Thanks Pseudo. Coulda used that tip 20 yrs. ago.
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Hiding the Christmas gifts
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Posts: 5414 (12/13/09 06:04 PM) Not what you think |
Wrap them but put other peoples names on them. Instead of Kid A, put Grandma. Then on Christmas add the real tags. They'll think heir presents are stored
somewhere else to keep them from snooping.
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Posts: 20003 (12/13/09 06:08 PM) Registered user |
How old are the kids? Can't you just tell them there's no Santa Claus and put em under the tree already?
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worstdog |
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Posts: 4623 (12/13/09 07:27 PM) Registered user |
It's great having older kids now - it's just not an issue. Presents are wrapped and under the tree as soon as they come in the house. Do they look? I
doubt it.
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Posts: 1290 (12/13/09 08:25 PM) Registered user |
superguppie wrote:Okay, sorry, I didn't know you wanted them to be a surprise on Christmas morning. My parents just wrapped the gifts and then tossed them under the tree. |
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superguppie |
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Posts: 27880 (12/13/09 08:39 PM) Registered user |
How old are the kids? Can't you just tell them there's no Santa Claus and put em under the tree already? |
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Posts: 35135 (12/13/09 08:56 PM) Sexy asshole |
in the garage under a tarp? when my kids were 7 and 4 we moved on december 22nd, and i had finished my shopping. now that was a bitch.
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Posts: 2271 (12/13/09 09:00 PM) Registered user |
Voodidit wrote: This is a great idea. It doesn't matter where you hide them in the house; if you thought of the hiding place, so will your kids. In my house, most of the xmas shopping happened on xmas eve, so there was no point in looking. |
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superguppie |
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Posts: 27883 (12/13/09 09:07 PM) Registered user |
Voo's idea is indeed a good one. But I would need some kind of code for sure or I'd fuck that all up in a heartbeat.
when my kids were 7 and 4 we moved on december 22nd, and i had finished my shopping. now that was a bitch.Holey moley. It would be incredibly stressful to move at Christmas time. |
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Posts: 248 (12/13/09 09:21 PM) |
If they are that young, hide the presents behind the couch. Surely they can't move it.
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Phuz1 |
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Posts: 4663 (12/13/09 09:33 PM) Registered user |
Hide 'em under the kids' beds. They'd never think to look there.
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Posts: 12809 (12/13/09 10:05 PM) |
My parents hide them at my grandma's house.
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Dr Will Hatch two point oh |
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Posts: 9915 (12/13/09 10:11 PM) Registered user |
In the floorboards under my bed.
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Posts: 7250 (12/13/09 10:12 PM) Registered User |
superguppie wrote: We moved a decorated Christmas tree two days before Christmas. Just stuck it in the back of the moving truck, and went on our way. We were military, and had to change units. Uncle Sam=Scrooge. Thankfully, it was just across the base. When decent housing opened up, you jumped, and said thank you, sir. |
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Trixie Delight |
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Posts: 28626 (12/14/09 04:19 AM) put Angel in the corner
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My sil had to do that a few years ago when they moved from West Point to California. The week before Christmas.
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CBRetriever |
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Posts: 30584 (12/14/09 04:34 AM) MESS member |
moving between christmas and new years is almost as bad, especially when you're hauling all your stuff and following a massive storm from Montana down to
Houston - it snowed in Dallas that year and definitely froze pipes in Houston
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wrsrules |
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Posts: 1317 (12/14/09 04:39 AM) |
What you would want to do is use a different wrapping paper for each person, then on Christmas ignore the fake labels and distribute gifts by the gift wrap
design. My mother did this.
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MsJones4 |
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Posts: 3596 (12/14/09 09:02 AM) Registered User |
Why would you want to find out what you are getting before Christmas? Half the fun was shaking the boxes and guessing. But it would have ruined it if you
peeked or opened them early. And my parents would have just taken the gifts back if they thought we had peeked.
Guppie - can't you make the top shelf in your bedroom closet off limits to the kids? We weren't allowed near my parents room after Thanksgiving. |
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Etxeverria |
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Posts: 1655 (12/14/09 09:11 AM) Registered User |
How about you do it the old fashioned way and put them under the tree and have the kids wait until christmas to open them? My Mom had to just warn us that if
we touched them we were dead and that did the trick with the presents not being opened.
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MMMadcow |
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Posts: 7253 (12/14/09 09:19 AM) Registered User |
I rarely had anything worth opening on Christmas, let alone beforehand. Seriously, who gets excited over a bike with no brakes, scratchy wool dresses, and the
dreaded orange in their stocking?
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