Santa Gifts Wrapped?

[Missy29]

Santa wraps all presents at my house, even stocking stuffers.

 

[needtoplan]

I have found this interesting that so many people have wrapped Santa presents. I didn't realize. My husband and I both grew up with unwrapped presents and keeping the tradition with our little boy.
BUT - they have to be arranged in pristine fashion, like a toy store display window. I love it when he runs out all excited but there is a second where he just stops in front of it all and stares with the most wonderful expression and he whispers wow! love it, love it, love it.

 

[Princess_Meghan <3]

Santa always leaves a mix of wrapped and unwrapped presents at our house. The things that aren't wrapped are usually random (one year I had a hair dryer unwrapped, and then a set of vintage care bears unwrapped, but had larger things that were wrapped in my pile).

 

[Mom2SamandJames]

I wrap the gifts for my boys from Santa. Each gets a wrapping paper that is something they really like. This year my 4 year old has CARS paper, and my 6 year old has Charlie Brown Christmas paper. Growing up my Santa gifts were always wrapped. I have just carried on the tradition.

 

[ktlm]

We have a combination. Some are wrapped and some aren't. That is how Santa did it for me growing up as well. Santa wraps in paper different from any of the paper Mom and Dad use for any other gifts. Often the paper has Santa on it, but I think sometimes it has been Disney or snowmen, or other Christmas kid stuff.

 

[Paradise18]

I have found this interesting that so many people have wrapped Santa presents. I didn't realize. My husband and I both grew up with unwrapped presents and keeping the tradition with our little boy.
BUT - they have to be arranged in pristine fashion, like a toy store display window. I love it when he runs out all excited but there is a second where he just stops in front of it all and stares with the most wonderful expression and he whispers wow! love it, love it, love it.

This could have been written by me!!! Same thing at our house, we love the look on thier faces when they see what Santa brought.

 

[puffkin]

I love the look on DS5's face when he sees the mound of wrapped presents I don't want him to just dive in and start playing...I want to enjoy the unwrapping process and sharing as mommy and daddy open their presents too.

Santa only brings 3 gifts (usually the top 2 things on his list and something else we think he will like) + the stocking (which is just little stuff like gum and a match box car or two) and Mommy and Daddy do the rest. Santa gifts are wrapped in special paper that I then throw away and leftovers so I don't forget and use it next year. Everynow and then there is something like a bike or sled that doesn't get wrapped, but typically everything is wrapped at our house (both DH and I grew up that way).

 

[tsme]

At our house gifts from us are wrapped but gifts from Santa are not wrapped.

 

[mommyrosa2]

Santa wraps his gifts in special Santa paper that's different from the paper that mommy & daddy wrap their gifts in.

Ditto in our house...

 

[Bearshouse]

Santa always leaves wrapped presents at our house. He also always forgets his paper at our house too. But then when the kids get up as early as 4am I can't imagine why he would forget anything.

 

[DCbride]

We always wrap gifts from Santa and even all the stocking goodies are wrapped. Unwrapping is so much fun!

 

[Jey12]

When I was little santa always wrapped my presents, but when DH was little santa left his presents unwrapped. We talked about it and I decided I liked the idea of santa gifts being unwrapped and ready to play with. So for DD santa does not wrap the gifts, instead they are put together, freed from their insane packaging and are ready to be played with. I not only love the look on DD's face when she sees what santa left for her, but also it gives mommy and daddy (AKA Santa's tired elves) time to hit the coffee pot before the actual unwrapping starts.

 

[want2bamommy]

I asked my parents when I was little how Santa had the same wrapping paper that we did and my Mom said that Santa always asked her to wrap the presents for him.

 

[tyniknate]

It never even occurred to me that Santa's gifts were not wrapped in some houses. In our home the gifts are only from Santa....mom and dad do not buy Christmas gifts. We buy for birthday and other special occasions, but Christmas is solely for Santa. Everything is wrapped, and I have tons of different papers and I hand-tie bows for the tops of everything. Just like when I was little. Wow, I'm glad I found this thread. It never occurred to me that things were done differently.

 

[tessa67]

Santa wraps in "Santa" paper but all items are taken out of packaging before being wrapped and put in white boxes. Why would Santa make a Barbie doll and then package her like the one in the store?

 

[moonpie85]

Santa wraps in "Santa" paper but all items are taken out of packaging before being wrapped and put in white boxes. Why would Santa make a Barbie doll and then package her like the one in the store?

When I was little I thought elves made all toys and they just sold some to stores

 

[It'sOffToDisneyWeGo]

My husband and I both grew up in households that Santa gifts were not wrapped. We have continued that tradition with our four children.

 

[mandypta]

depends on the gift. If it's easily wrapable, then he wraps it. But we save the oddly shaped gifts for him usually - and he leaves them unwrapped under the tree. This year Santa is bringing 2 wrapped gifts per kid (because they were boxed items), and he'll leave the paper jamz guitars unwrapped (and unpackaged with batteriers already inserted).

 

[want2bamommy]

I love the look on DS5's face when he sees the mound of wrapped presents I don't want him to just dive in and start playing...I want to enjoy the unwrapping process and sharing as mommy and daddy open their presents too.

I'm a fairly new Mom but I totally agree with this. I know that is how my parents felt too and I always love to watch people open their gifts. I am one of the worst people to buy for because I never want or "need" anything. Now my husband well lets just say his list is always a mile long.

 

[arcticdisneylovers]

Growing up Santa never wrapped his gifts. So now Santa doesn't wrap his gifts for DD either. There are lots of wrapped gifts under the tree from family and friends DD loves running out on Christmas morning and everything is arranged on the loveseat from Santa Then after she has a good look we start unwrapping gifts.