We would look at the toy catalogs or just the catalogs when we got older make a list of things that we might like we knew we were not getting all of them and then Santa would pick out what they wanted out of list and buy it for you that way we got what we wanted and Santa could afford what we wanted
Around here there are salvation army Santas but they are very few of them nowadays it’s a volunteer thing and people don’t volunteer much especially to stand outside in the cold ring a bell
Most kids figure it out pretty early by themselves but they like to enjoy pretending and going along with the fun I know I did for years it’s fun to make believe
Actually festive stickers came first the first wrapping papers were tissue with festive stickers to put on them and you had to make your own bows with ribbon
We would look at the toy catalogs or just the catalogs when we got older make a list of things that we might like we knew we were not getting all of them and then Santa would pick out what they wanted out of list and buy it for you that way we got what we wanted and Santa could afford what we wanted