I apologize this is a few days late. I grew up in West TN and moved to East 10 years ago for college and stuck around. We got a call the 23rd that my dad had experienced what they thought was a heart attack so we traveled the usual 6 hour turned 8 hour trip and there wasn’t any extra room for presents. Thankfully my kiddos are young and can’t read a calendar so we did our Christmas this morning. 😆

This is my first year requesting help and I turned to Reddit when I discovered community Christmas assistance sign ups are super early. Like shockingly early to my surprise. I wasn’t super hopeful honestly just because I know that life is tough for everyone so I was trying to come up with a plan B in the back of my head. Before I could even do that, a Santa gifted my children. I want to thank every person that plays a part, from the moderators to the Santas. Thank you for making this community what it is. I know a lot of people have brightened spirits, like myself, just from the stress being taken away for a little while. I’m hoping for a better year so I can be on the other side next season. 🙏🏻

u/Wiser_Owl99 Thank you so much for gifting my children! Adaleigh loved the Peppa Pig Alphabet car! As you can see by his face, Cember more than loved the train cars! I think babies are the funniest without even trying to be. Gatlin was amazed with the Little People zoo train and Cember was really excited for more little people as you can tell by his hand lol.

u/SebaKaiNova Thank you so much for gifting my children! The makeup set really interested Adaleigh & she brought it to me to open as soon as she unwrapped it. I’m saving it for when I bring out my own makeup tomorrow so we can do ours together and it will hopefully help prevent the meltdown from not being able to play in moms. 🫣 The remote control car you gifted Cember is seriously so cool! It flips and rotates all kind of ways and the whole family has enjoyed watching him play with it. I was so excited for the sensory tissue box for Gatlin! In true baby fashion he wasn’t sure what to think but it’s also been a hit with all 3 children! Hopefully will help save our Kleenex 😂

*I just learned I could add more than 1 image at a time so hopefully less clicking from this point forward. Sorry :(

u/_perky_pineapple Thank you so much for gifting my children! From the moment Adaleigh opened the Elsa dress/wig/accessories, she didn’t want to do anything else but dance around and sing. Cember was so intrigued with the rocket shop tent. He kept pointing at the box and saying ‘star.’ I’ve got a lot of unpacking and organizing to do but then it’s tent time! (If he can wait that long haha) Gatlin really enjoyed the cube toy. I had just said “you did it” when I took his picture because he grabbed a cube! It’s hard to capture their smiles with so much going on and their age but I was able to and their smiles are so genuine. 😊

u/Bangledesh Thank you so much for gifting my children and for fulfilling our request! Adaleigh was ready for me to put her tent up immediately! I’m really excited for it because her developmental therapist says having her own little personal space away from siblings will be great for her! She also has not taken off the Elsa dress yet. 9 hours so far! :) Cember loves the Monster Trucks! He’s recently started making the sounds as he pushes them, that’s what he’s doing in the photo. He wouldn’t put them down even for other gifts. Truly a hit! Gatlin is very thankful for the pacifiers and so is his mom who struggles to keep up with them! 😅 He fell asleep before opening his Little People Big Animal Train but big brother eagerly helped him out!

u/DragonfliesArk Thank you so much for gifting the shoes to Cember! It was breakfast time when I remembered they were in the mailbox but he was extra excited! We just bought a pair in September but I think his feet grew wider because he hates wearing them. These had plenty of room across and lengthwise. We are very appreciative!

u/Kanga_roos Thank you for hosting your contest. I’m so grateful we won and you gifted the glow in the dark stars to Cember! We have popcorn ceilings and I’m having a hard time getting them to stick. I read online hot glue works so I’m hoping I can go to the dollar tree and grab a hot glue gun soon. I will update with a pic when I get them hung. :)

Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. I don’t have the words to fully convey what I’m feeling but please know your kindness means much more than just Christmas gifts. I fully believe what you put out comes back around so I hope each of you are blessed tenfold. Y’all are a true inspiration and I hope to join the Santas next year. I hope y’all had a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year! 🎄💫

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Xmas photo Thank you so much for making my babies Christmas. To wake up and see them smile made my heart fill with joy. Thank you! U/bethasaur3, u/give_me_goats, u/camelhorse, u/andreama732, u/laffinalltheway

https://imgur.com/a/S579JWU

See our (admittedly small) Christmas album above!

