For little kids it’s more of the joy of unwrapping and seeing something new it doesn’t matter how much they get they just want more to unwrap for the excitement sometimes especially for small children it’s easier and more rewarding to buy a bunch of cheap toys small things and wrap them individually so they have a lot to unwrap
I don’t remember a granny Smurf I know there was a Grandpa Smurf who was on a journey and came back he was introduced about the same time as baby Smurf and wild Smurf near the end of the series
We would look at the toy catalogs or just the catalogs when we got older make a list of things that we might like we knew we were not getting all of them and then Santa would pick out what they wanted out of list and buy it for you that way we got what we wanted and Santa could afford what we wanted
Around here there are salvation army Santas but they are very few of them nowadays it’s a volunteer thing and people don’t volunteer much especially to stand outside in the cold ring a bell
Most kids figure it out pretty early by themselves but they like to enjoy pretending and going along with the fun I know I did for years it’s fun to make believe
For little kids it’s more of the joy of unwrapping and seeing something new it doesn’t matter how much they get they just want more to unwrap for the excitement sometimes especially for small children it’s easier and more rewarding to buy a bunch of cheap toys small things and wrap them individually so they have a lot to unwrap