Parents,how much do you spend on christmas presents for your kids?

Boppy_2

Well we have a baby on the way and money is tight so this year our 3 year old is getting around £100 spent on him, I've already bought him a few things and he's told me what he wants Santa to bring him and he doesn't want a lot bless him. I spent over £1000 on his first Christmas *shock* then the other 2 years he probably had about £500 spent on him so this year will be a shock as I'm bargain hunting! He has far too many toys though and he doesn't need anything.

Melon78

sammy_kaye18 wrote: »

Well I have my son, step son and bf to buy for and my christmas budget breaks down like this

my son - £200 but will more realistically be about £300 - i pay for everything
step son - £200 - bf pays for everything
bf - £200 - which i pay for

then the rest of family is about £150 and thats for 10 people and 5 pets but pets are getting homemade gifts from bruno dog this year.

My step son who will be 8 in January wants a Wii so we have decided that will be his main present then he will have a few other cheapy presents to make it up to £200 and possibly a stocking (which we already have with knick knacks in it) and then his mum and her family have agreed to buy the games for it so that saves a bit.

My little boy has been on about a tranformer megazord since May and its the one continuous thing he mentions and cost £40 so that will be in his chrismtas pile i dare say. He enjoys things like games/lego/playdough though so i dare say his will be more as my step son has 10 people buying for him, where as my son has 6 so i dare say his will eventualy come to abotu £300 as i never think he has enough

Bf - already has a chuck dvd which i brought with amazon vouchers and has asked for a multigym which will cost about £170 in argos which is the one he wants so he will probably get that and a stocking of bits and bobs. possibly some jack daniels pyjama bottoms

Ment to add - on the subject fo christmas lists - my little boy gets to write his list and put 5 thigns that he really wants on it. I knwo his megazord, lego and playdough will be on there this year which he'll be over the moon to get and there will probably be a power rangers thign of some sort but i knwo if he gets those 5 things he will be ecstatic and wont care what else is under the tree.

The Entertainer (https://www.thetoyshop.com) have got some Power Ranger Megazords reduced at the moment to around £20.

HTH

crazymadwoman

I have 2 children and spend about £100 on each, although this probably includes a biirthday present each, as son's birthday is 10th December and daughter's is 2nd January! Any good ideas for presents greatfully received already trying to think now!

MrsE_2

I've bought one xmas present so far for my DD (shes 21).

A tan Mulberry Roxanne bag reduced in the Mulberry factory shop in Shepham Mallet from £695 to £208:j :j :j
So big savings there.

I will prob spend £100 more on "secret" things for her so she has a surprise or two on xmas morning. Thats the trouble with kids, the older they get the more the presents cost!

pink_princess

Hi we spend exactly £300 each on our three,and i keep a close check on it as you can tell by my sig lol.
We do this so they can t say one got more than the others.
They make their lists upto £200 then we choose surprises for the rest .They are aged 13.11 and 9 and could spend £1000 i think

Threebabes

My kids main prezzies this year are lcd tvs, one for DS's room and the other for the girls, so in total with the tvs, DS is getting about £500, DD1 about £450 and DD2 about £400.

As well as the tv, DS is getting not a lot else ps3 games, dvds, pj's, binocolors, a book, it soon adds up.

DS is nearly 13, DD1, 8 and DD2 is nearly 5.

jellyhead

WartimeScrapingofMarmite wrote: »

My daughter is 8 and she has asked for things like magazine subscriptions and animal adoptions, which are great as neither will take up excessive space in my house and the subscription is a gift which lasts the whole year

That's a great username!

Thanks for the idea of animal adoption! that won't take up any space

Mine will also get an alton towers annual pass courtesy of tesco :T

jellyhead

morganb wrote: »

we all agree that we've got far too much anyway and we'd rather spend the money on a nice family dayout (which unbeknownst to the boys will probably be funded by Mr T)

Same here, we spend our money on days out rather than presents. I did spend more than £200 on the eldest last year, but this year he doesn't need anything so won't get much. the youngest needs a bike.

I tend to spend more on the eldest, but it's the same number of presents to unwrap. older kids 'toys' cost more. He'll get a phone, because he's the only kid he knows who doesn't have a phone. it won't be expensive though, and won't be on contract.

I am planning to spend half as much as i did last year, an average of £100 each perhaps. i always spend more than i planned to on books though, but at least it's great value from the book people.

Lunar_Eclipse

I'm amazed by how much some people spend. We spent (about) £100 max each on our girls, £40-60 on a main pressie from us, plus a stocking from Santa. I also think that whilst this is easy financially (we don't save throughout the year), that they get an obscene amount of toys!

They have written their wish lists today (no idea why, but we're going away for Xmas in 5 weeks?) and they have up to 5 things listed. Eldest (8) wants an iPod (Grandparents), Glo Bear (Aunt), Books & DS game (Santa) and a "fun, nice Xmas". Youngest (7) Glo Bear (Aunt), surprises, sweets, chocolate (all Santa) & National Geographic Kids subscription (Grandparents). We're getting them joint Playmobil sets that come to around £60 - they'll be so excited!

Lunar_Eclipse

georgina_fenwick wrote: »

Be nice.

I will. You know it's too much since you wrote that. But I really have to ask why?

Why not the Xbox or the TV? And 105 games? (2? 5? Maybe 10 at a push? ) Is that normal amongst their peer group?

I read something recently that said the first Xmas present opened has the WOW factor, the second is great, third nice and fourth onwards actually start to decrease the pleasure. I'm not sure it works quite like this, but the year we bought our kids a go-kart and Syllvanian families to share (say £100 between them plus Santa gifts - they're younger than your two!), I felt sick and knew it was too much (for them.)

So I'm really really curious. Perhaps it's partly because you don't spend much on other people (as well as obviously having the income to afford it)?