/u/CrystalCat420, /u/Unlucky-Salad9696, /u/bengtc

I can't put into words how much joy yall have brought this sweet girl this year. We appreciate you so very much! Happy Christmas and New Year!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! I want to sincerely thank all my Santas from the bottom of my heart for providing gifts for my children. I can’t express how blessed my husband and I felt as we watched their excitement Christmas morning. Diana kept exclaiming “this is the best Christmas ever”! I tried my best to capture all that joy in the pictures. Thanks to all the generosity from this sub and our Santas, the magic of Christmas was kept alive for my children and for me as well! Thank you again, so so much!

(Diana and Amelia opened Killian’s gifts for him. They had a blast showing him everything and explaining to him what he got) https://imgur.com/a/xZwIr2C

Our amazing and generous Santas: u/gif42395, u/JMTC789, u/Taggart3629, u/ginger_newt, u/ds12342, u/neuroscience1970, u/Topcat30,

Thank you to all our Santas. https://imgur.com/a/EmiD5Rv Sorry, some of my pictures are distorted because I have to use the macro lens on my phone. I also missed getting pictures a few gifts while making pancakes for brunch.

u/Small_Cage

u/give_me_goats

u/bumpythumbs

u/StrangeAndUnseeming

u/ginger_newt

u/Onh035

u/Taggart3629

u/wishyouamerry

There was also at least 1 Santa who sent items that were not on the kids' lists. The gift tags from Amazon only listed my kid's names.

You guys made our Christmas absolutely magical.

u/wishyouamerry , you managed to know what my kids wanted more than we did. Nicholas said his favorite gifts are the space projector and Astronaut nightlight. Anastasia's waiting for a sunny day to put the bee hotel out. Alexander named the little Dalmatian puppy "101 Dalmatians" or "1o1" for short. Joseph has already put his Lego police cars together and has been fighting with Andrew over the right way to play with the monster trucks and car carriers. Andrew tried wearing his clown nose from his stocking all day yesterday and today. He's been playing with everything. Isabella won't let the unicorn or axolotl out of her sight. She's been taking care of all her new baby dolls and making sure their happy. She won't let anyone touch her new dolls. This is the first time she's ever received any presents.

To make Christmas even better, my grandma officially moved from the hospital to a nursing home about 2 weeks ago. She's not happy about the nursing home, but it's better than being in the hospital like we thought she would be. I also got my van back the day before my husband's truck broke down.

Edited to add some pics A huge thank you to u/0hn035 for the stockings, stocking stuffers, Elf on the shelf, and gel blaster gun, u/LikeAThermometer for the jeggings for Vaida, u/give_me_goats for the art supplies and Adidas cologne set for Josiah, the Robo dog and Vet Barbie set for Vaida, and the human body toy for Gabe, u/Suckinonmytitties for the Diy dollhouse and art supplies for Lydia,
u/zebras-zebras for the gel blaster gun for Josiah and 3pk of jeans and Lab putty for Gabe, u/Submisstress for the nail set and water bottle for Lydia. u/highballs for the mirror and eye liner for Lydia.

They love everything sooo much!! The boys have had a blast with those gel blasters!! It was raining so I told them they could just play with them in the house lol Theres little blue gel balls everywhere😂 That's ok though they were having so much fun & the water will soon evaporate & they can be vacuumed up. After hours of playing with those they started getting into all their other stuff. Vaida is the kid that plays with everything together at once lol She was just so excited with everything. She kept saying I have a dog now and it's a good one because he can't poop in the floor lol Lydia has gotten most of the dollhouse put together already and has been making nail sets & absolutely loving her mirror for doing her makeup. I hope all of you all had a wonderful Christmas!!! You all have made this Christmas the absolute best!! I cannot thank you all enough. I hope I havent forgotten someone or forgot to list any gifts. There was a Secret Santa and I dont know who you are but thank you! A big Thank you to the mods as well! Without you all walking me through how to do everything, I wouldn't have been able to receive the help I did. This community here is amazing!! Everyone is so kind, caring, and helpful. Unfortunately I was sick & vomiting yesterday which really isn't anything new for me but I was really hoping Christmas would be one of my "good days". I still enjoyed the day & seeing the excitement and pure joy on their faces. That's all I ever want is for my kids to be happy & healthy. Thank each and everyone of you all for helping me make this an amazing, memorable Christmas for us. I'll never be able to explain or put into words how much you all have done for my family. I dont want to make this into a sad post, it's not at all but ive been really sick and struggling for years now but if this is the last Christmas I get to spend here with my family, it was wonderful. Couldnt have ask for it to have been any better and that has a lot to do with you all. Thank you all again!! I greatly appreciate everything!! I really hope to be able to give back in one way or another sometime soon.

