OT: SO much for Santa Claus!!

[jennifer293]

Well my DD6 has just informed me that there is no person named Santa because she found all the wrapped presents today. She has also just fessed up that she looked in a few gift bags and found hers and her sister's PUCCI PUPS...Well..sooooo much for our whole santa claus bringing presents theory!! I have been hiding presents in that closet since she was a baby and she has never gone in that closet and she has never seen me take wrapped gifts in there..OHHHH those silly kids!!!

Just a little vent!!

 

[Nicolepa]

My son found his Santa present as well. He is only 4 so we were able to convince him it was for the boy next door and that he needed to ask Santa for his still. He was dissapointed he couldn't play with it but he got over it.

 

[Hedy]

 

[First-timer]

if you dont believe, you cant recieve........

 

[js]

So sorry. I guess that closet will soon be getting a lock LOL
Can you tell her the presents are for neices or nephews? My dd-now almost 13, always believed in Santa and even Mickey/Minnie until I sort of told her last year when she asked since I didn't want the kids in school making fun of her. She actually began crying and I backtracked, told her we buy some and Santa other gifts and if you don't believe you don't recieve, blah, blah, blah. She still says she wrote out her list for Santa, hope Santa buys this, that. This is coming from a 98.3 average 7th grade student (she just got her report card this past Tuesday) My ds-8, on the other hand, informed me last year or so that Santa is not real, no way can he get down that darn chimney, get all over the world, etc. He also told me that Mickey is not real and had to point out his mouth to me last month at Chef Mickeys and show me that his smile doesn't move, there is a zipper in the back, blah, blah, blah
I told him and tried to convince him a little better than I did my dd, that yes, Santa is real, if you don't believe, you don't recieve and Santa brings the presents. He is going along with it for now since he is too scared to bring it up again so close to Christmas
Anyway, sorry for the rant LOL Can you tell your dd that they are for neices and nephews or that Santa brings some and you bring some. I am sure she is very smart for her age but she is only 6 maybe you can confuse her enough to believe in him again.
Good luck and let us know how it works out.

 

[munchkin bunchkin]

I dread the day when mine become non believers! At least now when they don' t get everything they ask for all I say is " Santa does the best He can " and they except it!

 

[MariDisney]

Didn't Santa call you and ask you to hide the presents for him this year since his sleigh is really going to be weighted down?? He called me just in case.

 

[I'mNoPrince]

I was King of the snoopers . I would visit the aunts house and Grams around the holiday for that extra snooping. I even would unwrap and retape the packages and they never knew. Thats until the year I really liked this one small toy I took it and played with it and just wrapped the empty box.Well DM didn't know where I got the one I was playing with as we swapped a lot of toys with friends all the time.
When i went to open that one she told me thats one You can return since you have it already . I was playing it off but my DB took it from me and ripped it open and nothing was in it.

I was caught but I think it made it easier on DM after that .

 

[crisi]

My kids figured it all out this Easter - with the Easter Bunny went Santa and the Tooth Fairy.

Its such a relief - this Christmas is SO much easier. This year they tell me what they want - there is no expectation of some guy who magically KNOWS. And if they want something unreasonable, I look at them and say "yeah, right, your Mom isn't buying THAT!" Where last year there was always the hope that Santa would show up with a pony. Simultanously, they are grasping the concepts of budget and money, so there are a few big things on my seven year old's list and I've told her she'll get maybe two.

I will have to find a better place to hide stuff.

 

[jessica52877]

Mine is not quite 4 and doesn't even get or understand the concept of santa. I guess he'll stop believing before he ever believes.

 

[brymolmom]

Sorry to the OP - but here's some hope for you: My older sister broke the news to me when I was quite young (just 5 I think) as she had just found out and needed to tell someone to prove her maturity. ANYWAY- I told her initially 'no way - I don't believe you' and she proceeded to bring me into my parents' closet and showed me everything I would be getting from 'santa'. I admit - I was devestated at first but I agree with a pp that it truly made Christmas better (in some ways at least). My parents still 'hid' santa presents until we went to bed xmas eve every year and after that first year of it being weird - I became a TRUE BELIEVER - and I STILL BELIEVE TODAY!

And I also have to say that I think that most kids who claim to believe past the age of about 8 or 9 are really just pulling the parents legs...in an effort to keep the multitude of gifts coming their way. Just my opinion - I'm sure that some are able to keep the belief later than that!

Have a magical Christmas - Keep the belief alive for your family - not necessarily in Santa but in the spirit of Christmas!

 

[pbharris4]

My almost 11 yo DD still believes. Some kids at school and her best fried tell her he's not real, but she told them she doesn't believe them. I wrap presents for others in front of her. Last year when opening her gifts she noticed the paper and said "Wow! Santa has the same paper we do!" My DH and I looked at each other and said "How about that!" We'll tell her in a few months and I sure hope she doesn't spill the beans to my younger DD!

