Presents from Santa: Wrapped or Unwrapped

PHAW Webmistress · Post by **PHAW Webmistress** » December 18, 2004 11:23 am

Tiki what a great idea with the magical ornament!!

I like that!

pbans - that brings up another question for everyone - do you wrap or not wrap stocking stuffers?

No wrap here

Post by **SMLCHNG** » December 18, 2004 11:35 am

No wrap on stocking stuffers.

Santa gifts were wrapped in different paper than the ones from family.

Unless it was something really big, like a bike, or when I got a bean bag chair. Then there's just a BIG bow.

big hat carmen · Post by **big hat carmen** » December 18, 2004 12:02 pm

Stocking stuffers, a friend of mine told me that Santa only uses red paper on stocking stuffers so we are going to try that this year.

island_hopper · Post by **island_hopper** » December 18, 2004 9:53 pm

land_shark3 wrote:
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!

YESSS! Every year we stay at my parents' place on Christmas Eve. Before bed we sit around and read Twas the Night Before Christmas and leave Santa a plate of cookies and a mug of eggnog. Then we do a big "group hug" and talk about what we are thankful for and then it's off to bed! When we wake up in the morning and find that Santa has paid us a visit.

He leaves his presents unwrapped and leaves us all kinds of goodies in our stockings. Yep, I'm 31 and my "big" little brother is 22 with 2 sisters in between. Must believe in Santa....

For some reason this year my keet Morgan keeps talking about Santa who wears a hula skirt....

She's told me over and over that the only way she'll go see Santa to have a picture with him is if it's the "one with the hula skirt".......

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » December 19, 2004 5:22 pm

In my younger days we had to go on a hunt for our stockings, too! That crafty St. Nick would HIDE them. My three brothers and I awoke to find a satin ribbon tied to our bedposts and we had to follow our own color of ribbon (I always had golden ones!!) to wherever the bulging sock was hidden. You can imagine the crisscrossed paths and laughter!

Nothing in the stocking or under the tree from Santa was ever wrapped; simply no time for a busy guy to do all that!

Billy Cruiser · Post by **Billy Cruiser** » December 20, 2004 12:40 pm

Ok, another tradition that I wonder about. Everyone leaves the milk and cookies out for Santa. Last year I talked my son into leaving a corona and some chips. I told him that Santa gets tired of milk and cookies after awhile and would like something different. This year he wants to try something else. Any ideas?

pbans · Post by **pbans** » December 20, 2004 6:36 pm

tikitatas wrote:In my younger days we had to go on a hunt for our stockings, too! That crafty St. Nick would HIDE them. My three brothers and I awoke to find a satin ribbon tied to our bedposts and we had to follow our own color of ribbon (I always had golden ones!!) to wherever the bulging sock was hidden. You can imagine the crisscrossed paths and laughter!

Nothing in the stocking or under the tree from Santa was ever wrapped; simply no time for a busy guy to do all that!

That's a COOL idea!
My stupid dogs would get tangled up in the ribbon and destroy it, though!!
I love the idea.....

PHAW Webmistress · Post by **PHAW Webmistress** » December 20, 2004 7:28 pm

Billy Cruiser wrote:Ok, another tradition that I wonder about. Everyone leaves the milk and cookies out for Santa. Last year I talked my son into leaving a corona and some chips. I told him that Santa gets tired of milk and cookies after awhile and would like something different. This year he wants to try something else. Any ideas?

a shot of Tequila and a lime

BoozeInTheBlender · Post by **BoozeInTheBlender** » December 20, 2004 7:30 pm

Hey Renee, the surprise for Jolena went really well this weekend.

PHAW Webmistress · Post by **PHAW Webmistress** » December 20, 2004 7:32 pm

BoozeInTheBlender wrote:Hey Renee, the surprise for Jolena went really well this weekend.

PA PAR8 HED · Post by **PA PAR8 HED** » December 23, 2004 1:38 pm

Santa never wrapped the presents when I was young, but he did in my wife's house. We had to decide what to do when we had keets. They have cousins on my side and Santa doesn't wrap, so in case they campare notes, he still doesn't wrap.

In terms of keeping the dream alive, I play Santa every year for friends, schools, etc. When my oldest niece was starting to have doubts, I peeked in the window on Christmas Eve dressed as Santa! She freaked out!!!! She is 22 now and still talks about it.

We always left cookies and milk for Santa and carrots for the reindeer. Last year, my son came home from school with "magic reindeer food" (just oatmeal with sparkles in it). We left that on Christmas Eve too and some was spotted outside our door on Christmas morning. Rudolph must have enjoyed it!

Happy Holidaze all!

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » December 23, 2004 1:45 pm

Poor Santa has enough to do this time of year, and you want him to wrap presents, too? What with making toys, preparing flight plans, making a list, checking it twice, cleaning up reindeer poo, dealing with the Elf Union.....and still trying to find the time for Mrs. Claus!

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » December 23, 2004 1:46 pm

BoozeInTheBlender wrote:Hey Renee, the surprise for Jolena went really well this weekend.

So she never knew you were coming? Awesome!

prrthd1987 · Post by **prrthd1987** » December 23, 2004 2:02 pm

Tiki Bar wrote:
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.

My mom always just told me that Santa used our wrapping paper to save money.