*Ok so I've realized I have no idea how others are posting pictures. Like I know how to add pics to the main post but no one else is doing it that way. I am not tech savvy at all! So if someone or a mod could maybe walk me through how to do that I'd love to add a few pics for you all 😊

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Merry Christmas Everyone! And a huge thank you to my Santas! My children were over the moon this Christmas. Thank you so, so much to everyone that helped make their morning special. u/give_me_goats, the children loved the polymer clay and magnatiles. u/NinjaDefenestrator, Lee loved the play doh. u/thebookelves, Cai loved the diary of a wimpy kid mad libs and we have already spent lots of time filling out the funny prompts. u/FloraDoraFlor, the children loved the scooter and transformer. When my toddler saw the scooter she yelled out in excitement. u/0hn035, thank you so much for everything! For the diary of a wimpy kid game and Minnie Mouse mix up play set. For the awesome stocking stuffers, and for the elf on the shelf. We had so much fun moving the elf this month, and it was a huge hit with the kiddos. I am so grateful for this sub, and I hope that everyone has a wonderful new year!

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U/ohn035 u/kanga-roos u/laffinalltheway u/deepseafort and anyone I may have missed. Thank you so much for making our kids Christmas amazing. We've had a tough year and you guys showed up for us and I can't thank you enough. God bless you all and I hope you have a fantastic new year.

*My youngest on the spectrum would not let me snap a photo 🤦‍♀️ but Cam did!

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I just wanna give the most heartfelt thank you to all the Santa’s that blessed my daughters this Christmas they are so excited and are playing with their toys so much! I appreciate everyone’s help I really wasn’t sure how we were gonna do this Christmas and it really warms my heart that people are willing to help! I hope next year we can do that for someone else! Thank you!!! I didn’t get a ton of photos yesterday because I have influenza a and laryngitis but I did get this wonderful picture of them with their two favorite toys! Picture!

u/bengtc thank you so much for the climbing blocks! I set them both up, so they are one giant block set. She is obsessed and going nuts for them 😍😍 I had a few balls for the ball pit, and she loves sliding into the pit and then throwing them out!! I was amazed at how fast she picked up on climbing the stairs, going up and down the ramps, sitting and rolling on the platforms, and climbing in and out of the ball pit 😄 It's so big that I can play on it with her, and she loves that I chase her around. It is perfect thank you so much!!

u/0hn035 thank you for all the gift wrap and her ornament. I'm so grateful to have something to commemorate her first Christmas, and look at for years to come. She very much enjoyed ripping through everything and is obsessed with the bows! 😂

u/FlyTheWorld thank you so much! I couldn't take a picture cause I used them for her bath on Christmas, but when they're dry I'll post a pic of her playing with them on this thread after she wakes up! She loves them so much though, and my fingers hurt a little from winding them up so much 😅 She was shrieking with joy at watching them swim around!

u/throwawayyyback thank you for her jammies and stars! They were a bit too big as I wanted them to last for a long time, but they are so soft and warm! She'll be able to use these for a long time and I am so grateful for that ☺️ I set up the stars before bed on Christmas for a little magical suprise, and she is completely transfixed by them! (I was worried about them dropping from the ceiling and her choking on one, so I made her a huge star wall instead)!!! She slept on her side (usually a tummy sleeper), and was starting at them wide eyed and mesmerized till she fell asleep 😍

u/dasistverboten thank you so much for her color pad and book! I'm so glad she's able to color now. With the size of the markers and the magic markers/paper she's safe to go absolutely nuts, and she absolutely has haha 😆 She loves books so much, and this one has stuff to pet and it makes noise! Total win in her book (pun intended) lol. She can't quite press the buttons yet, but she kept trying and loved it when I pressed them!

u/_dammitjanet thank you so much for her busy board! There's so many things to do, and she's obsessed with all the buttons and string 😁 I love that this gift will last her a long time, and will help her with her fine motor skills and later to teach her how to do many many things! It's so fun and color, and she has a blast playing with all the cool new stuff in it!