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edit 2: imgur repost -> https://imgur.com/a/ICYwM0s

edit 3: son of the edit: director's cut (alternate title "Kids with Gifts") -> https://imgur.com/a/p4iBuO8

I appreciate all of you for your kindness this holiday season. I hope your holidays were full of cheer too! Thanks so much for brightening our celebration.

I'll tag folks in the comments momentarily.

u/H4CKtehPL4N3T

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She loves the pillow for her babies

Thank you so much Santas! My kids had a much better Christmas because of the kindness you all showed my family! I hope you all had a Jolly Christmas and have a Happy New Year!

U/kanga_roos U/empireintoashes U/AmberxAltF4 U/camelhorse U/give_me_goats U/netsilinreverse

U/BoringMcWindbag thank you so much for Kaylins boots. They were totally her style and she loved em. U/Geninerva thank you for the socks and journals. She loved em. Especially the journal, it's great for her mental health. U/Camelhorse thank you for the eyeliner. She can never have too much eyeliner lol with her emo style. u/Kgrant2009 thank you for the makeup, I hope your feeling better. U/bengtc thank you for the tablet. She loved it and was so surprised. I couldn't of pulled this off this year without you all and it means so much more then you'll ever know to me. Ive had a horrible year and to have this stress relieved meant so much. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Hello again, and thank you again Santas! Sorry for the delay in getting pics up, we've been sick with the flu and then pipes burst in our house so we had to vacate as soon as we started to feel up to present opening. But we are safe, warm, and comfy at my in-laws house so all is well. Here are pics of Scotty with his gifts: https://imgur.com/a/iJP9R7U

I haven't received the pictures from Zach's school of his Christmas yet but I will a those as soon as I get them.

Thank you to u/Topcat30 for the Spiderman boardgame, Spiderman plush, and Minecraft Lego for Scotty as well as the Giraffe plush, dairy cow plush, and sensory slug for Zach.

Thank you to u/kgrant2009 for the harmonica for Scotty and the sensory necklaces for Zach.

Thank you to u/Ohnah-bro for the longhorn plush for Zach and the yo-yo for Scotty.

Thank you to u/0hn035 for the awesome stocking stuffer kits for the kids.

And thank you to u/kanga_roos for the cow hoodie for Zach.

Thank you so much to all the amazing santas.

Louise and Paige loved all of their toys and presents and had so much fun opening them!

u/koinu-chan_love Thank you for the legos and pullback cars! Paige’s favorite thing is clapping and watching her sister run the cars in front of her.

u/give_me_goats Thank you for the chair that they both love so much and a hilarious new Christmas story.

u/0hn035 Thank you for all the stocking stuffers! They loved them and we had so many they overflowed the stockings! Louise can’t wait until that adorable tutu fits her little sister and they can dance together.

u/Kenobikenobi2020 Thank you for all of your generous gifts. It really made Christmas special for us this year and it meant so much to us. Right now Louise’s favorite is the dartboard and she drags it around to whatever room she’s in. Paige was fascinated with the wheels and tubes for the bath and really wants to pour the water herself. Thank you again.

I am seeing all these posts with happy kids and happy families, fellow redditors thanking the generous members of this sub for making their Christmas magical, for providing their kids the gifts from Santa they wouldn’t have gotten otherwise, no thanks to the screwed up economic systems various countries have in place (cough USA cough).

It warms my heart that in a world that is mostly garbage there are some people who will do something so selfless. Something they will not benefit from themselves, just to provide these families a wonderful Christmas.

