high of Santa's gifts were "Oh Cool" was a quick high because it was just under the tree. He prefers the gifts to be wrapped.
Once the 2 bigger kids know of Santa, then I will switch the stamping (1st year doing this) to Santa stamping on the presents and do nametags again for gifts from us.
DH's cousin actually thought we were weird, because she said ONLY Santa brings gifts. So, they never got gifts from their parents either. I have never heard of that before, so of course I thought she was odd.
None of my family has ever wrapped Santa gifts either. So, I never would have thought too. We wrap our gifts for the kids and then Santa sets out the gifts from him and stuffs the stockings.
When I was growing up, some were wrapped, some weren't... all the Santa gifts were in special paper and just had our first name on it. The big gifts were just to the side of the tree.
This year, most of the gifts are from Santa. The small ones are being wrapped,the 2 big ones aren't.
Picture courtesy of Heidi Keene Photography