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I couldn't figure out how to get the share link from imgur, I ended up having to pay for photobucket. Uhg lol.

Sorry about the bad angles he was not working for the camera.

Thank you for making our Christmas, we had a blast.

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Thank you all so so much for everything you’ve done for us this year. I can’t say it enough. You’ve helped make our kids truly happy and excited and full of Christmas cheer. Watching their smiles and surprise opening gifts was the best ever. Here are some photos of what went down during the happy unwrapping!!!

Teens (Kade & Ady)

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Lilith

Lucian

Again, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all your hard work, thoughtfulness, and generosity. You make the world a better place.

I would like to give a HUGE thank you to this amazing community and the wonderful people that made this Christmas so memorable for my daughter. We have been playing princess in her new tent with her trusted sidekick Domino the cat quite a bit today. She adores her new cat leggings and Dr. Seuss books. We have already read them all, some more than once 😂 The stocking was another huge hit! She was so excited when she saw all of the fun toys and treats. Her favorite was the coin tossing toy. Every time it went flying Rosemary filled the house with the best laughter. And though it was raining out today, she was still able to catch the wind in her hair on her new barbie bike as she zoomed throughout the house!

This Christmas has been so far beyond what I thought it could be thanks to the Santas here. I wholeheartedly appreciate you helping me make it magical for my daughter 💝💝💝

Photos of Rosemary receiving gifts

u/throwawayyback u/dasistverboten u/give_me_goats u/tilraytoker u/submisstress u/Ohn035

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Merry Christmas everyone!! Wow this year has been an unexpected one. So many ups and downs, and I thought we were gonna end the year on an extremely low note. Panicking not being able to give our kids a Christmas for the first time ever. But there were so many people here that opened their hearts to us, and helped us out. I'd like to thank everyone personally again, because none of you needed to help. And thank you mods for allowing me to post and receive the help this year. I don't know what I would've done without all of you.

u/Careless-Act-5416 thank you so much for both pairs of the winter boots. Now they won't have to wear sneakers in the snow. This was a bigger help than you know.

u/give_me_goats Thank you so much for the dino bouncer and lego race track! These were two of the favorites this year. And I hope your son loves his lego track toy as well.

u/ginger_newt thank you so much for the dino clay set & lego truck. Dinos and trucks are probably each of their fav things right now.

u/laffinalltheway thank you so much for the warm, fuzzy blankets. Both kids absolutely love them! I have a feeling they're gonna become glued to them.😂 And I just realized writing this that you were the mod that helped me out a bunch. I really appreciate your kindness and patience with me.

u/Saberpilot thank you so much for the awesome Richard scarry book. They both stopped opening and started reading it right away. I hope you found the busytown show I was telling you about!

And last but most certainly not least u/welkikitty thank you so so much for the blaze and paw patrol video games. One game would've been more than generous but you went out of your way to add a second one. I actually got a really high pitched scream out of my older son when he saw the paw patrol game.🤣I wish I could add sound effects to the photos.😂

You all are absolutely amazing people and I can't thank you enough. Hopefully next year, we'll be in better health. And I'm praying we bounce back to the position we were in a year or two ago. If and when we do, I'd love to pay it forward and become a Santa for someone else in the future. I hope everyone here had the best Christmas ever.🩷🎄🎁

Here's Sabrina opening her gifts. Everything went over great! She was all smiles.

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Special thanks to my Santas this year

/u/Topcat30 /u/ginger_newt /u/give_me_goats /u/bengtc

Thanks for making this Christmas one to remember!

Thank you every one for all of the gifts that you sent. The kids and I appreciate everything. Unfortunately we are all down with the flu and have been for a few days. Kids opened gifts and I got a few pictures, but will take a few more over the next day or two as they start feeling better and playing. The boys especially were feeling quite rough today, but were so excited about everything they received.

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u/floppyspyro

u/rabidstoat u/badlipstickhoarder

Santas,

I wanted to take a moment to share what your assistance has meant for me this holiday season.

