CPT: Does Santa wrap his presents?

MindyBadger1 · December 2013

This is one of the only things in life that DH and I violently disagree on... now that we're actually going to have a child shit may hit the fan in our marriage.

cpm1223 · December 2013

Well maybe Santa doesnt but the elves do....right?!

MindyBadger1 · December 2013

YES. AND IN SPECIAL WRAPPING PAPER. END OF DISCUSSION.

4lilmunchkins · December 2013

Yes, in special wrapping paper. He also wraps all the stocking stuffers.

Emily6778 · December 2013

Typically the "big present" is left unwrapped and all set up under the tree!

Hkula · December 2013

of course it's wrapped! And it's personally signed From: Santa

LimeDrops · December 2013

Side note tip, when you have young excitable children, it really helps to unpackaged everything and add batteries ahead of time, so that they can play with it right away and not whine about those PITA twist ties all morning

ETA we unwrap, and unpackage, if you couldn't tell. It was this way when I was a kid too, and it always made sense to me... Why would a toy from the North Pole have a Target barcode on it, right?

salsamommy · December 2013

Yes! And we use really nice paper with Santa on it for gifts from him!

sugarland726 · December 2013

Of course Santa's presents are wrapped.

Sweetiejules12 · December 2013

Yes for me. But I know a Santa that doesn't have time to wrap but the elves put together everything when they make the toys. So no boxes and instructions are left.

wedbliss5 · December 2013

Kids LOVE to unwrap presents, so I wrap as much as i can and save the gift bags for adults. Same with birthdays. WRAP ALL THE THINGS!

LatteLady5 · December 2013

No. DD's getting a fishtank with fish and accessories from Santa. That sucker is not getting wrapped but I might make a tulle bow or something to make it look nicer. Only the big present and the stocking stuffers are from Santa. Anything else is wrapped from Mommy and Daddy.

mj0413 · December 2013

No way!! Unwrapped, all set up in a beautiful display, grouped together by child so that as soon as everyone turns the corner, they KNOW what pile is theirs! Batteries and other necessary things to make stuff work have already been put in. Santa's presents get a solid 20-30 minutes of attention before anyone things about opening any of the wrapped gifts!

mrsjenni · December 2013

sugarland726 said:

Of course Santa's presents are wrapped.

I was going to say exactly this. In special wrapping paper and signed in very special secret handwriting.

MeganWorden · December 2013

Emily6778 said:

Typically the "big present" is left unwrapped and all set up under the tree!

If its a huge gift like a bike or something it may not get wrapped but it at least gets a huge bow on it!

ac1259 · December 2013

AGH!! You guys have me so excited for when my girls are big enough to get excited about presents! Christmas is just way more magical with kids around:)

LuGal623 · December 2013

Santa's gifts were always wrapped in special paper with tags signed by the big man himself! Everything was wrapped including all the stocking stuffers. I can't wait to carry that tradition on.

washyourhandsplease · December 2013

In my family Santa does not wrap the presents. My sisters and I each had a big decorative Christmas bag with our names on it that "Santa" would fill with presents. That's one of the ways we knew Santa had been to our house. We knew Santa had been to our house when those bags were full of presents and our Christmas stockings were filled. Of course, we had presents wrapped underneath the tree, but they were all from family members.

shortstuff15 · December 2013

Wrapped, but here he doesn't use special paper or handwritting. It looks identical to mom & dad gifts. But here is also only one gift from Santa.

Shannahbee · December 2013

cpm1223 said:
Well maybe Santa doesnt but the elves do....right?!

Of course, I'm sure Santa delegates this... And it has to be in special paper that looks old-school/vintage. Cuz Santa is classy like that.

KristaBelieve · December 2013

My family never wrapped the gifts from Santa.....I never even thought of wrapping them! I like the special paper idea....hmmmm. I need to ask DH what he did growing up.

moosebaby2011 · December 2013

I've never, ever heard of Christmas presents that weren't wrapped. Ever. The only exception would be something like a bike that isn't really wrap-able.

