Presents from Santa: Wrapped or Unwrapped

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » December 17, 2004 12:56 pm

Interesting tradition in how "Santa" gifts are handled...either when you were young or how "Santa" brings gifts to the keets at your house.

Does Santa wrap or not wrap?

Santa always wrapped the presents for me as a kid and Santa wraps them (well Mrs. Claus anyway) for our keets.

There's usually one "big" present left unwrapped and assembled or a stuffed animal or something like that.

Billy Cruiser · Post by **Billy Cruiser** » December 17, 2004 1:24 pm

This will be interesting. We are having the same dilema. It was because of wrapping paper that my dreams were shattered as child. I wondered why Santa used the same wrapping paper as my parents.

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » December 17, 2004 1:28 pm

Unwrapped??? Who knew?

(except of course the larger items - except this year I have enough paper to wrap up our house, thanks to Sam's Club!

)

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » December 17, 2004 1:29 pm

Billy Cruiser wrote:I wondered why Santa used the same wrapping paper as my parents.

Then, and now, Santa always had different paper than we had / have at the house.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » December 17, 2004 1:30 pm

Billy Cruiser wrote:This will be interesting. We are having the same dilema. It was because of wrapping paper that my dreams were shattered as child. I wondered why Santa used the same wrapping paper as my parents.

Santa at our house is smart! Different wrapping paper for Santa and different wrapping paper from Mom and Dad.

This is probably the last year we'll be able to get away with being Santa for our oldest keet at 7, but her younger bro will enjoy it for years to come.

Santa ROCKS!

PHAW Webmistress · Post by **PHAW Webmistress** » December 17, 2004 1:32 pm

only big items were unwrapped

and yes, the Santa "dream" was shattered at our house because of the same wrapping paper too......

BTW - anyone do the footprints from the fireplace (or front door) thing for their keets? I got to do this for my grandkeet a couple of years ago and it was the KEWLEST thing

I don't know who got a bigger kick out of it - him or me watching his reaction

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » December 17, 2004 1:35 pm

PHAW Webmistress wrote:BTW - anyone do the footprints from the fireplace (or front door) thing for their keets?

details, please - you don't use real dirt do you?

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » December 17, 2004 1:36 pm

PHAW Webmistress wrote:
BTW - anyone do the footprints from the fireplace (or front door) thing for their keets? I got to do this for my grandkeet a couple of years ago and it was the KEWLEST thing I don't know who got a bigger kick out of it - him or me watching his reaction

We don't do footprints but we whip out the jingle bells when our keet doesn't want to go to sleep. Gets her under the covers quicker than you can say Santa Claus.

magnus · Post by **magnus** » December 17, 2004 1:46 pm

Anything that required assembly before it could be played with was unwrapped. Everything else got wrapped in special Santa paper.

My Santa illusion lasted a long time. We left milk and cookies with a note every year. Each Christmas morning we'd get a note beside the empty plate from Santa thanking us for the treat (good lesson in writing thank you notes). My parents were smart enough to have a neighbor write it every year so we wouldn't recognize the handwriting.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » December 17, 2004 1:53 pm

magnus wrote: My parents were smart enough to have a neighbor write it every year so we wouldn't recognize the handwriting.

This year I am using a nifty "Santa" font to write the letter from the computer. Keet is too smart to have me use any of my handwriting an dnot close enough with neighbors to have them do it.

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » December 17, 2004 1:59 pm

Santa was either a slacker or just really busy by the time he got to our house. His presents were always unwrapped; in one pile for me and another pile for my sister.

PHAW Webmistress · Post by **PHAW Webmistress** » December 17, 2004 2:01 pm

Tiki Bar wrote:
PHAW Webmistress wrote:BTW - anyone do the footprints from the fireplace (or front door) thing for their keets?
details, please - you don't use real dirt do you?

no silly ph

make a template of a shoe - cut it out and then sprinkle baking soda lightly. I did foot prints from the fireplace through the house and up the stairs to where he was sleeping. Double bonus as your house get's a refreshing smell when you vacuum it up too

Mr Play · Post by **Mr Play** » December 17, 2004 2:02 pm

Unwrapped and full assembled. Last year Santa left a full-size swingset in our living room. It stayed there until I moved it outside in May.

creeky · Post by **creeky** » December 17, 2004 2:04 pm

Ours were wrapped - except for the "big things - like the swimming pool - bit hard to wrap a pool full of water

My dream was shattered by deciding to play hide and seek and I hid under my parents bed = and there was all this "stuff" that santa delivered a few days later

creeky · Post by **creeky** » December 17, 2004 2:04 pm

PHAW Webmistress wrote:
Tiki Bar wrote:
PHAW Webmistress wrote:BTW - anyone do the footprints from the fireplace (or front door) thing for their keets?
details, please - you don't use real dirt do you?
no silly ph make a template of a shoe - cut it out and then sprinkle baking soda lightly. I did foot prints from the fireplace through the house and up the stairs to where he was sleeping. Double bonus as your house get's a refreshing smell when you vacuum it up too

That wouldnt work here .... we would have to explain why santa had snow on his feet when it is 100+ outside

PHAW Webmistress · Post by **PHAW Webmistress** » December 17, 2004 2:06 pm

creeky wrote:
PHAW Webmistress wrote:
Tiki Bar wrote:
PHAW Webmistress wrote:BTW - anyone do the footprints from the fireplace (or front door) thing for their keets?
details, please - you don't use real dirt do you?
no silly ph make a template of a shoe - cut it out and then sprinkle baking soda lightly. I did foot prints from the fireplace through the house and up the stairs to where he was sleeping. Double bonus as your house get's a refreshing smell when you vacuum it up too
That wouldnt work here .... we would have to explain why santa had snow on his feet when it is 100+ outside

the baking soda represents the ashes in the fire place

creeky · Post by **creeky** » December 17, 2004 2:07 pm

PHAW Webmistress wrote:
creeky wrote:
PHAW Webmistress wrote:
Tiki Bar wrote:
PHAW Webmistress wrote:BTW - anyone do the footprints from the fireplace (or front door) thing for their keets?
details, please - you don't use real dirt do you?
no silly ph make a template of a shoe - cut it out and then sprinkle baking soda lightly. I did foot prints from the fireplace through the house and up the stairs to where he was sleeping. Double bonus as your house get's a refreshing smell when you vacuum it up too
That wouldnt work here .... we would have to explain why santa had snow on his feet when it is 100+ outside
the baking soda represents the ashes in the fire place

Can you tell we dont have fireplaces either then

Here - he just walks through the front door - a lot easier to do

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » December 17, 2004 2:07 pm

buffettbride wrote:This is probably the last year we'll be able to get away with being Santa for our oldest keet at 7

Excuse me, what are you talking about?!?

And what is this "Santa Dream" I keep hearing people talk about?

Our family tradition is that as long as you believe in Santa, he will keep coming!

Desdamona · Post by **Desdamona** » December 17, 2004 2:08 pm

All my Santa gifts were unwrapped when I was a little girl.
That's how I knew they were from Santa! And being the
only little kid in the house, it was obvious who they were
for. With our two boys, Santa added tags so there was no
dispute over what was whose.

My mom was always appalled by parents shopping for
Santa gifts with the kids along. How does that work, anyway?

PHAW Webmistress · Post by **PHAW Webmistress** » December 17, 2004 2:09 pm

land_shark3 wrote: Our family tradition is that as long as you believe in Santa, he will keep coming!

That's a given