We're your kids grateful?

[Jessica60]

kids grateful or not for their gifts?

Do you think they just expect now or are actually thankful?

Do you have good behaviour or bad behaviour Christmas Day?

My problem is that the majority of presents is in santas sack so he gets all the credit, I do a couple of gifts from us. Wish I had done it differently and had more gratefulness towards us.

We had two meltdowns yesterday and some nasty name calling, and two "I'm bored". This was not long after present opening. I was speechless, kid saw my face and apologiesd straight away.

I've heard some kids are really ungrateful

 

[Bevziibubble]

Mine acted up a bit at times but it was more out of being over excited than being ungrateful. They really struggle to calm down once they get excited and hyper. It can be stressful!

 

[c1403]

Same as Bev. Lots of excitement. DD1 did say she was bored once but that's because most her gifts she has to make and she didn't say it in an ungrateful tone.
I do opposite and most gifts are from us with a few from Santa.

 

[mrsmummy2]

This year was the first year I feel that dd and ds1 really appreciated what they had. They were so excited in the build up and the day itself did not disappoint.

The only tears we had was because dd fell off her bike in the garden and bruised her hip

 

[Rags]

Ds was ill, still is, so he's only going through his stuff now really, but yes, all were grateful. We've had 3 awful Christmases in a row, this was the first without serious illness or after bereavement, everyone was thankful of each other, the gifts were only a little bit of it but brought real delight. Only my Ds still believes in Santa but I love the fact that he thinks his gifts come from him - which is handy as his gift from me still hasn't arrived (thanks to Hermes!)

 

[Babybump87]

Both mine were very grateful for everything and were a bit overwhelmed DD2 was especially since she is the “naughty “ one and kept saying she won’t get gifts ! We did have a bit of messing from her on Xmas Eve and Christmas Day , but they were generally very well behaved!

It’s how to deal with the expectation that they will always get what’s on their lists , even though we do explain Santa doesn’t bring everything they ask for !

It’s today they are driving me crazyyy !!

 

[Scout]

DD (6) was grateful for everything. She thanked Santa over and over, and even today as she was riding her new scooter she asked me who got it for her and I said Santa (Santa brings most of her gifts) and she said, "Santa, if you're listening thank you so much for my new scooter. I love it." She's generally a chill kind of kid, so no meltdowns or anything.

 

[Jessica60]

Same as Bev. Lots of excitement. DD1 did say she was bored once but that's because most her gifts she has to make and she didn't say it in an ungrateful tone.
I do opposite and most gifts are from us with a few from Santa.

Wish I had done this

 

[Mum21boy1girl]

Thankfully my kids are very greatful for their gifts, i felt bad as my sons pile always looks small even though we spend the same amount on all of them and I was tempted to get him something else, but he said "no mum, I know my stuff is more expensive and smaller then the girls' so don't feel bad, I love all of my stuff"
That made me feel better and I realized how much my kids really are appreciative of what they get.

 

[HLx]

Both my two were grateful, I get them plenty of toys and stuff and the money's worth was definitely there this year but they also understand as me and their dad are separated they have a bit less down each house, which also adds up to more than they would in total anyway! They are also even more grateful for the fact they basically have 2 christmases with me and their dad, plus off each sets of grandparents

 

[HLx]

Wish I had done this

I do this also! I say santa cant do it all as he has lots of presents to deliver to parents need to give him a hand! Also I dont think bloody santa should get all the credit for all our hard work, earning the money to buy presents wrapping, even deciding what to buy.. we deserve the credit

 

[motherofboys]

We do get some unwanted behaviour but I think more from the tiredness and over stimulation. Ds3 was up about 4 hours earlier than usual so we knew it wouldn't be his best day.
But in general they are grateful. Ds2 in particular. He got a lot of clothes and practical gifts and was really excited by the training kit for football, which really he needed anyway.
We do pretty much everything from Santa, I think if you want to change that though you can either gradually change the number of sizes or just tell them there's so many children in the world now that Santa is having to bring less and the parents will have to buy more.

 

[kirstybumx3]

Rio went from being extremely grateful to in a total panic because he “didn’t know what to play with”.
It all got too much for him at times but on a whole he coped quite well and seemed to appreciate the gifts he got mostly. Apart from one game which he said he didn’t want
I’m just glad it was a gift from us and not another family member lol.
Niko’s response to absolutely everything this year when he opened it was “oh wowwwwwww” so I think he was impressed!