Santa?

When i was little my mom continued to try to make me believe in santa, she would go so far as to writing "from Santa" on some of the gifts. what she didnt know was the my older brother Chance had already giving me the low down on Mr Clause. what i did wonder was what was the first christmas like that intriduced Santa? did all the parents in the naighborhhood have a meeting in the middle of the night and say "ok so my kids are asking me where all these awesome presents come from, what should i tell them" "well saying its from us is just to saine lets say its from...some fat guy that lives in the north pole, wears a red suit and drives around in a slay with flying deer.. sounds good?"