Who is THE BIG Christmas present from in your house, Santa or parents?

Santa always give the best present... The present they really, really, wanted... So if it's the big one then it's Santa....

We have always hurt for money. My children get everything they need all year but defiantly not everything that they want.

For Christmas there is not a whole lot under tree. We do the best we can. We put a lot of stuff in lay a way and that way the kids get at least somethings.

The big items -the things they particular ask for- always came Dad and Mom. My husband works a full time job and any overtime he an so we can afford those special gifts. He works way to hard for "Santa" to get the credit.

Plus if we told them Santa brought everything then we would get questions like, "Why does my friends get more presents from Santa?" or "How come I did not get that really expensive video game system that I asked for?" How do you answer that? We have always told our kids that the little elf's make the gifts so how come Santa cannot afford things? He does not have to pay for anything. The only other logical conclusion then would be that they were not good enough for Santa to bring it.

I never want my children to believe they are not good enough. I might not be able to afford a lot but my kids are very loved and all have high self esteems.

Santa

From Santa.

the other day in parenting someone asked a question similar to this.

I couldn't believe how many people said from them because they didn't want someone else getting all the credit for what they bought.

I thought that was really immature.... its not about credit. Since when do you get credit from doing something for your children. To me its about the excited look on their faces and the enjoyment they get out of their gift.

Santa, mainly because it is rather large and I am not bringing it out until early Christmas morning anyway. I don't want it sitting in my living room, and I had to use different wrapping paper on it. My son is only 2 and I don't really think he gets the difference anyway.

All the presents from my parents were listed from Santa - made it seem like the parents were cheap makin' Santa get all the gifts!

Santa gets all the credit. But we as parents get to see the glee when they receive exactly what they asked for. It's worth it.

I don't think my two year old gets who presents are from. So I'm not that worried.

I think the big present was always from mom when I was growing up. Santa just brought lots, mom got the one or two things I really wanted.

Thats the only one from Santa! And of course he leaves whatever is in the stockings. All the more boring stuff is from us parents.

we let santa bring one that they specifically ask for but we bring the rest. however my SIL grew up getting great gifts from santa and when she learned the truth she felt really bad that her parents never got the credit for all they did. she now makes it a point that her children get good gifts from the parents b/c she doesn't want them to feel guilty for not showing them enough appreciation