Santa Presents (Wrapped or Unwrapped)

Mrsmum · 27-09-2020 11:13am

Unwrapped growing up and unwrapped for my own kids. Wild excitement regardless. But after the Santa years presents from mom and dad are now wrapped.

Digs · 27-09-2020 1:39pm

Growing up always wrapped! Blew my mind to learn later in life some people got theirs unwrapped. Three kids, separated into bundles and your stocking with name on top so we knew what was what

Have 3 kids myself now and we always wrap Santa gifts. It’s actually one of my favourite Christmas Eve traditions now and my Mam said it was exactly hers too. Kids off to bed and sit down to wrap the Santa presents with a glass of something and good TV, I just love it.

freshpopcorn · 27-09-2020 1:41pm

I do think the wrapping ad to the surprising element of in wrapping everything and finding out what you got.

Sunrise_Sunset · 27-09-2020 8:44pm

Unwrapped for me as a kid, and I don't wrap my own kids now either.
However one of them did mention recently they'd like it if Santa wrapped their presents like he does in the Christmas films.

Kattunge · 28-09-2020 9:19pm

Always unwrapped for us growing up. I don't know how Santa did it as there were a lot of us. Santa's the best

tscul32 · 28-09-2020 10:26pm

Unwrapped for me and for my husband as kids and we do the same now. A different chair/spot on the sofa each, small bits in a stocking with their name on it. I hate wrapping presents at the best of times - I'm just not very good at it - but would hate the waste of paper too, there would be a ridiculous amount with 3 kids.

29-09-2020 9:59pm

Unwrapped for us growing up. Much the same as others, little bundles in designated areas. Presents from my parents were wrapped.

I think we did this thread last year? Was there a poll then?

jellybear · 29-09-2020 10:26pm

On a sidenote, I've noticed a good few mention presents from parents. Would make an interesting poll/discussion too. We just had Santa presents, now I'm older I understand why money wise etc, but it never crossed my mind as a kid!!

Minier81 · 29-09-2020 10:36pm

Unwrapped for us growing up. And unwrapped for the next generation now too. We care about the environment in this house.

Loughc · 29-09-2020 11:11pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Unwrapped for us growing up. Much the same as others, little bundles in designated areas. Presents from my parents were wrapped.

I think we did this thread last year? Was there a poll then?

It was either last year or possibly 2 years ago during the great Christmas debate series

29-09-2020 11:20pm

Couldn't imagine unwrapped presents.

It'd be just like walking into Smyths on Christmas morning. You'd see your Polly Pocket from across the living room. No excitement nor suspense.

mirrorwall14 · 29-09-2020 11:32pm

jellybear wrote: »

On a sidenote, I've noticed a good few mention presents from parents. Would make an interesting poll/discussion too. We just had Santa presents, now I'm older I understand why money wise etc, but it never crossed my mind as a kid!!

We never had parents presents either

tscul32 · 29-09-2020 11:52pm

No parent presents for us as kids, nor for my kids now and they've never questioned it either.

Deja Boo · 30-09-2020 6:32am

A friends family does parent presents on Christmas Eve. They exchange the more meaningful and personal gifts then. They include things for the entire family (like books for the library or a new board game), pass on family mementos, grandparent gifts, pictures, ornaments, wishes for the new year, etc.

mirrorwall14 · 30-09-2020 6:34am

Deja Boo wrote: »

A friends family does parent presents on Christmas Eve. They exchange the more meaningful and personal gifts then. They include things for the entire family (like books for the library or a new board game), pass on family mementos, grandparent gifts, pictures, ornaments, wishes for the new year, etc.

Actually to be fair I do now do the Christmas Eve box and they know I make that. No big gifts though

Jude13 · 30-09-2020 7:15am

I think Santa will be wrapping presents this year, firstly as the wee elf will have as much fun tearing the pressies open, and secondly as Mr & Mrs cluas want to suprise each other with what they have gotten the little elf.

Flippyfloppy · 30-09-2020 7:18am

In our house Santa's presents are all set up by the elves and ready to play with (unwrapped) and presents among family are wrapped. Adds to the magic ðŸ™‚

TRS30 · 30-09-2020 9:44am

Not so much a wrapped or unwrapped question, more an assembled or not assembled.

OH and I have debated this the last few years, which usually end up with me putting together some complicated toy late on Christmas Eve after about 5 glasses of wine :eek:

SusanC10 · 30-09-2020 9:58am

As I said earlier in thread - all Gifts wrapped with Santa ones in different wrapping. Both when growing up and with our kids.

My Parents always gave us Gifts too but things like books or games. Left the larger/more expensive gifts to Santa. My Dad since we were teens bought us a CD and a book himself (Mum bought all other gifts). The last CD he bought for me before he died was Snow Patrol - Up to Now.