 

[FloatinInABlueLagoon]

I remember when I found I accidentally found "the closet" as a kid...by this I mean the closet with all of my Christmas presents my parents had hidden. I was in first grade and I asked my mom why all of the She-Ra toys I had asked Santa for were in her closet, and she told me they were gifts from her for my cousin. I was in tears that my cousin was getting all the stuff I asked for for Christmas. Of course, it was just a cover so I didn't find out about "Santa's magic" that year.

A fews years later, when I was in about 3rd or 4th grade, I came home from school and my Mom and my older brother told me there was no such thing as Santa. I remember getting really mad and then crying my heart out. I don't know why they told me intentionally, maybe I was on the verge of figuring it out and they didn't want me spoiling it for my little brother.

But my Mom told me that the best part about "knowing" was getting to share in the excitement of pretending to be Santa for someone else, and I have to admit, that *is* very rewarding!

Even in elementary school, I remember kids telling everyone on the playground that Santa wasn't real. I don't know how kids make it into middle school and sometimes high school honestly not finding out.

 

[j_lehr]

I was in 4th grade when i found the "closet"! (I am 30 now) My sister and I opened the sides of the gifts to peek...but my mom was able to tell and we got in sooo much trouble...not to mention that she made us feel so guilty!!!

My dd is 13 now and doesn't believe anymore...she will say she believes cause she wants presents and I still put on the tags some from us and some from Santa...but when you bring up Santa, she says You're Santa. LOL

As far as I know though...she has never peeked. We are taking her to Disney for Christmas this year and I am trying my hardest to keep it a surprise...so far...I think it's still a secret.

 

[jennifer293]

Thanks everyone for the support...I can't tell her they are for someone else because they are all already tagged. I am telling you there are probably 30 gifts wrapped in that closet (not all for the girls). Even the ones that are from my mom and dad for the girls (mom gives me the money and I buy what they want and wrap it in different wrap).

I told her that sometimes Santa gets really busy and sometimes he sends the gifts to me early and I put them away and when he comes he will get them out of the closet. She said, " NO, he has to bring them on his sleigh"..I said, " Well, there are so many kids that he just can't do it all alone anymore, so he stops in just quick enough to put them under the tree and get some milk and cookies."

Then Miss Smarty says, "Well, he probably won't even come this year because YOU forgot to leave him cookies last year." I said, "Well, if you were a good girl this year then he will come." She says, "It doesn't matter if I am good anymore now because the gifts are already here."

At this point I am out of excuses and all the while trying to refrain from laughing my DH says," Go upstairs and brush your teeth and get ready for bed." Classic DH response..

We will see how tomorrow goes!!! OH but the good thing is that all the labels read FROM: SANTA on them!!

 

[kidzant]

I am 43 and I still believe. Santa dosnt stop coming to your house if you believe or dont. My husband and I have no children. As a matter of fact we dont exchange gifts but Santa keeps coming.
Santa seems to know exactly what I need and would not buy for myself.

My stocking christmas morning is the most pleasurable time of the day.

That being said I think I need to mail my "Dear Santa" letter. Hope Santa is good to you all.

Santa is in our heart, keep believing.

 

[thelittlemermaid]

I hide presents in my closet last year, but now DS10 is always going upstairs to play on his computer and DD7 loves to find hiding places to hide during hide and seek, so now the presents are hide out in the garage. DS and DD NEVER go out there cause our Rott is out in that area.

My DS is 10, but I guess he still believes. He has asked me questions and I just ask him back, what does he believe in? DD is 7, but she is special needs and is more like a 4 year old. Then we have our new addition which is going to make this Christmas even more special.

 

[Hef4545]

I never used the closet. In my efforts to keep Santa real, I would put my packages in large boxes and tape the top like it was something being stored. I first was hiding them in garbage bags in the garage. I decided to stop doing that for fear that DH might take them to the curb by mistake. My DS was 11 when he came out and found me putting the packages under the tree. He had already been suspicious because kids at school had already told him but I think he was holding onto the whole thing for me. It is much easier once they know but I still wait until Christmas Eve to put the packages under the tree. I don't want anyone shaking their packages or looking at the shape and figuring out what everything is.

 

[kellyg403]

Didn't Santa call you and ask you to hide the presents for him this year since his sleigh is really going to be weighted down?? He called me just in case.

Santa calls me every year to drop off presents in the yard. Darn Santa is always running behind and I have to lug presents from the outside to the inside just to help keep him on schedule. He has so many places to be you know!

(PS...we use a storage unit and on 24th put everything in back of DH's truck)

Kelly

 

[The Disney Bunch]

If you don't believe, you don't receive. That is what my mother told me & I still believe & when I go to my parents' house on Christmas morning, there are presents from Santa there for me!

In our house, Santa only brings one or two gifts & they are enver wrapped so we won't run into this problem with my girls. I have all their stuff in the spare room & I told them that if they look, the stuff goes back. They are still at the age that they listen to me thankfully!