When I was old enough to stop believing in Santa, by parents didn’t want me to go snooping for presents. My Dad created “The Delivery Truck”. If it were snowing Christmas Eve, Dad would say things like, “I don’t know if that delivery truck is gonna make it tonight!” That would scare the bejeezus out of any 9 year old.
They are local delivery companies contracted to Santa. This helps them to recoup losses incurred during the other months of the year. They know that Santa will pay as stated.
What a great way to explain how Santa manages to get all the presents kids get at Christmas into his sled (for those who manage to wonder!)..he works as a delivery driver, and takes most of what the kids will get for X-Mas BEFORE X-Mas, and the parents help him by hiding them till Christmas!! There are a LOT of toys to deliver, and his sled wouldn’t hold them all!
And then the toys that he delivered are wrong, damaged, never came, missing pieces, or two weeks late. Insulin left in mail box in 95F weather without even ringing the door bell when it was supposed to require a signature? Cans of food dented almost in half? After checking 3 times that we were ordering the RV version of a CO meter and not the marine version the latter showed up – charged shipping to us and back to them when it was their error – and we live east coast USA, vendor was west coast Canada? That is only some of our experiences with deliveries. We do not order anything unless we ABSOLUTELY NEED it and there is ABSOLUTELY NO OTHER WAY TO GET IT.
Christmas 2020 husband ordered gifts for his nieces (now 12 and 19) as we would not see them and they are the only niblings we still buy gifts for. He ordered them from Amazon early in the first week of December and they were being shipped to his sister (nieces’ mom) so they would get gifts from us.
Since we don’t order things we do not have an Amazon account so no next day delivery. The gifts were more than the minimum for free 2 week shipping though. But – since the items were being shipped from 2 different locations we had to pay shipping which raised the price of the gifts by a third. The older girl’s gift was there was there in less than 2 weeks. The younger girl’s gift did not arrive until January! And she was rather upset and thought we forgot about her.
In addition we live on a 4 lane main road with a bus stop across the street, and only recently have the various delivery companies started at least leaving items on our front steps instead of at the bottom of our short driveway – but still no bell rung or other notice to let us know the package is there.
stairsteppublishing over 1 year ago
Santa’s keeping up with the times. With so many more children these days and the delays in the delivery chain he has to use all the technology he can.
dlkrueger33 over 1 year ago
When I was old enough to stop believing in Santa, by parents didn’t want me to go snooping for presents. My Dad created “The Delivery Truck”. If it were snowing Christmas Eve, Dad would say things like, “I don’t know if that delivery truck is gonna make it tonight!” That would scare the bejeezus out of any 9 year old.
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 1 year ago
Indeed!
cuzinron47 over 1 year ago
I guess it’s not really a lie, Santa comes as many proxys.
heathcliff2 over 1 year ago
They are local delivery companies contracted to Santa. This helps them to recoup losses incurred during the other months of the year. They know that Santa will pay as stated.
suelou over 1 year ago
What a great way to explain how Santa manages to get all the presents kids get at Christmas into his sled (for those who manage to wonder!)..he works as a delivery driver, and takes most of what the kids will get for X-Mas BEFORE X-Mas, and the parents help him by hiding them till Christmas!! There are a LOT of toys to deliver, and his sled wouldn’t hold them all!
mafastore over 1 year ago
And then the toys that he delivered are wrong, damaged, never came, missing pieces, or two weeks late. Insulin left in mail box in 95F weather without even ringing the door bell when it was supposed to require a signature? Cans of food dented almost in half? After checking 3 times that we were ordering the RV version of a CO meter and not the marine version the latter showed up – charged shipping to us and back to them when it was their error – and we live east coast USA, vendor was west coast Canada? That is only some of our experiences with deliveries. We do not order anything unless we ABSOLUTELY NEED it and there is ABSOLUTELY NO OTHER WAY TO GET IT.
Christmas 2020 husband ordered gifts for his nieces (now 12 and 19) as we would not see them and they are the only niblings we still buy gifts for. He ordered them from Amazon early in the first week of December and they were being shipped to his sister (nieces’ mom) so they would get gifts from us.
Since we don’t order things we do not have an Amazon account so no next day delivery. The gifts were more than the minimum for free 2 week shipping though. But – since the items were being shipped from 2 different locations we had to pay shipping which raised the price of the gifts by a third. The older girl’s gift was there was there in less than 2 weeks. The younger girl’s gift did not arrive until January! And she was rather upset and thought we forgot about her.
In addition we live on a 4 lane main road with a bus stop across the street, and only recently have the various delivery companies started at least leaving items on our front steps instead of at the bottom of our short driveway – but still no bell rung or other notice to let us know the package is there.