Comments on: Christmas is Coming, the Goose is Getting Fat

By: Jo Beaufoix

Jo Beaufoix — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:34:53 +0000

I love this post Belle. We have the same problem as in how much to spend. I try to spend the same on both and it’s working ok so far. My girls know that we buy most things, then send them to Santa and he decides what stuff they’ll like best. Then they get one prezzie just from Santa. Miss M gets Christmas more this year so I can’t wait. This could be our last year with E believing though. She’s 7 and was told at 5 by a friend at school that there was no Santa, but we got passed that. I’d love her to believe for a little bit longer.
Miss M is 3 at the en of January so we have the whole ‘can we fit any more toys in’ bit as well.

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 23:08:14 +0000

Christmas with little ones is so lovely. They’re always so excited, their eyes so big. We’re enjoying this coming one as much as possible, since we’ve got another one on the way, and TFYO may find her gift list slightly shrunken next year. Of course, her birthday is mid-January, so it’s not like she’ll be missing too much.

By: Corey

Corey — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:41:48 +0000

great post…..it can be so very hard. I tend to do one thing from santa, and the stocking…then the rest is from family.

as for the money limit. it can be hard to set a price. I try to set a limit for number of new toys. who has room for all this stuff. eeekkkk.

I hate that my girls birthday is in early January. this time of year we get ALL the new stuff. It can be overwhelming.

By: CamiKaos

CamiKaos — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:14:01 +0000

When K writes her letter to Santa I remind her how very many children in the world Santa has to bring stuff to and how many of those kids don’t have mommy and daddy and grandparents and aunties and uncles and great aunties and uncles and lovely family friends who like to buy them presents and I ask her to think of one thing she really wants, and then she asks Santa for that. Then we have her pick a couple of toys to give to kids less fortunate than herself.

I don’t like to make Christmas all about Santa partly because I feel that if gifts are handed down like little packages from heaven there is no value placed upon them, partly because I want her to appreciate her family and partly because when the time comes that the santa myth is dispelled I want her to know that Christmas is still a special time with your family. I want her to know that family is what the Holidays are about. Not the dude in the red suit.

Though that means that WE tend to go overboard sometimes and this year we are trying to set a strict limit on ourselves as well… we too are searching for that magic $ amount… but when your kid wants a couple of lego sets, princesses and Wii games… Like you said $200 won’t go too far.