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Anonymous wrote:I am surprised at all of the stockings only (or and 1 gift) from Santa. In our house Santa brings everything, especially the big ticket items that “mom and dad would never buy”.
One reason we don't take this approach is that we live in a very socioeconomically diverse area. Our school and church have toy drives, etc. and it makes it hard to explain why there are needy families if Santa is bringing everything....
Hmm, never thought of that. Do your kids still get excited about Santa? We tend to do very small gifts from family and focus on together time and not presents (1 gift per gift giver, even grandparents) and Santa is all about the gifts. Our oldest is in K so haven’t dealt with comparisons yet. Not sure my kid even knows dollar amounts of items and is probably more excited for a $20 squishmallow than her more expensive gifts.
My oldest is in 1st grade and they don't really get the value of money. She's at a title 1 school.
The very poor kids are still receiving nice Christmas parents. Their parents shop facebook marketplace (where everything is like new for $5), or they save all year to spend $200 on their kid. At our school, the poor kids are mostly Hispanic and have large extended families. There's a lot of emphasis on huge family meals and the religious aspect of Church.
When kids are asking for Play stations and new cars for Christmas, they're older and they don't believe in santa anymore anyways.
Something I'd like to shut down is that my inlaws (even aunts and uncles!) all label their gifts from "santa". Wtf. My kids kept asking over and over why santa had left them gifts at their house and why santa didn't go to their other grandparent's house.
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