Anonymous
Post 12/06/2019 14:32     Subject: Presents on Christmas
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Santa doesn't wrap. Everyone knows this.
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Wait, what?! Never heard of this in all my years of parenting and it’s a lot of years. Kids, grandkids all love unwrapping presents from Santa!


Same here, we wrap it all, including stocking gifts. My kids would bah humbug us if we didn't.
Anonymous
Post 12/06/2019 13:07     Subject: Presents on Christmas
One gift from Santa (not the main gift) and fills the stocking. May or may not be wrapped.

We give 4 gifts that are wrapped.
Anonymous
Post 12/06/2019 13:01     Subject: Presents on Christmas
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Santa doesn't wrap. Everyone knows this.
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Wait, what?! Never heard of this in all my years of parenting and it’s a lot of years. Kids, grandkids all love unwrapping presents from Santa!


Santa is a busy guy! But at our house he only brings one big gift. When I was a kid, Santa didn't bring any gifts, only filled stockings.
Anonymous
Post 12/06/2019 12:50     Subject: Presents on Christmas
Anonymous wrote:Santa doesn't wrap. Everyone knows this.
.

Wait, what?! Never heard of this in all my years of parenting and it’s a lot of years. Kids, grandkids all love unwrapping presents from Santa!
Anonymous
Post 12/06/2019 11:44     Subject: Presents on Christmas
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Gifts are from us, Santa and grandma. Everything is wrapped. Unwrapping is half the fun. I’m not impressed by the lazy DCUM parents who don’t wrap Santa gifts. Everyone knows the best moment of Christmas is coming downstairs and seeing all the wrapped gifts and being so excited to open them you can’t even decide where to start. Unwrapped and out in the open (unless it’s like a bicycle or giant easel or something) is so anticlimactic.


I am not impressed by parents who make their kids sit and wait for the boxes to be opened/wires and plastic clips to be cut/screwdrivers to be located to get the batteries in (which may also need to be located), assembly to occur. That kills that moment of seeing the gifts for sure.


Our kids get various gifts and most don’t need to be assembled! While dad is putting together one item, they play w/ their other stuff! Anyway, that’s part of the fun of Xmas morning for my girls...opening packages, unwrapping. But I love how everyone does it different!! I think it’s awesome!
Anonymous
Post 12/06/2019 11:35     Subject: Presents on Christmas
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Gifts are from us, Santa and grandma. Everything is wrapped. Unwrapping is half the fun. I’m not impressed by the lazy DCUM parents who don’t wrap Santa gifts. Everyone knows the best moment of Christmas is coming downstairs and seeing all the wrapped gifts and being so excited to open them you can’t even decide where to start. Unwrapped and out in the open (unless it’s like a bicycle or giant easel or something) is so anticlimactic.


I am not impressed by parents who make their kids sit and wait for the boxes to be opened/wires and plastic clips to be cut/screwdrivers to be located to get the batteries in (which may also need to be located), assembly to occur. That kills that moment of seeing the gifts for sure.


NP here. Gifts can be assembled and batteries put in before being wrapped. That’s the way we roll for most things.

We also assemble and load batteries before wrapping. We do it all on Christmas Eve, with wine. Each kid gets his own wrapping paper.
Anonymous
Post 12/06/2019 11:06     Subject: Presents on Christmas
Grown man cussing bcs of toy assembly?
Anonymous
Post 12/06/2019 10:56     Subject: Presents on Christmas
Anonymous wrote:1. Do your kids get gifts from santa and parents, or Just one?
2. Are santa presents wrapped? In boxes? Put together?
3. Are presents from you wrapped?


1) Christmas Eve presents (pajamas) are from parents. Christmas morning presents are from Santa.
2) Yes
3) Yes, in different paper from Santa.

Every year I say I'm going to have a gift wrap exchange with other parents so that others can use last year's paper for their Santa gifts, but then I always run out of time.
Anonymous
Post 12/06/2019 10:49     Subject: Presents on Christmas
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Gifts are from us, Santa and grandma. Everything is wrapped. Unwrapping is half the fun. I’m not impressed by the lazy DCUM parents who don’t wrap Santa gifts. Everyone knows the best moment of Christmas is coming downstairs and seeing all the wrapped gifts and being so excited to open them you can’t even decide where to start. Unwrapped and out in the open (unless it’s like a bicycle or giant easel or something) is so anticlimactic.


I am not impressed by parents who make their kids sit and wait for the boxes to be opened/wires and plastic clips to be cut/screwdrivers to be located to get the batteries in (which may also need to be located), assembly to occur. That kills that moment of seeing the gifts for sure.


NP here. Gifts can be assembled and batteries put in before being wrapped. That’s the way we roll for most things.
Anonymous
Post 12/06/2019 10:37     Subject: Presents on Christmas
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Gifts are from us, Santa and grandma. Everything is wrapped. Unwrapping is half the fun. I’m not impressed by the lazy DCUM parents who don’t wrap Santa gifts. Everyone knows the best moment of Christmas is coming downstairs and seeing all the wrapped gifts and being so excited to open them you can’t even decide where to start. Unwrapped and out in the open (unless it’s like a bicycle or giant easel or something) is so anticlimactic.


I am not impressed by parents who make their kids sit and wait for the boxes to be opened/wires and plastic clips to be cut/screwdrivers to be located to get the batteries in (which may also need to be located), assembly to occur. That kills that moment of seeing the gifts for sure.

How sad. Your kids have nothing to wait for, to look forward to, just now, now, now, now, now, now, now, now.......Nothing better than enjoying the morning putting all those toys together, its called family time.


Our Christmas family time consists of enjoying our gifts and eating, not dad exiled in the corner cussing bc he can’t find the right Allen wrench.