How many presents does Santa usually bring for your children?

[clownchk]

my kids get 3 each. If it ws good enough for Baby Jesus, its good enough for them!!

We give them 1-2 gifts and Santa will also fill their stockings.

 

[disneyJMD]

I have always purchased too many items for Christmas. We have four kids, and they generally have 15 to 20 things each. It is excessive and I end up charging up my credit card. This year, we are buying my 12 year old a cell phone, my daughters are getting a wii, and my little guy who is 16 months is getting a box of different mickey stuff-sippy cups, stuffed plush, nap mat, shirt... Those are from us and they know mom and dad are only buying them each one gift. Santa is bringing a couple of movies, rock band for the wii and two american girl dolls and accessories. (I went to the grand opeing of the AG store in Boston a couple weeks back and that stuff adds up quick!). I am sticking to the list that I wrote out and not straying from it. They will probably each have about 10 gifts total.

 

[mommytoone]

everything is from Santa.. and it's all wrapped except for one big thing.. not usually the best gift though.

If I had to do it again I would like some of the credit.
DD is 9 and last year after she opened all her gifts she looked at me and said, "Thank you Mommy!" That's when I knew Santa was gone.

All the gifts are from Santa at our house too!! They are all wrapped in special paper that is bought and hid. Anything we buy, dh and myself for each other is not wrapped in same paper as DD's. We buy her so much through the year that I want to have one magical day. This year she got a trip to Disney for 9 days in Sept, and she is getting a Wii, with 8 games, 2 American girl dolls, with acces, and clothes, Ipod, clothes from Limited too and some little stocking stuffers, from Santa. Then she will receive tons of gifts from my mom, she is the only grandchild.

I am sure this will be the last year. She is questioning, but knows that if you don't believe, Santa will not come. Who knows how long that will last.

 

[ALittleDisneyFan]

Growing up ALL of my gifts were from Santa - never from mom & dad. I never even thought of only a few being from Santa. So far DD has 6 gifts - and will probably end up with 10+

 

[cruizie]

At our house, Santa brings 3 gifts (like the 3 wisemen) plus little things in the stocking, not wrapped.

 

[okeydokey]

Santa leaves one big gift that is unwrapped (sometimes they are individual gifts - last year the wii was their Santa gift) and their stockings (which also have things unwrapped).

This is what we do too.

 

[K and K's Mommy]

Santa brings three gifts like the wisemen to each child. He also does stockings which are usually quite full and some sort of gift for the whole family, usually a game or some DVDs.

 

[TinkerbellBlue]

I do not set a gift limit but I do set a money limit. This year it is $150 on each and only one gift is from Santa. The rest is from me. I started this when dd was young. Sometimes the gift is big and some times it is small. Santa usually brings what ever gift they want most that year. He also doesn't wrap but does hide it and leaves clues. My dd still remembers the year Santa hid her Hiccuping Baby Dill under the sink. Ds asked Santa for a big kitchen with food last year. It was the only thing he asked for and that was the gift Santa brought him.

 

[reneempayne]

In our house Santa leaves pretty much all the presents. We give the girls a special present from us. I htought this was pretty much the norm but it seems to be the other way round.

We go a bit OTT with presents to be honest. But I do love Christmas!

i just wanted to say that we too let Santa bring most of the presents. We always give the kids pj's the night before and clothes for Christmas. Santa brings all the toys. this yr Santa is bringing Ds7 2 wii games, a $100 lego star wars ship he wants, some Bakugan stuff, and a board game. DS2 is getting wooden unit block ~$100, 5 cars from the movie CARS, and a couple of little things. Also Santa is bringing Guitar Hero World Tour for all of us.
Santa wraps some presents and some he doesn't. DS7 gets red paper & DS2 get Green. Santa has always brought 1 big gift and a ton of little gifts like games and puzzles. Oh and we tell most everyone else who buys for them not to buy toys. They are getting personalized snow tubes, new boots, bean bags magazine subscriptions, days out to do stuff, etc from family...except NANA. She just can't help herself!

 

[daven247]

My kids get way too many - Santa usually brings 12, then one special from Us, then the kids exchange gifts. Since they are getting older, I think that 12is way too much.