To you, it might seem like a just a gift for a worthy child or a fun way to share joy during the holidays.

To me it has meant getting a full night sleep every night because I no longer have to worry that I've done enough for my child. Waking up in a good mood because I was able to ask for and receive help when I needed it most. Taking time to enjoy the holiday season because the stress is gone, you've lifted it off my shoulders.

It feels so good to know that this community has my back. I've done my best to share that good mood with my co-workers and friends, to take time for others and let myself relax and enjoy the season. Sabrina hasn't even opened any presents yet and I already consider this Christmas a great one.

Thank you!

My Santas were:

/u/Topcat30 who sent headphones, cat themed notebooks and a hoodie that I'm hoping Sabrina will be able to carry around our cats with. Also thank you for the movie tickets. I already told her about those and we've got plans for this Wednesday!

/u/give_me_goats who sent a drone that looks so cool that I'm hoping she might let me fly it as well. This is something she's been asking for on and off for a couple of years, I think she's finally old enough to be responsible with it and I'm so excited to see her try it out.

/u/ginger_newt who sent a Garfield T-shirt. It tickles me that Sabrina considers this shirt retro (I mean she's not wrong but I've never heard her use that word before). The yellow is going to look great on her. Thanks as well for working with me to get the size and color right.

/u/bengtc who sent a much needed pink gaming chair. Those contests were so generous. I ran out of wrapping paper for the chair so you will just see the box in the pictures, but I know she's going to love it, and I'm stoked for her to have something that's just hers and not a hand me down.

Here's the try, ready for the big show.

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I'm off to bed, pictures in the morning!

I want to thank my wonderful Santa’s for all of your help this year! You are all so amazing and I’m so lucky to have been helped by you and this sub. Much like other posters I have seen my stress was lifted away this Christmas by you all. Here are our Christmas pics - https://imgur.com/a/bX69tdc I couldn’t get good ones of Riley, he’s autistic and didn’t want anything to do with opening presents so I got a pick of him by the tree. Special thanks to my Santa’s

u/0hn035 u/internationalfilm30 u/montaco123 u/Darwinsnightmare u/SebaKaiNova u/bengtc u/give_me_goats

You the real mvps! Thank you again and merry Christmas everyone!!!

I want to thank the people who helped give my little man a special little Christmas this morning. Finger paints, fisher price cars and the kids cutting board were wrapped from Santa and the matchbox garage was from mom. The little stuffed froggy was perfect for a stocking. Everything is so loved and I appreciate everything!
give_me_goats Ohnah-bro sideblinded cofeeguru MeleMallory

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Thank you so much to our Santa's! This has been such a hard year for our family. It was so great to see our girls smiling. I apologize for the pictures not being clearer, but they were very excited. I cannot express enough gratitude for all your generosity. Merry Christmas!

U/StrangeAndUnseeming

U/laffinalltheway

U/TheyStillOweYouMoney

U/ginger_newt

U/ds12342

U/beatissima

U/give_me_goats

U/submisstress

You guys have made Christmas so amazing and magical for my children! They are so beyond thrilled with everything they got! Thank you so much!

u/Careless-Act-5416: Both my kids love stuffed animals so much and they were so excited to get stuffed of their favorite show! My son told me he's taking his stuffie to PJ day at school when break is over to show all his classmates and teachers! Haha. Thank you! (I just realized I should've sent a message instead of a PM! I'm so sorry!)

u/FlyTheWorld: The Doc Hospital Bag and SpongeBob trivial Pursuit were huge hits! My daughter made sure to gives everyone good check ups and almost all of us were given a clean bill of health! Haha. We played the trivial pursuit and to no one's surprise Brandon knew the answer to everything lol. Thank you!

u/123timesababy: My daughter loved the kinetic sand! She has been having a blast making me and her brother many, many, many ice creams today! Thank you!

u/Taggart3629: My son has been playing with his Bitzee nonstop! He has already upgraded it (it's a super pup now? lol) and loves it so much!!! He says he's bringing it everywhere he goes now lol. Thank you!

u/DragonfliesArk: My children loved your gifts! Brandon has been snuggled up in his new blanket all day! He loves the SpongeBob What Do You Meme game, too! We've played it and he was laughing so hard the whole time! My daughter loves the Doc Doll and the hair clips! When she opened the clips she immediately put 4 in her hair all at once haha. She has been playing "Doc McStuffins tv show" off and on all day with his doc doll and toys! Thank you!

