'After sharing my decision online, some people asked if my children believe in Santa Claus and whether my plan may have ruined that for them.'
So, in June 2022, I explained to my children that I would be taking away ten of their old toys and returning them as gifts on Christmas day. They will then give me another ten of their toys, and I will give them back a few months later, in exchange for others.
My daughter has lots of little toys that she was gifted on Christmas day last year, and the year before. I found that the more gifts that she had, the less she was able to enjoy all of them. She likes plastic dolls and babies, so her preference hasn't changed, and after I told her about my Christmas plan, she became excited for Christmas day, so that she could play with the toys that I had packed in a box.
For my son, the concept is a little different because he's younger, so he has forgotten the toys that he had given to me in the summer of this year. When I give them back to him in the form of Christmas gifts, he's going to be so excited. After sharing my decision online, some people asked if my children believe in Santa Claus and whether my plan may have ruined that for them. But my children know that Santa Claus isn't real; we don't have a chimney, and when they see him at Santa's Grotto at the mall, they know that he is just a man. From a young age, they've known that their grandma, uncle, friends from school, and myself would buy them presents, and they're still happy and excited for Christmas.
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