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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]**What is Santa bringing 7th grade girls?

I ask this because she’s my oldest. The younger 2 kids love Santa more than her, if you know what I mean….. but Santa still needs to bring her something.[/quote]

Me again. And maybe not every family does this, but I think it’s common for Santa to bring the biggest nicest gifts. Aiming for 100-150-200 depending on if we want to increase/reduce other gifts.[/quote]

A different perspective - I've seen a good argument for Santa gifts being smaller and the big gift coming from mom and dad, particularly with younger (elementary age) kids and economically diverse schools. Kids are going to compare what Santa brought them after the holidays, and kids are told Santa gifts correlate with being "good." So what message does it send to the kid whose family can't afford a big Santa gift when they go back to school and learn that classmates got huge things or lots of things from Santa? If Sam got a new iPad and Ben got, say, a single board game, does that means Sam was good and Ben less so?

This may be overthinking it, but it has affected how we gift to our daughter. And, honestly, sometimes it's nice to get credit for the big things![/quote]

I think this is a nice idea for the younger set.  We are UMC but never really went over the top with Christmas gifts.  Typically Santa bought one "big" toy that was anywhere from $25 to $100, plus stocking stuffers that were often pretty practical stuff, and then parents would give a book and  a board game.  Then we'd go to my brother's house and Santa brought the whole damn toy store.  My kids were like "Why does Santa love cousin Larla more? Were they better than me?"  Awkward.  I think I ended up with "Some people ask Santa for more.  I'm proud of you for not asking for too much.  Santa has a lot of kids that he's trying to take care of and we should be considerate of that."   [/quote]

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