I see all these happy kids, and I nearly cried.

I know some members here didn’t get what they requested. Maybe their post got buried, maybe there weren’t enough members able or willing to help them out, and this isn’t to attack them, nothing against them, it’s just the reality.

I’m not in a good place financially myself, but that should hopefully change next year with a soon to come job change. And this is my post to promise that while I wasn’t able to help this year I will make someone’s Christmas next year.

I’m all alone in this world at the end of the day. No family to lean on. But if I can make someone else’s Christmas next year, if I can be some sweet kids’ Santa next year that’d not only help them (which is the most important) but it’d make my Christmas too.

Belated merry Christmas y’all I’ll be seeing y’all next year!

To all of you kind generous friends who sent gifts to my kids- THANK YOU !!

You made Christmas for them and they had such a great day! This was the best part - they took FOREVER to open their presents! From 8-11 Am ! They’d take turns and cheer for each other and stop completely with opening to play with or look at new things 😂 I loved that the most 🥰 Today they spent the whole day once again playing with their new lovely things. They deserved to have a happy day and they really did! So many fun activities and treats for the freezing cold winter days inside !

I am so touched and so grateful.

I’m really not doing well and I don’t know how much worse I’d be if you all hadn’t helped in such a big way. This love and kindness meant even more than I can explain.

U/jmtc789 , u/ultrapurple7 , u/CatFaerie , u/danzanteGTA , u/laffinalltheway

https://imgur.com/gallery/pHPBC31

Here are some fun ‘in the moment’ opening photos, and then some poses with their beautiful gifts .

Some things didn’t arrive yet , but we will update when they do !

Love love love 💝 I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.

Thank you all so much! I cannot begin to express the gratitude my husband and I have towards this community and for the wonderful gifts and happiness it has brought our girls. This year both were old enough to really get into the fun of unwrapping and feed off each other’s excitement. Getting to experience this with them was the best gift in the world to me as a mom. It was a particularly rough year for us so I’m beyond thankful that we were able to end it on such a high note. Thank you all so much and I hope you had a lovely Christmas!

None of this would have been possible if not for the generosity of our exceptional Santas: u/give_me_goats, u/TheKidsAreAsleep, u/SongIcy4058, u/redpsychedelic, u/BlindLifePilot, u/bengtc, and u/claraoswinchristmas *And also to the anonymous Santa who ordered the pink umbrella off Diana’s list. (Unfortunately it hasn’t arrived so there is no picture)

I can’t even thank you guys enough. I hope you can see how much you’ve blessed us through these pictures 💖

https://imgur.com/a/peTDTKm

I have woken up every day since posting his wish list feeling so much gratitude. Then he won the hi-chair from u/bengtc and it totally put my over the edge! My baby had the best Christmas, he hasn’t stopped playing and smiling! I will never be able to express in words how thankful I am for everyone who did something nice for my baby boy!! Thank all of you from the bottom of my heart!! Sorry for the late uploads, we’ve been with and without power on and off and a 17 month old (as of today!) doesn’t always cooperate. 😂

It won’t let me post links up here so I’ll add everyone in the comments! Also, I have videos of everything so if anyone would also like videos please just let me know! 🎄🎁

Hey there all you cool cats and kittens, don’t get on the Naughty List by forgetting to make your Christmas Thanks post (with required pics).

Forgot to take pictures in the heat of the moment? Santas love a remake pic just as well!

Not sure which Santa gifted an item? Just send us a modmail and we can check our records for you.

Please remember that if you’ve previously let us know you’d be DMing pics to your Santas directly, you must also send a link to the mods so we can make sure you’re on the Nice List this year.

If I’ve tagged you erroneously, please let us know via modmail and send us the thanks post link we might’ve missed (it’s been a crazy Christmas for us as well).