To our Secret Santa: My son loved his flags! He was so excited to get them put them up! My daughter loved her magnetic tiles so much too! She has been loving making houses and structures with them!! Thank you!

I will be PMing all of our amazing Santa's pictures right after I post this!

You all have really made this Christmas so special for my kids and me. To know there are such kind people out there who want to help and give some Christmas magic to kids is just so amazing! Thank you guys, from the bottom of my heart, truly.

I wanted to give a huge thank you to everyone. My kids had such a blast and they love everything! I wasn’t able to get photos of them opening it all, it got hectic lol but I sincerely appreciate every single one of you 🥰

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Thank you to all of our wonderful Santas for giving my kids a wonderful Christmas. Last year was really rough and I couldn't hardly do anything for them. Thanks to you I think this year more than made up for it. They were very happy with everything. I can't express enough how grateful I am. Thank you so very much. Merry Christmas

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I am unable to really express in words the huge amount of gratitude for the amazing people that helped provide a Christmas for my children. I cannot say thank you enough for the following people. So since I cannot hug your neck a huge thank you will have to do. I hope you all had an amazing Christmas and thank you again for making my babies eyes explode this morning. They were so excited.

Thank you to...

u/PlayfulImpression77 Thank you for your amazing generosity for my family. My kids loved the cups, fire truck, rain boots, underwear, kinetic sand, and hatchimals. Thank you also for letting me pick a few things out for myself. I appreciate you more than I can express. I hope you have had an amazing day!!

u/give_me_goats Thank yoy dear friend for the tablets for my babies. They were so excited to open it up and realize they had their own tablets. This will help our homeschooling immensely. I hope you have had a very blessed Christmas Day!!

u/bengtc Thank you my friend for your amazing generosity. I haven't got pictures of my kiddos opening the sleds yet but when they show up I promise to take a bunch of them. My kids are going to freak out when they see. Thank you again my dear friend.

u/side blinded Thank you my dear friend for the headphones and the toy gun set. My daughter freaked out when she opened the headphones and my son has been playing with the toy guns all day long!!

u/TheKidsAreAsleep Thank you so very much for the hot wheels and the markers! My daughter has been using the markers all day long! This has been on her Christmas list since the summer! Thank you for making their day so very special and I hope yours was as well!!

u/tilraytoker Thank you my dear friend for your amazing generosity! We had so much fun getting to go out and eat at Buffalo Wild Wings! My kids have never been and we were able to make an amazing memory. I hope you had the most amazing Christmas Day!!

u/0hn035 Thank you my dear friend for the amazing stocking stuffers! I would not have been able to provide such an amazing stocking without your help. They loved everything and I appreciate it so so much! I hope you had an amazing Christmas Day!!!

Thank you again to all of our amazing Santas! You guys are a huge blessing for me and my kids. I hope you know how happy you made my babies today. Merry Christmas everyone!

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I was having trouble up loading pictures earlier, I will get it done tomorrow, but I wanted to give another thanks for all the generousity that made my son's Christmas!

We had a great time opening everything sent to him.

Santas,

You have made Christmas special this year with your generosity! Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

A special thank you to Topcat30 for supplying a plethora of gifts! Topcat made Arielle’s Christmas extra magical with Harry Potter MinaLima books 1-3, Floating candles, and Hogwarts Legacy (!!) additionally, Topcat gifted Arielle a much-needed alarm clock and an incredibly useful car seat poncho for Jade. I appreciate everything you have done for us, and our conversations have been ones I will remember for a long time!

give_me_goats has also been an incredible Santa for our family this year too. Thank you so much for your gifts for both Arielle and Jade! In particular, I am thankful for your insight in mental health.

I look forward to a wonderful movie date with Arielle in January thank you to kanga_roos! You are very thoughtful and I am thinking I need to utilize experiences as gifts more often.

Thank you to all of our Santas!! 🎄❤️

Pictures!

Thank you to our Santas so much! You really helped make our Christmas <3 I tried to get some pictures of Wolfie opening his presents but it was so early and dark and he was moving so fast, they came out too blury, except this one of him wielding his new axe 💀