Ours growing up were wrapped in tissue paper and my mom would write directly on the paper in pen to who it was and then from santa!! We would wake up about 3 am and sneak in to see how many presents each one of us got and try to decipher by the size of the package what is was we got!! THen we would ever so quietly snoop through our stockings!! We would then go back to bed(not really) and at about 5 we would go wake mom and dad!!
We never received presents from mom and dad and we never questioned why they didn't get us anything!! Just the way it was!! AHH the memories!!