On assembling Gifts - definitely assembled for the kids if it is a bike or similar. And unwrapped if something like that.

DvB · 30-09-2020 10:06am

TRS30 wrote: »

Not so much a wrapped or unwrapped question, more an assembled or not assembled.

OH and I have debated this the last few years, which usually end up with me putting together some complicated toy late on Christmas Eve after about 5 glasses of wine :eek:

Been there, done that.

Years ago when ours were 2 or 3 we got my daughter a toy kitchen thing & my son a toy tool kit & workbench. We left both in the box for what we thought would be maximum effect without realising it would take me about 3 or 4 hours to build the things... it genuinely took the fun out of Christmas morning that year so we pre assemble everything that needs it beforehand now. Though with gadgets taking over from toys moreso theres less building & more 'connecting' required nowadays!

TRS30 · 30-09-2020 10:48am

DvB wrote: »

Been there, done that.

Years ago when ours were 2 or 3 we got my daughter a toy kitchen thing & my son a toy tool kit & workbench. We left both in the box for what we thought would be maximum effect without realising it would take me about 3 or 4 hours to build the things... it genuinely took the fun out of Christmas morning that year so we pre assemble everything that needs it beforehand now. Though with gadgets taking over from toys moreso theres less building & more 'connecting' required nowadays!

Reminds me Christmas, 2 or 3 years ago putting together a ridiculous hard Wendy House for Elf1. Was taking so long that OH went to bed. Was about 1am when I got finish, I was putting some dolls inside and decided to put my head down for a minute and fell asleep for about 3 hours! Luckily I woke up before the kids did!!

DvB · 30-09-2020 10:49am

TRS30 wrote: »

Reminds me Christmas, 2 or 3 years ago putting together a ridiculous hard Wendy House for Elf1. Was taking so long that OH went to bed. Was about 1am when I got finish, I was putting some dolls inside and decided to put my head down for a minute and sleep asleep for about 3 hours! Luckily I woke up before the kids did!!

Brilliant.

When they're much older & gone beyond the santa years you'll have to tell them that story.

Jude13 · 30-09-2020 11:23am

Thats class, TRS30.

DvB I had the same issue with an ikea kids kitchen for her birthday.

30-09-2020 3:34pm

My siblings and I had personalised Santa sacks but gifts were left unwrapped. Usually Santa would forget the personalised bags and just leave them on top of the piles, we all had designated spots on the couch/floor.
My parents would get us some gifts too and they'd be wrapped, usually made up of books, Christmas outfits, and new pyjamas.
We had a mischievous elf in our house that would poke holes in all the presents to see what everyone got, so we couldn't keep presents under the tree until Christmas eve.
A tradition we had started off with that we could open one gift each on the night of Christmas eve, but over the years we lost the run of ourselves and would open them all :pac: Christmas morning then was for Santa

Neyite · 30-09-2020 5:38pm

When we were little they were unwrapped and no presents from parents, just Santa.
We had unwrapped and assembled for the toddler years but now he's older, a big part of the fun on Christmas morning is assembly with Dad, so they are wrapped in Santa themed paper and unassembled while I sip coffee and wonder what time it's acceptable to open the prosecco.

We do a parent present too. In all he gets about 7 decent presents to unwrap and a stocking, which is loads for a kid I think.

We all do matching PJs ever since the first Christmas video had me looking like a hobo in really old holey PJs. Now at least I look like a smart hobo on Christmas morning.

TRS30 · 30-09-2020 5:57pm

Neyite wrote: »

We all do matching PJs ever since the first Christmas video had me looking like a hobo in really old holey PJs. Now at least I look like a smart hobo on Christmas morning.

We did this last year for the first time. Put on Christmas Eve and then changed Christmas morning for going to church. Made for some great picture

30-09-2020 11:36pm

Such an innocuous thread, but I would have assumed before reading that wrapping gifts was the norm for 99% of people. Who knew.

01-10-2020 8:17am

Deleted User wrote: »

Such an innocuous thread, but I would have assumed before reading that wrapping gifts was the norm for 99% of people. Who knew.

Same here.

I've never encountered someone that hasn't wrapped presents. My father's family were poor as piss when he was growing up and they still managed newspaper around his presents.

I never knew it was a conscious decision to not wrap (stockings aside)

Neyite · 01-10-2020 10:07am

TRS30 wrote: »

We did this last year for the first time. Put on Christmas Eve and then changed Christmas morning for going to church. Made for some great picture

Granny has no idea yet, but she's getting a pair to match us all as well. :pac:

TRS30 · 01-10-2020 10:22am

Neyite wrote: »

Granny has no idea yet, but she's getting a pair to match us all as well. :pac:

I love it.

We got my Dad a onesie (spelling?) two Christmas ago. Image a 70 year man in a crocodile onesie with a tail

Santa Presents (Wrapped or Unwrapped)

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