Stocking dilemma- WWYD?

**Cymber** · 22-12-2011, 10:22am

Originally Posted by Jelly

My boys leave them empty on their beds, and I fill them up when I go to bed.

That's what we do. Part of the deal with Christmas IMO is accepting that they make wake at silly o'clock and open their presents. So long as they don't disturb us until a decent hour!

**Skibunny** · 22-12-2011, 10:46am

Living room here too!

Skibunny
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**Jelly** · 22-12-2011, 10:51am

Originally Posted by Cymber

That's what we do. Part of the deal with Christmas IMO is accepting that they make wake at silly o'clock and open their presents. So long as they don't disturb us until a decent hour!

That's the plan. The stocking is really just a diversion to occupy them for a little while longer before waking me up.

**bubblewrap** · 22-12-2011, 11:38am

Originally Posted by scatterbrain

I thought the whole point was that when they wake at silly o'clock all excited they have their stockings to keep them busy so you can have a luy-in. That's how it works in our house anyway :-)

Which is fine if silly o'clock in your house is 5am. My kids do not reliably sleep through the night, silly o'clock could be 11pm on Xmas Eve, 1am/2am/etc.

Ours get left downstairs with the rest of the presents.

**Rosa** · 22-12-2011, 11:39am

Originally Posted by bubblewrap

Which is fine if silly o'clock in your house is 5am. My kids do not reliably sleep through the night, silly o'clock could be 11pm on Xmas Eve, 1am/2am/etc.

Ours get left downstairs with the rest of the presents.

WSS We never get a lie in and I love seeing their wee faces with the things I've chosen, we like to open everything all together. Preferably after 5am!

**Moffgal** · 22-12-2011, 11:44am

Hmmm, I think I may leave them downstairs and when they wake they can go down and bring their stockings up to open. Then we can do main presents later.

**alex** · 22-12-2011, 01:03pm

Bedroom here for us

**Chell** · 22-12-2011, 01:17pm

Originally Posted by Abbie

DD2 has always been terrified at the thought of Santa in her room so we leave them downstairs.

They leave their empty stocking with Santa's mince pie and we just fill them before we go to bed

Same here. Until I joined Damsels I didn't realise people left them in their rooms. I want to see them open their gifts.

**Tigerstripes** · 22-12-2011, 04:19pm

We have them in our bed, Daniel runs in here anyway, after 6.30, every day & Ethan is still in a cot so we'd have to go into him when he woke. I get to lie with my eyes mostly shut & pretend I'm still asleep for a little while!

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**Carrington** · 22-12-2011, 04:23pm

Originally Posted by Chell

Same here. Until I joined Damsels I didn't realise people left them in their rooms. I want to see them open their gifts.

When mine were younger, their sacks were always left in their rooms and they brought them into our room or took them downstairs to open after breakfast. We never, ever missed out on seeing them open their presents as, like me, they weren't the immediate ripping into types.