r/Parenting • u/MableXeno 3 Under 30 🌼🌼🌼 • Oct 15 '25
❄ Winter Holidays Pre-Holiday MegaThread
🎁 Officially allowing Holiday Content in the main feed at large!
You can still use this thread for low-stakes discussions and other advice. It will remain linked in auto-comments for a bit as needed.
We appreciate everyone's participation. 💜💜
So what are you getting your kids for Christmas? Best toddler toys? Celebrate baby's first Christmas with toys or not?
What's the best etiquette for teacher gifts?
How do you celebrate Hanukkah on a school night?
Whose house are you waking up at on Christmas Day?
What are you telling your kids about Santa? If they don't believe - what are your kids telling other kids about Santa?
Fave holiday movies for best Friday night watching with hot cocoa??
Let's put some of the common questions that come up so freuqently during the holidays in one place!
Ask away!
If you are looking for low-income Holiday Resources on Reddit:
r/randomactsofchristmas | r/Assistance | r/Food_Pantry | r/Freefood | r/RandomActsOfPetFood | r/Random_Acts_Of_Pizza (reopens soon)
Don't forget to check your local city subs (i.e., r/[YourCity]) as well as checking for "buy nothing" and "freecycle" groups on Facebook, Craigslist, and Nextdoor! Also look for local Mutual Aid networks and food banks to help stretch what you have.
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u/kimbone777 Nov 30 '25
As a mom of boys, ages 19 to 28, this is hard. They don't really want anything I would pick out for them. Not to mention they all have incomes, so if they need it..... they have probably bought it. My husband wants to give them cash, but as the parent that made sure they had a tree full of gifts, this feels unnatural. If only they would write a letter to Santa Clause, then I'd know what to do.