Kassia Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 After they go to bed on Christmas Eve. But this is hard now with adult sons at home who go to bed way later than I want to! I pretty much have to make them go to their rooms early on Christmas Eve! And the Easter Bunny was caught in the act a couple of years ago by an adult son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medawyn Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Do you live in the US? The post office won't let me do that here. I always planned on sending them two boxes, one with my return address on it that contained socks, underwear, and maybe a single meaningful book (see my giftmas thread, lol) and another, bigger one containing all the good stuff with a return address of "Santa Claus, the North Pole". I thought 9/11 ruined all that. Please clue me in! They come from Santa c/o Mom's Name, which is as close as she can come, I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Christmas eve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 I'm like you. I would like to put them under the tree earlier, but with 3 cats in the house it would be a big risk. I have one cat that must get into every bag or box he sees.. Another one that chews/bites plastic and paper, and a third (the 20 pounder) that would sit on boxes and crush or mishape them. :lol: They are quite the destructive trio. Plus we have to keep the bag cat out of the tree. He has bent several of the branches of our tree and caused whole sections to go dark. We have resorted to spraying him with a water bottle. So, we would be watering the presents daily. Sigh.... But I do love my cats. :D We have six cats here. Four of whom would contribute to unwrapping/scratching open boxes, one would try to eat all the paper, and one would try to eat any plastic. The other two would just sleep on them. :) AKA: All presents go under the tree late on Christmas Eve. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 I was going to say, "It depends on the cats!" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbookbuzz Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Personally, I like to see gifts accumulate under the tree before Christmas so I can enjoy the prettiness for longer than an evening. However, if there is a really special (read: much requested) gift, I might wait until the night before Christmas before that comes out. I just don't see the point of wrapping presents in wrapping paper for them to tear it open in 12 hours or less. I want to enjoy it for awhile. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 When the kids were little we put them out on Christmas Eve so they didn't spend days counting and shaking them. Then when they grew up we decided to put them under the tree as they are wrapped. Which about 90% of the time is Christmas Eve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Gifts to each other go under anytime but usually a couple days before at most. Even though we've never done Santa and our kids are young adults, we put their gifts from us out on Christmas Eve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 We do it after the kids go to bed CHristmas eve. Otherwise there is too great a chance of dogs or kids getting into them. I know a few older people who had tree, decorating and gifts all appear that way when they were kids - they went to bed with nothing, woke up to a tree, stockings, and so on. I rather like that idea, there would be fewer needles around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 (edited) I want to enjoy the tree all December, and that includes looking at the beautiful wrapped presents under it. Frankly I wouldn't waste time or resources wrapping on Christmas Eve for presents that are opened a few hours later. The girls get stockings and one "big" gift (unwrapped) on Christmas morning that wasn't under the tree. Everything else is wrapped when I can get to it (just finished wrapping this morning). Edited December 13, 2016 by Ali in OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 I want to enjoy the tree all December, and that includes looking at the beautiful wrapped presents under it. Frankly I wouldn't waste time or resources wrapping on Christmas Eve for presents that are opened a few hours later. The girls get stockings and one "big" gift (unwrapped) on Christmas morning that wasn't under the tree. Everything else is wrapped when I can get to it (just finished wrapping this morning). I wrap gifts long before. Putting them out on Christmas Eve doesn't have to mean wrapping them on Christmas Eve. Although thank you for reminding me to get to that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebcoola Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 As they are wrapped I did a bunch this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Not until it's time to unwrap them. Because otherwise, the cats will unwrap them for us. They are helpful that way. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 My parents used to put gifts under the tree in the days leading up to Christmas iirc. I don't put them out until after the children to to bed on Christmas Eve. I have small children and cats, so the gifts live upstairs in my room until then. (Actually, right now they're in my sewing room because it has a key lock so my small ones can't get in there.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 As they get wrapped. Most years we travel over Christmas, so we often open family gifts before we leave. At this point, almost everything I've purchased is wrapped and under the tree. DH and DD still have stuff to wrap. Fortunately, unless it smells like food, our cats don't tend to open packages unless they have dangling ribbons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Not until it's time to unwrap them. Because otherwise, the cats will unwrap them for us. They are helpful that way. I even have to hide the rolls of wrapping paper otherwise the cats will claw at them. Crazy cats. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 They are put out as I wrap them. Some years, I have even had a decorated box that stayed under the tree and as I bought things they had a temporary stay in the box, before wrapping. All unwrapped presents are in my closet until they are wrapped, so if the kids want to peek, it isn't difficult to do. Santa presents are wrapped and put on on Christmas Eve when no one is home, just to let the little kids feel the magic. I told dd10 about Santa this year, so I think I can skip that step for the 1st time in 22 years. I will have to check with dd18 though, because traditions mean a lot to her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Now we wrap and put all gifts under the tree as they are purchased. When my son was young, the gifts that were not from parents to him went under the tree as they were purchased or received. Gifts from parents to him went out on Christmas Eve, unwrapped. We did that until he was about fourteen, then it just became better to put the gifts out as they made their way into the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Dh put the first batch I wrapped this year under the tree while I was in the shower. That was okay, but I wouldn't have put that many out. I definitely wouldn't have put the legos out. They are too identifiable when shaken. I usually put a few out to make the tree look nice and then the balance after the kids go to bed on Christmas Eve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 I used to put them out Christmas Eve. But, since we have a Golden Retriever, they go out Christmas morning :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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