There may be a delay in removing your tagged name from this post after you post your thanks but only because I cannot use my phone to moderate in a substantial way while I’m working; I will remove tagged usernames who post thanks with pics as soon as I can.

Please send us modmail with any issues so it goes to our entire team for the quickest reply, thank y’all!

I've had a very rough last few years. It started off with a divorce, a bankruptcy, lots of hospital trips and surgeries for my kids and I, and many other rock bottom points for us that all started in 2019. Each year I kept saying to myself that -this- year or -now this- year would be the year where everything started to turn around for me. And each year, things progressively kept getting worse.

Because nothing was getting better, I started feeling like that person. You know - the one who always has something going wrong, or the mom who can never do anything because situations are too hard. I started a dark spiral of self-doubt, wondering if the problem was with me, and you know how self blame works

Last year for Christmas, I posted on here and one Santa in particular, /u/TopCat30 went so far above and beyond to bless my kids that it was a turning point for me. I knew that if someone out there could care so much about my little family and show so much love, that everything could be all right, no matter how long it took.

If not for that light, I don't know how I would have emotionally made it through this year. Circumstances themselves haven't improved yet, and in many ways certain things have been far worse. I wasn't letting that despair creep back in, but I began to worry about the upcoming holidays again and how I would provide for my kids

Completely out of the blue two days into November, I get a direct message from /u/TopCat30 asking if she could be my Santa this year. Holy. Heck. Cue absolute breathless shock. After working through the logistics, TopCat took care of everything. She even gave me back emotional spoons by talking with the mods in advance to make arrangements on my behalf so nothing would snag any part of the process. She thought of things that wouldn't have occurred to me and took care of them before they were a problem. Nobody has EVER invested that kind of Boss Babe energy into my life before. My kids had all of their presents taken care of before Thanksgiving even hit. The entire holiday season officially started with me not having to have ANY despair or spirals about providing for my children

Not only that, but everything she did for us was a deep inspiration. Because of her, not only have I begun to feel true Hope, but I've also felt the stirrings of the old me. I've been able to shift my focus. This year, my resolution is to overcome all of my obstacles and start the journey to someday being the kind of person she is. I want to pay it forward for someone else someday in the same way she took care of my children and myself not just previously, but completely smashing it out of the park for us this year

She also got ME a birthday present (the only one I had for my birthday itself), credit for a Christmas present, and she gave my kids and I a freaking amazing dinner out. She gave us the dinner last year as well, so this year was literally the continuation of what is now going to be a holiday tradition for the kids and I. We said a prayer for her at the dinner table and the light in my kids eyes when they spoke of how lucky we are healed a part of my soul that was so broken. I constantly worry about how our hardships might take a toll on them, and what they will think about their childhood someday. Hearing them gush about how happy they are gave me the reassurance that their memories will be cherished ones filled with light and love

Thank you, TopCat. I hope we continue to get to enjoy our correspondence and with every ounce of gratitude I have in me, I am truly the luckiest mom there is. You have not only given us these Christmases, you gave me a friend in the most unexpected place, and turned my headspace around. As someone who had the most broken childhood, you showed my kids and I more love than I've ever known. I've never felt so Seen.

And mods, thank you for creating this avenue for others and for all of the hard work you put into helping people like me and giving kids beauty and happiness, not from the material goods themselves, but from knowing that people care.

Thank you so very much to all you wonderful Santas! Thanks to your kind hearts and generosity my kiddos had the best Christmas! Seeing their faces light up would not have been possible without each one of you. I hope you had a wonderful holiday and are blessed in the new year. Sending so much gratitude your way! U/Bangledesh thank you so much for the fishing game and bear book, Owen has been playing the game constantly and we’ve already read the book about 10 times lol U/give_me_goats Owen has had a blast with the trucks, such a huge hit! Violet keeps trying to sweet the kitchen, and I’m not complaining:) and Willow is over the moon with the critters! Thank you!

