# How many Christmas presents did you get as a kid?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 25, 2008, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-christmas-presents-did-you-get-as-a-kid/478640 "2008-12-25T09:09:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-christmas-presents-did-you-get-as-a-kid/478640/21 "2008-12-27T03:35:13Z")

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One fairly big or important one from Santa, one or two smaller ones from Mom and Dad, and one each from the three siblings. When we were small there was usually one from the half-brother and SIL who shared holidays with us.

Stockings usually only had candy, nuts, and one nice fruit (almost always an orange) in them.

We got Santa presents long after we stopped believing, as do my kids now.

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