I love @limedrops suggestion of assembling everything before wrapping, though. Time consuming, but well worth the effort.

sarajo430 · December 2013

Santa never wrapped my gifts growing up (lazy so-and-so), but I know my husband's Santa gifts were always wrapped in special paper. That's what I plan on doing for our little guy in the future because, let's face it, babies care WAY more about the boxes and wrapping paper and bows than they do the gifts anyway! I also really like the idea of each child's gift wrapped in different special Santa paper.

SunflowersBride · December 2013

This thread is blowing my mind. There are actually people who don't wrap presents from Santa?!?

OSUWifey09 · December 2013

This will be the first year that Santa exists in our house and DS is excited about it. He doesn't even unwrap his own presents; he'll unwrap a couple, start playing with his toys and leave the rest for us to do. We'll see how this year goes. We don't do any special wrapping paper but put special gift tags on the boxes that are from Santa. This year, we'll probably do a special wrapping paper since DS actually talks about Santa and seems excited about it.

MrsGraham06 · December 2013

I put yes, but I grew up with Santa filled the stocking and our stockings weren't "big enough" so there was always a huge pile of presents around the stocking. DH and I haven't had that kind of money, and MIL has been doing Santa for the kids. She wraps the presents with special paper.

ETA: DS1 is big enough to recognize that Santa has MIL's handwriting.

casholmes · December 2013

"Santa" always put our presents unwrapped in groups, one pile for each kid. I think he *might* have wrapped them when we were little, but after brother number 2 he stopped.

aessary03 · December 2013

Hell yes Santa wraps his presents! haha!

I even buy special wrapping paper that I hide out specifically for wrapping "santa" gifts. My daughter is sold. This year Santa got One Direction wrapping paper to go with all the One Direction shit I bought her! She'll probably faint.

ach298 · December 2013

Santa brings the big gifts, so no wrapping paper here. Last year he brought a rocking horse. It had a big bow on it. Stocking stuffers are wrapped.

traumalady · December 2013

All of the presents get wrapped. In our house growing up all the gifts were from Santa until we knew better. It never occurred to me to have "Santa" gifts and then gifts from us.

salsamommy · December 2013

SunflowersBride said:

This thread is blowing my mind. There are actually people who don't wrap presents from Santa?!?

I too am stunned at this no wrapping Santa gifts! Every holiday movie I have seen, gifts from Santa are ALWAYS wrapped by the elves!

pixieonboard · December 2013

if you open all your family presents on Christmas Eve and the tree is empty Christmas morning then no wrapping. If the tree still have family gifts then yes they are Wrapped as well.

jaclynwas17 · December 2013

mrsjenni said:

sugarland726 said:

Of course Santa's presents are wrapped.

I was going to say exactly this. In special wrapping paper and signed in very special secret handwriting.

I definitely agree the special handwriting is a must. Santa signs with big curly letters. *edit-spacing

ChuggingWater · December 2013

MindyBadger1 said:
YES. AND IN SPECIAL WRAPPING PAPER. END OF DISCUSSION.

::gavel::

I even hide the paper at work so DS1 won't see it.

Also, it MUST have Santa on it and no other paper with Santa is allowed.

MarkandAbbi · December 2013

Nope!!! All of our gifts were always wrapped EXCEPT Santa's one gift for each of us children.

lolinshag · December 2013

Wrapping Santa gifts?!

katstirdivant · December 2013

Ok those of you who wrap stocking stuffers, what are all of you considering stocking stuffers??? Our stockings were always full of the travel section at target: Kleenex, scotch tape, travel toothpaste, maybe a chocolate Santa, small ornament. Is that typical? Nothing really over $3-4

Kbrittonhart · December 2013

The elves do it for him and he brings them wrapped to place under the tree!

katstirdivant · December 2013

Oh, and all presents wrapped, nothing opened until Christmas morning (and teeth brushed and beds made....I know my parents wanted to linger in bed...) and Santa wrapped and signed everything including note thanking us for cookies, egg nog and carrots for his reindeer

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