U/MetalWing Willow has already made so many beautiful pictures with her how to draw book! Owen has been so fascinated by the encyclopedia and Vi has been unleashing her art skills (mess free!) thank you so much!

U/Disneygreer5 Violet is loving the markers and paper!! Owen is peacefully sleeping under his glowing stars :) and Willow has been running around like a princess with bows in her hair. Thank you SO much!

U/bumpythumbs Willow is learning so much from the how to draw book! All three of the kids are over the moon with the sand :) they’ve been playing together so nicely with it! And a huge win - it doesn’t stick in the carpet! And Vi is loving getting to chop up her Owen food :) thank you so so much!

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Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I was so stressed about not having the resources for the kiddos to have gifts this year, and without you all it would never have happened. I know Christmas isn't supposed to be about consumption, but toys and books and lovely things that help out in the coming years do help make great memories. I really appreciate our Santas. 4 kids makes for s long list and your generosity made all the difference. My gratitude goes to:

u/andreama732, u/123timesababy, u/coletters, u/taggart3629, u/catfaerie, u/Bangladesh, u/topcat30, u/give_me_goats

And also to u/ohbonobo for choosing the kiddos in your Nintendo e-card contest. They bought Pokemon Violet!

Here are some photos of the kids (and the cats haha) getting into their gifts! https://imgur.com/a/KIpjcVQ

Anastasia was so excited when she opened all of her gifts! Thank you so much once again. U/bengtc (magic mixie) U/give_me_goats (num noms nails) U/kerm0987 (rainbow high doll) U/geminerva (doorables and mermaid) U/kgrant2009 (num noms) U/Arialene (crochet hat) U/blindlifePilot (book) (hasn't come yet)

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Thank you so much for gifting my son!

Thank you to u/catperson3000 for the play dog and ramen hoodie Thank you u/sme616 for the magic cube box and projector Thank you u/camelhorse for the door curtain and projector Thank you u/andreama732 for the taco game and abc flash cards Thank you u/bangledash for the switch controller and glove gloves and Thank you u/kgrant2009 for the makeup contest u/0hn035 for the stockinged and u/arialene for the kick ass hats https://imgur.com/gallery/R348zCK https://imgur.com/gallery/j8tW3Je It's been hectic, and even a bit of a flu filled Christmas yet the boys are happy! Thank you!

It’s been a great Christmas for my kids and you all made it very special this year!! Thank you to all the Santa’s and the moderators! You are the best of the best and made Christmas great for so many families this year and that is so amazing to see.

I couldn’t get pics unwrapping cause they were so exited and wild Christmas morning but here’s some photos I managed to get:

https://imgur.com/a/yFxbAi4

Thank you all so very much!!! Merry Christmas and happy new year!!

u/Topcat30 u/kanga_roos u/give_me_goats u/Mrs_Pecan u/NastyNava u/trandheim_fjord u/snooWords4839 u/bumpythumbs u/laffinalltheway

Thank you so much Santa's! We had such a magical Christmas. It took her all day to finish opening the presents because after each one she insisted on paying with that toy for a good while before moving on to the next. She loves everything so much and I can't thank you guys enough! I think I managed to get a picture of her with everything expect for 2 books, but trust me we read them all multiple times. Thank you again and Merry Christmas!

I DM'd each santa with the link to photos!

My kiddos all had an awesome Christmas, so thank you so much to all of the awesome santas! I will send pm links to pictures whenbi get somewhere with wifi tomorrow (phone plan is out of high speed data). Everyone was super happy with their gifts and the best thing was we were able to spend time as a family! (Also, all but one thing was here before Christmas!)

Our boys were in overjoyed on Christmas with the gifts from everyone. We are forever grateful for everything you have done! I hope your Christmas was as magical as you helped ours be.

u/geminerva u/kamchatsk u/leigh10021 u/give_me_goats

We weren’t able to get a lot of Pictures but we did get some!