Hi Sisterhood,
Can I please ask what families from separated homes do for Santa lists? Do you do one for Santa and then 1 each for parents with different things or 2 Santa lists? I’m wondering how confusing 2 Santa lists would be when there’s only 1 Santa. Side note one parent has full custody and other parent sees them not often.
I would love to hear how you all tackle this.
Thank you in advance
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My kids just do a wish list for what they want, it's not addressed to Santa or anything. Santa will usually bring the most wanted thing on the list and then I just get bits and pieces that's on there, never all of it. The first year we separated I sent him their lists and told him what I bought and he decided that meant he didn't have to buy them anything so I don't tell him any more. Even when they go to his house for Christmas I just celebrate it earlier at home with a Santa present as well as ours so they don't miss out. I just tell them Santa brought it early. If you traditionally send a letter to Santa I would just send him a photo of it then decide who buys what if you are able to work together like that, otherwise just do it how it's normally done and he can ask the kids themselves what they want.
We have a Santa list but often mum and dad buy what Santa couldn’t fit in his sack.
Santa comes to the house where they wake up in the morning.
We’ve always given gifts from Santa and some from mum and dad anyway and one list only so nothing has changed for us.
Just don't put a tag on every present other than the child's name. You're over thinking this.
Full custody would do Santa, doesn't that make sense? Other parent may give presents if they want it really doesn't affect anything.
My kids have always had Santa presents at both houses. We have 50/50 care and over the Christmas holidays we have them for 3 weeks instead of our usual week about, and alternate each year who has them for the first half of the holidays. Whoever has them in the first half of the holidays has them Christmas Eve, then they go to the other parent Christmas afternoon for 24 hours, then back to finish the 3 week block. When they were younger if they weren’t with me on Christmas Eve I would let Santa know and he would make an extra trip to deliver their presents on Christmas night for them to open on Boxing Day. No idea how it worked at their father’s house.