Making Split Christmas’ Special
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Hello, has anyone got any tips or things we can buy to make a split Christmas special?
My partner has children and they are spending xmas Eve into xmas day with their mum then coming to him/us xmas day night all Boxing Day into the day after.
it Is their first christmas like this (partner told me he went to them Last xmas but they want to do things separate this year as he’s on his feet this year) and we don’t know how to explain Santa coming twice.. we don’t really want them opening their presents at 8pm xmas day night as the youngest will probably be falling asleep, we’d rather they wake up Boxing Day to all their presents but stuck on how to explain why they weren’t already there xmas day night..
does anyone know of any little gimic we could buy for this to make sense to them or be fun and magical or a good way to explain it? I wasn’t sure if there was some elf on the shelf way we could do this or a tracker for Santa and say he went round the world before coming back here?
any advice appreciated
How about if the elf on the shelf leaves them box with a note that tells them he has hidden the presents that Santa left on Christmas morning around the house and the elf gives clues to where each present is like a treasure hunt x
That’s a good idea! Thank you! Will have to make it so the clues aren’t given until morning and maybe only if they go to bed good 
x
Somewhere on the web is a letter from Santa's staff. It's about a new scheme being trialled for children who have two main homes. It explains how in special circumstances Santa delivers gifts early to some households 'to save him some time on Christmas eve'
It may help.
That’s lovely I’ll try find it thank you! Could it be tweaked to coming back and bringing them later after he’s done the rest of the world? ie brings them xmas day night for Boxing Day morning??
AmberWoof yes that's a good idea. You could download the letterhead that is' from the desk of Santa Claus and write your own version then it could say just what is relevant to your situation
My daughter has always had split Christmas's she is with her dad Christmas eve day then me Christmas day then her dad boxing day (And alway with me at night) she knows it as father Christmas leaves 5 presents at each home on Christmas morning and then me and her dad make sure she doesn't get same present off him in both homes 
I’m just not sure about how to go about them coming xmas day night but the presents not being there until Boxing Day morning 
as we want to put them out over night for the morning
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