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There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
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In my family, Santa wraps everything! Even little gifts in the stockings! Since my Mom is alone now, I make sure that Santa sends her a stocking and both her cats get stockings too!
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DH grew up with Santa leaving unwrapped, ready-to-play gifts.
Santa didn't come to my house when I was little.
But Santa wraps things here. I'm glad he does. I was afraid that if he didn't, the Santa gifts would take center stage, become the most important and overshadow the gifts from family that loves DD. This way, all are equal when she comes down on Christmas morning.
Though Santa doesn't wrap things that are in stockings. Santa's gifts are always in front of the fireplace; everything else under the tree.
Gifts from out of town relatives go under the tree as soon as they arrive. Gifts from us go under the tree after DD is in bed. Sometimes Tink or Harry Potter will leave a present, too. They put theirs under the tree.
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Santa wraps all of our gifts. Our stocking stuffers are also wrapped. Any candy or food is left unwrapped.
We also have to be careful and read all of the gift tags because sometimes Mickey Mouse or my dad's dog Sheena would slip a gift under the tree for us too
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Santa always Wrapped at our house and at my parent's house growing up (unless the gift was unusually shaped or too large). He has completely different wrap, tags, and ribbon from what Mom and Dad use.
Well, Santa wraps presents for my kids. Funny, as he didn't do it for me and my sisters when we were growing up but apparently he did for DH and his siblings .
Santa wraps everything. I remember one year growing up that the gifts were not wrapped and the huge let down because the mystery and surprise was not there.
we make sure to wrap everything - even the weird shaped stuff just because its funny to see the result.
We also wrap the little gifts that go into the stockings and then we hang the stocking ON THE BEDSIDE. This serves two purposes: an amazed child by the fact that Santa was actually in their room while they were sleeping and extra time in the morning for the parents to wake up before venturing out to the tree to begin Christmas. I love listening to my kids in the their rooms as they exclaim to each other what they found in their stockings. We also never forget the traditional orange (a nice snack before breakfast - also a time stalling feature).
Santa wraps everything at our house. I think that DS loves riping the paper off more than the actual present sometimes. Plus, it allows us to have a little control on Christmas morning. We can slow things down a little, intstead of him just seeing a large pile of toys.
Plus, Santa knows if my presents weren't wrapped I would go looking for them
Santa leaves a few gifts unwrapped but the rest are in special wrapping paper for each persons personality so nothing has to be labeled. DD8 loves dogs so all he gifts were in puppy paper last year. DD6 had Sponge Bob paper much to my dismay.
Unless santa brings you something big like a bike, everything is wrapped including the stocking stuff. In our house the fun is in the unwrapping of the gifts. We shake them and see if you can hear anything before they are opened.
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Santa left our gifts that were from him unwrapped by the fireplace on Christmas eve night. He also filled up our stockings that night with unwrapped gifts. Prior to Christmas eve, all the gifts from family would be wrapped (and labeled with who they were from/to) and put under the tree whenever the person who got them had them ready. We always each (my sister and I) left a letter for Santa with his cookies on Christmas eve, and then he wrote a reply which he placed on whichever gift was ours.
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I am floored! I never knew Santa left gifts unwrapped!!
I feel so backwards and left out of the loop. I even polled everyone in my office and turns out, I'm the only one who got wrapped gifts from Santa!!
That is exactly how I felt when I found out Santa left gifts wrapped for my friend! I started a similar "poll" and the result in my area was almost 50-50.
So we now know traditions vary for trick-or-treating and Santa's gifts--interesting to see how many other traditions we can shake up!
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