 

[HeatherC]

About 20 each. I know I'm insane! But I love it and make no apologies.

 

[cruellababy]

We always give the most gifts being from Santa- we do gifts from us (mom/dad) on Xmas eve and then the majority are from santa in the morning. I really have never counted; but it's alot- we set the budget-this year $400 per kid and when it's gone it's gone and then I wrap.

 

[Brer Shay]

DH & I haven't really done anything with Santa, but our kids have still come to believe in him. (Kind of a not confirm/not deny.) Somehow they've come to believe that Santa fills their stockings and the other gifts are from Mom and Dad. So my answer is small items that fit in their stockings.

It's been funny listening our kids try to make sense of the Santa concept, especially now that the five year old contirbutes her ideas.

 

[DawnM]

You didn't have a box for none. My kids have long ago figured out there isn't a real Santa.

 

[aimeeg]

It has been interesting seeing what everyone does. When I was younger everything was from Santa. My girls are 4 and 2. Everything has been from Santa. I always have the best intentions of not going over board but I end up splurging at the end. We had some tough years during Christmas. My parents divorce, money issues, and illness. It does my heart good to spoil them on Christmas.

That being said my DH is Jewish. Throw in eight crazy nights and it is just too much!!!!!!!! We are doing things differently this year. I like the idea of the girls getting 3 presents from Santa. They are at the age that it is important for them to understand the real meaning of Christmas. I think I am going to sit down with my girls tonight and make our list. Mom and Dad will supply other presents and Santa always does stockings too. For Hanukkah they are getting something on the last night- most likely art stuff.

 

[mommytobug]

About 20 each. I know I'm insane! But I love it and make no apologies.

Amen, sista!

 

[rt2dz]

Every year I read about the 3 gifts from whomever (Santa, Mom/Dad) because that is what Jesus got. And there is nothing wrong with that. But, that doesn’t mean they will automatically get the idea of what Christmas is about or that children who receive more don’t know what Christmas is about.

One of my sisters does only 3 gifts because that is what Jesus got. Yet her kids are most horrible, spoiled little brats I have ever met. It’s all about give me. It isn’t expensive enough. It isn’t big enough. It isn’t what so-and-so got. And they won’t share. They give because “Mom makes me.” They haven’t the first clue to why we celebrate Christmas and they never understand the spirit of giving.

On the other hand, I know kids whose parents go way over board and get just about everything. Yet, they give at the drop of a hat and appreciate all they have. They love to play Santa themselves and take the time to think of and give to others first. They’d give up their stuff to make someone else with less happy.

I am a firm believer that how your kids get the meaning of Christmas is how it is presented to them and has absolutely nothing to do with how much they receive and from whom. For the record, we’re somewhere in the middle.

 

[RMulieri]

I have an only whose bday is DEC 26th. So we spoil her silly and Santa brings too many gifts.But I make No apologies..She ends up giving her old toys and some of the new ones to local charities after the holiday.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Santa brings 1 or 2 large, unwrapped gifts, and fills the stockings. Everything else is from us, but we use fun names associated with what the family is enjoying -- we're currently watching Dr. Who, so we'll have gifts from The Doctor, Rose Tyler, the Slitheen, etc.

Actually this is the first year ds knows -- he didn't want to do a letter to Santa, he just gave me a list -- anyway, I haven't really decided whether to leave one big thing unwrapped on the coffee table, or wrap everything. DS10 wants things that are much more expensive, so he will have less to open. I'm wondering if I should wrap everything so there's more to unwrap? I don't want Santa to stop coming, but I also don't want to make him think we're treating him too young -- he's very sensitive about being called a "medium-sized" boy rather than a little boy.

 

[DVCLiz]

We never got presents from our parents growing up, so my girls didn't, either. I never questioned it as a child and they never questioned it, either. They do exchange a gift with their sister, but otherwise everything under the tree is from Santa. I usually have between 20 and 30 gifts for each of them. Everything is wrapped individually. So a tube of lip gloss counts as "a present" just as much as a new Ipod. They love having a big pile so I wrap each book, board game, DVD, etc. separately.

They also have gifts from my brother and from their Dad and stepmom, but our Santa celebration is first thing on Christmas morning with just the three of us.