K I get it <| sep |> Where did the image come from ? That hall is a ruined version of the London Natural History Museum ' s entrance gallery , with added gravestones ! <| sep |> We don ' t do Santa either , for different reasons . 1 . MIL does not get to be there Christmas morning , EVER . 2 . MIL gives presents to you to give to future LOs . She doesn ' t get to give things directly to them . 3 . Start talking to your kids early about Santa . It is pervasive in American culture , so you will need to have a counter story ready . We tell our kids that Santa is a story people use when they want to give someone a gift and keep it a surprise . This has worked well for us . GMIL tried to give our oldest a Santa gift when she was 3 . Listening to a 3 year old teach an 80 year old that Santa was not real was the cutest thing ever .